Photo: © Behrouz Jamali.(Copyright 2005).
Golnoush Khaleghi was born in 1941 in Tehran. She is a graduate of Persian National Music Conservatory, where she studied with Javad Maroufi and Hossein Saba, and The Tehran Conservatory of Music, where she studied Western classical music under Emanuel Melik-Aslanian. Golnoush spent three-and-half years at the Akademie Mozarteum in Salzburg, specializing in conducting under the tutelage of Professor Kurt Prestel and Professor Gerhard Wimberger. She has Bachelor's and Master's degrees in the same field from Oberlin College and the University of Wisconsin, respectively.
Ms. Khaleghi has worked closely with such renowned conductors as Helmuth Rilling, Robert Fountain, Karol Teutsch, and the late Rouben Gregorian, and has performed in the United States, Europe, Canada, Venezuela, and Iran.
She is the founder of the National Iranian Radio and Television Choir (Hamavazan) in Tehran and the Rouhollah Khaleghi Orchestra in Washington DC. Since the cultural upheaval of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, she has been a prominent figure in promoting Persian music and culture through the concerts of the Rouhollah Khaleghi Orchestra and other activities abroad.
She died on February 14th, 2021 at her home in Annandale, Virginia.
Golnoush Khaleghi was born in 1941 in Tehran. She is a graduate of Persian National Music Conservatory, where she studied with Javad Maroufi and Hossein Saba, and The Tehran Conservatory of Music, where she studied Western classical music under Emanuel Melik-Aslanian. Golnoush spent three-and-half years at the Akademie Mozarteum in Salzburg, specializing in conducting under the tutelage of Professor Kurt Prestel and Professor Gerhard Wimberger. She has Bachelor's and Master's degrees in the same field from Oberlin College and the University of Wisconsin, respectively.
Ms. Khaleghi has worked closely with such renowned conductors as Helmuth Rilling, Robert Fountain, Karol Teutsch, and the late Rouben Gregorian, and has performed in the United States, Europe, Canada, Venezuela, and Iran.
She is the founder of the National Iranian Radio and Television Choir (Hamavazan) in Tehran and the Rouhollah Khaleghi Orchestra in Washington DC. Since the cultural upheaval of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, she has been a prominent figure in promoting Persian music and culture through the concerts of the Rouhollah Khaleghi Orchestra and other activities abroad.
She died on February 14th, 2021 at her home in Annandale, Virginia.
گلنوش خالقی زاده ۱۷ دی ۱۳۱۹ در تهران است. او در سال ۱۳۳۰ به هنرستان موسیقی ملی راه یافت و فراگیری ساز پیانو را آغاز نمود. از استادان وی در هنرستان می‌توان به «حسین صبا»، «جواد معروفی» و «مصطفی کمال پورتراب» اشاره کرد. در سال ۱۳۳۸ پس از دریافت دیپلم هنرستان موسیقی ملی، با رتبه نخست به هنرستان عالی موسیقی وارد شد و تحت تعلیم «امانوئل ملیک اصلانیان» قرار گرفت. او پس از یک سال دیپلم هنرستان عالی موسیقی را نیز با رتبه اول دریافت نمود. پس از آن به عنوان دستیار استاد به آموزش پیانو و سرایش در هنرستان عالی موسیقی مشغول شد.
وی در سال ۱۳۴۱ به جهت ادامه تحصیلات موسیقی به اتریش سفر کرد و در «آکادمی موتزارتئوم سالزبورگ» به تحصیل در رشتهٔ «رهبری کر» مشغول شد و پس از ۳ سال به آمریکا مهاجرت کرد و در «کالج اوبرلین» (اوهایو) تحصیلات خود را ادامه داد. پس از آن در سال ۱۳۵۳ مدرک فوق لیسانس رهبری کر را از «دانشگاه ویسکانسین» در شهر مدیسون دریافت نمود. در این هنگام با رهبرانی نظیر: «رابرت فاونتن» و «کورت پرستل» همکاری داشت
او در سال ۱۳۵۳ به دعوت «رادیو و تلویزیون ملی» به ایران بازگشت و گروه «هم آوازان» را به جهت اجرای آثار کلاسیک ویژه گروه کر و ارکستر، بنا نهاد. پس ازانقلاب ۱۳۵۷ ایران، در سال ۱۳۵۸ مجدداً به آمریکا مهاجرت نمود و فعالیت‌های هنری خود را در «کانون دوستداران فرهنگ ایران» آغاز کرد. در سال ۱۳۶۹ به ایران سفر کرد و قصد داشت به مناسبت بیست و پنجمین سالگرد درگذشت پدرش «روح‌الله خالقی»، برنامه‌هایی در تهران و شهرستان‌ها برگزار نماید اما به وی اجازه رهبری ارکستر داده نشد. در این هنگام به ضبط دوآلبوم موسیقی از آثار «روح‌الله خالقی» با عنوان «می ناب» پرداخت و مجدداً به آمریکا بازگشت.
