Biography (Zohreh Jooya)
Zohreh Jooya was born in Mashhad, Iran. Her father being from Afghanistan and her mother from Persia, she profited from both cultures.After high school she moved to Europe to study music. Beginning in Amsterdam she then came to Vienna where she received a classical music education at the "Academy of Music" and later earned a masters degree in opera at the "Conservatoire of the City of Vienna".
Both the Oriental and the European worlds influence Jooya. Her European classical engagements have been, not only in diverse opera performances throughout many European countries, but also in the performance of the songs of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert on television and radio shows. Currently she performs at concerts, throughout Europe covering a broad spectrum from Italian baroque music to songs of George Gershwin.
She has created a new way of interpreting the traditional music of Persia, played on original instruments, presented on several albums. Koch International has produced "Persian...
 