گلنوش خالقی در۲۶ بهمن ۱۳۹۹ در منزل شخصی در واشنگتن درگذشت
وی در سال ۱۳۴۱ به جهت ادامه تحصیلات موسیقی به اتریش سفر کرد و در «آکادمی موتزارتئوم سالزبورگ» به تحصیل در رشتهٔ «رهبری کر» مشغول شد و پس از ۳ سال به آمریکا مهاجرت کرد و در «کالج اوبرلین» (اوهایو) تحصیلات خود را ادامه داد. پس از آن در سال ۱۳۵۳ مدرک فوق لیسانس رهبری کر را از «دانشگاه ویسکانسین» در شهر مدیسون دریافت نمود. در این هنگام با رهبرانی نظیر: «رابرت فاونتن» و «کورت پرستل» همکاری داشت
او در سال ۱۳۵۳ به دعوت «رادیو و تلویزیون ملی» به ایران بازگشت و گروه «هم آوازان» را به جهت اجرای آثار کلاسیک ویژه گروه کر و ارکستر، بنا نهاد. پس ازانقلاب ۱۳۵۷ ایران، در سال ۱۳۵۸ مجدداً به آمریکا مهاجرت نمود و فعالیت‌های هنری خود را در «کانون دوستداران فرهنگ ایران» آغاز کرد. در سال ۱۳۶۹ به ایران سفر کرد و قصد داشت به مناسبت بیست و پنجمین سالگرد درگذشت پدرش «روح‌الله خالقی»، برنامه‌هایی در تهران و شهرستان‌ها برگزار نماید اما به وی اجازه رهبری ارکستر داده نشد. در این هنگام به ضبط دوآلبوم موسیقی از آثار «روح‌الله خالقی» با عنوان «می ناب» پرداخت و مجدداً به آمریکا بازگشت.
گلنوش خالقی در۲۶ بهمن ۱۳۹۹ در منزل شخصی در واشنگتن درگذشت
Photo: © Behrouz Jamali.(Copyright 2005).
Summery of Works
Piano Works
Beginners
RKAC # TITLE DATEREVISED ARRANGEMENT SOURCE
GKB100Ay Gorge1365/19861382/2003XChildren's song
GKB101Baba Bozorg1365/1986 -XChildren's song
GKB102Das Dasi1365/19861382/2003XChildren's song
GKB103Khorshid Khandid1368/1989 -XChildren's song
GKB104Gorg-e Siyah1368/1989 -XChildren's song
GKB105Ma Kudakan1366/1987 -XChildren's song
GKB106Pasho Pasho1368/1989 -XChildren's song
GKB107Ququli Ququ1366/1987 -XChildren's song
GKB108Shad-o Khandan1375/19961383/2004XChildren's song
GKB109Sobh-e Zud1366/1987 -XChildren's song
GKB110Tabl-e Bozorg1366/19871382/2003XChildren's song
GKB111Tupp-e Sefid 1368/19891382/2003XChildren's song
GKB112Yek Do Se1365/19861382/2003XChildren's song
GKB113Zanbur-e Talai1365/19861382/2003XChildren's song
GKB114Tu Donya1365/19861382/2003XChildren's song
GKB115Lay Lay1365/19861382/2003XChildren's song
GKB116Pishdaramad-e Esfahan1365/19861383/2004XMorteza Neydavud
GKB117Gorbe-ye Malus1368/1989 -XChildren's song
GKB118Row Row Ba Qayeq1366/1987 -XChildren's song
GKB119To Bio1377/1998 -XFolk song - Fars
Intermediate
RKAC # TITLE . DATEREVISED . ARRANGEMENTSOURCE . NOTES
GKIN200Bayat-e Tork1367/19881374/1995XUnknown -
GKIN201Ayriliq1379/20001383/2004XAli Salimi -
GKIN202Se Godar1376/19971383/2004 X Folk song - FarsBased on a version of Se Godar by Siavash Beizai
GKIN203Damkol Damkol1366/1987 -X Folk song - KordestanBased on Damkol Damkol and Yek Gol-e Saye Chaman By Siavash Beizai
GKIN204Arusak-e Qashang1369/19901374/1995XChildren's song -
GKIN205Ay Aman1376/19971378/1999X Folk song - KordestanBased on a version of Ay Aman by Siavash Beizai
GKIN206Baq-e Vahsh1367/19881376/1997XChildren's song -
GKIN207Gonjeshgak-e Ashi Mashi1366/19871382/2003X - -
GKIN208Aziz Jun1368/1989 -XFolk song - Gilan -
GKIN209Khoruse1376/19871382/2003XChildren's song -
GKIN210A Little Piece in D Minor1376/1997 -XNasrollah Zarrinpanjeh -
GKIN211Khabha-ye Talai1364/1985 -XJavad Maroufi -
GKIN212Suze Rokh1375/1996 -XFolk song, Bakhtiyar -
GKIN213Pishdaramad-e Esfahan1367/1988 -XReza Mahjoubi -
Advanced
RKAC # TITLE DATEREVISED ARRANGEMENT SOURCE NOTES
GKA300In Exile1365/19861377/1988 - 1382/2004 -Original compositionInspired by a Persian folk song
GKA301Dance of the Dervish1367/19881377/1998Parichehr va ParizadDarvish Khan -
GKA302Fantaisie (Memories)1378/19991369/1990 - 1382/2003 -Original compositionInspired by Pishdaramad-e Esfahan by Morteza Neydavoud
GKA303Spring Showers1377/1998 -SabunatiFolk song, FarsBased on the version of Sabunati by Siavash Beizai
GKA304Looking Back1377/19981379/2000 -Original compositionInspired by Homayun by Javad Maroufi
GKA305Fantaisie on Qamgin1378/1999 - -Original compositionInspired by Qamgin by Alinaqi Vaziri
GKA306Se Godar1382/2003 -Se Godar Folk song, Khorasan -
GKA307To Biyo1377/1998 -To BiyoFolk song, Fars -
GKA308Pishdaramad-e Chahargah1368/1989 -Pishdaramad-e ChahargahRokneddin Mokhtari -
GKA309Kuku1366/1987 -KukuJavad Maroufi -
GKA310Jila1379/2000 -JilaJavad Maroufi -
GKA311Mikham Beram Kuh1377/1988 -Mikham Beram KuhFolk song, Kordestan -
GKA312Kuhestan1382/2003 -Mikham Beram KuhFolk song, Kordestan -
Orchestral Works
RKAC #TITLE DATEREVISED COMPOSER ARRANGEMENT INSTRUMENTATION LYRICS NOTES
GKO400Azadi1358/1979 -Golnoush Khaleghi -SATB, piano, stringsFereydoun Moshiri -
GKO417Chaharmezrab-e Dashti1366/1987 -Abolhassan SabaXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, voice, strings - -
GKO414Chaharmezrab for Santur & Orchestra1369/1990 -Golnoush Khaleghi -Woodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings - -
GKO415Concerto for Santur and Orchestra1369/1990 -Golnoush Khaleghi -Woodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings - -
GKO413Do Naqme-ye Bakhtiyari1369/1990 -Rouhollah KhaleghiXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings - -
GKO404Ey Iran1364/19851369/1990Rouhollah KhaleghiXSATB, woodwinds, tar, santur, piano, stringsHossein Golgolab -
GKO405Hala Chera?1365/19861369/1990Rouhollah KhaleghiXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, voice, stringsMohammad Hossein Shahriar -
GKO416Karevan1366/1987 -Morteza MahjoubiXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, voice, stringsRahi Moayyeri -
GKO409Mey-e Nab1369/1990 -Rouhollah KhaleghiXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, voice, stringsHafez -
GKO411Morq-e Asheq1364/1985 -Rouhollah KhaleghiXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, stringsNader Majd
GKO410Naqmeh-ye Esfahan1368/1989 -Golnoush Khaleghi -Woodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings -Based on Pishdaramad-e Esfahan by Neydavoud
GKO412Nega-he Asheq1369/1990 -Rouhollah KhaleghiXSATB, woodwinds, tar, santur, piano, stringsFereydoun MoshiriCommonly known as Bahar-e Asheq
GKO402Pishdaramad-e Esfahan1364/1985 -Morteza NeydavoudXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings - -
GKO408Rangarang No. 11364/19851369/1990Rouhollah KhaleghiXSATB, woodwinds, tar, santur, piano, stringsBijan Taraqi -
GKO401Reng-e Esfahan1364/1985 -Darvish KhanXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings - -
GKO403Reng-e Parichehr Va Parizad1366/19871369/1990Darvish KhanXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings - -
GKO406Yar-e Ramideh1369/1990 -Rouhollah KhaleghiXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, voice, stringsRahi Moayyeri
Other Works
RKAC # TITLE DATEREVISED COMPOSER ARRANGEMENT INSTRUMENTATION LYRICS NOTES
GKM500Arezu1363/1984 -Golnoush Khaleghi -Voice and pianoForouq Farrokhzad -
GKM501Sug-e Gol1363/1984 -Nader MajdXVoice and pianoNader MajdMelody by Nader Majd
GKM502Ava-ye Ashiyun1363/1984 -Golnoush Khaleghi -Voice and pianoBahram Mahmoudi -
GKM503Ava-ye Ashiyun1364/1985 -Golnoush Khaleghi -Flute, violin, cello, piano, voiceBahram Mahmoudi -
GKM504Reng-e Mahur1371/1992 -Nasrollah ZarrinpanjehXThree melodic instruments - -
GKM505Pishdaramad-e Mahur1369/1990 -Alinaqi VaziriXThree melodic instruments - -
Piano Works
Beginners
RKAC # TITLE DATEREVISED ARRANGEMENT SOURCE
GKB100Ay Gorge1365/19861382/2003XChildren's song
GKB101Baba Bozorg1365/1986 -XChildren's song
GKB102Das Dasi1365/19861382/2003XChildren's song
GKB103Khorshid Khandid1368/1989 -XChildren's song
GKB104Gorg-e Siyah1368/1989 -XChildren's song
GKB105Ma Kudakan1366/1987 -XChildren's song
GKB106Pasho Pasho1368/1989 -XChildren's song
GKB107Ququli Ququ1366/1987 -XChildren's song
GKB108Shad-o Khandan1375/19961383/2004XChildren's song
GKB109Sobh-e Zud1366/1987 -XChildren's song
GKB110Tabl-e Bozorg1366/19871382/2003XChildren's song
GKB111Tupp-e Sefid 1368/19891382/2003XChildren's song
GKB112Yek Do Se1365/19861382/2003XChildren's song
GKB113Zanbur-e Talai1365/19861382/2003XChildren's song
GKB114Tu Donya1365/19861382/2003XChildren's song
GKB115Lay Lay1365/19861382/2003XChildren's song
GKB116Pishdaramad-e Esfahan1365/19861383/2004XMorteza Neydavud
GKB117Gorbe-ye Malus1368/1989 -XChildren's song
GKB118Row Row Ba Qayeq1366/1987 -XChildren's song
GKB119To Bio1377/1998 -XFolk song - Fars
Intermediate
RKAC # TITLE . DATEREVISED . ARRANGEMENTSOURCE . NOTES
GKIN200Bayat-e Tork1367/19881374/1995XUnknown -
GKIN201Ayriliq1379/20001383/2004XAli Salimi -
GKIN202Se Godar1376/19971383/2004 X Folk song - FarsBased on a version of Se Godar by Siavash Beizai
GKIN203Damkol Damkol1366/1987 -X Folk song - KordestanBased on Damkol Damkol and Yek Gol-e Saye Chaman By Siavash Beizai
GKIN204Arusak-e Qashang1369/19901374/1995XChildren's song -
GKIN205Ay Aman1376/19971378/1999X Folk song - KordestanBased on a version of Ay Aman by Siavash Beizai
GKIN206Baq-e Vahsh1367/19881376/1997XChildren's song -
GKIN207Gonjeshgak-e Ashi Mashi1366/19871382/2003X - -
GKIN208Aziz Jun1368/1989 -XFolk song - Gilan -
GKIN209Khoruse1376/19871382/2003XChildren's song -
GKIN210A Little Piece in D Minor1376/1997 -XNasrollah Zarrinpanjeh -
GKIN211Khabha-ye Talai1364/1985 -XJavad Maroufi -
GKIN212Suze Rokh1375/1996 -XFolk song, Bakhtiyar -
GKIN213Pishdaramad-e Esfahan1367/1988 -XReza Mahjoubi -
Advanced
RKAC # TITLE DATEREVISED ARRANGEMENT SOURCE NOTES
GKA300In Exile1365/19861377/1988 - 1382/2004 -Original compositionInspired by a Persian folk song
GKA301Dance of the Dervish1367/19881377/1998Parichehr va ParizadDarvish Khan -
GKA302Fantaisie (Memories)1378/19991369/1990 - 1382/2003 -Original compositionInspired by Pishdaramad-e Esfahan by Morteza Neydavoud
GKA303Spring Showers1377/1998 -SabunatiFolk song, FarsBased on the version of Sabunati by Siavash Beizai
GKA304Looking Back1377/19981379/2000 -Original compositionInspired by Homayun by Javad Maroufi
GKA305Fantaisie on Qamgin1378/1999 - -Original compositionInspired by Qamgin by Alinaqi Vaziri
GKA306Se Godar1382/2003 -Se Godar Folk song, Khorasan -
GKA307To Biyo1377/1998 -To BiyoFolk song, Fars -
GKA308Pishdaramad-e Chahargah1368/1989 -Pishdaramad-e ChahargahRokneddin Mokhtari -
GKA309Kuku1366/1987 -KukuJavad Maroufi -
GKA310Jila1379/2000 -JilaJavad Maroufi -
GKA311Mikham Beram Kuh1377/1988 -Mikham Beram KuhFolk song, Kordestan -
GKA312Kuhestan1382/2003 -Mikham Beram KuhFolk song, Kordestan -
Orchestral Works
RKAC #TITLE DATEREVISED COMPOSER ARRANGEMENT INSTRUMENTATION LYRICS NOTES
GKO400Azadi1358/1979 -Golnoush Khaleghi -SATB, piano, stringsFereydoun Moshiri -
GKO417Chaharmezrab-e Dashti1366/1987 -Abolhassan SabaXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, voice, strings - -
GKO414Chaharmezrab for Santur & Orchestra1369/1990 -Golnoush Khaleghi -Woodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings - -
GKO415Concerto for Santur and Orchestra1369/1990 -Golnoush Khaleghi -Woodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings - -
GKO413Do Naqme-ye Bakhtiyari1369/1990 -Rouhollah KhaleghiXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings - -
GKO404Ey Iran1364/19851369/1990Rouhollah KhaleghiXSATB, woodwinds, tar, santur, piano, stringsHossein Golgolab -
GKO405Hala Chera?1365/19861369/1990Rouhollah KhaleghiXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, voice, stringsMohammad Hossein Shahriar -
GKO416Karevan1366/1987 -Morteza MahjoubiXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, voice, stringsRahi Moayyeri -
GKO409Mey-e Nab1369/1990 -Rouhollah KhaleghiXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, voice, stringsHafez -
GKO411Morq-e Asheq1364/1985 -Rouhollah KhaleghiXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, stringsNader Majd
GKO410Naqmeh-ye Esfahan1368/1989 -Golnoush Khaleghi -Woodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings -Based on Pishdaramad-e Esfahan by Neydavoud
GKO412Nega-he Asheq1369/1990 -Rouhollah KhaleghiXSATB, woodwinds, tar, santur, piano, stringsFereydoun MoshiriCommonly known as Bahar-e Asheq
GKO402Pishdaramad-e Esfahan1364/1985 -Morteza NeydavoudXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings - -
GKO408Rangarang No. 11364/19851369/1990Rouhollah KhaleghiXSATB, woodwinds, tar, santur, piano, stringsBijan Taraqi -
GKO401Reng-e Esfahan1364/1985 -Darvish KhanXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings - -
GKO403Reng-e Parichehr Va Parizad1366/19871369/1990Darvish KhanXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, strings - -
GKO406Yar-e Ramideh1369/1990 -Rouhollah KhaleghiXWoodwinds, tar, santur, piano, voice, stringsRahi Moayyeri
Other Works
RKAC # TITLE DATEREVISED COMPOSER ARRANGEMENT INSTRUMENTATION LYRICS NOTES
GKM500Arezu1363/1984 -Golnoush Khaleghi -Voice and pianoForouq Farrokhzad -
GKM501Sug-e Gol1363/1984 -Nader MajdXVoice and pianoNader MajdMelody by Nader Majd
GKM502Ava-ye Ashiyun1363/1984 -Golnoush Khaleghi -Voice and pianoBahram Mahmoudi -
GKM503Ava-ye Ashiyun1364/1985 -Golnoush Khaleghi -Flute, violin, cello, piano, voiceBahram Mahmoudi -
GKM504Reng-e Mahur1371/1992 -Nasrollah ZarrinpanjehXThree melodic instruments - -
GKM505Pishdaramad-e Mahur1369/1990 -Alinaqi VaziriXThree melodic instruments - -
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