| Davood Azad | |
| Birth Date: | 6 October 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Urmia, Iran |
| Occupation: | Singer, musician & composer[1] [2] |
| Instrument: | Tar, setar, tanbour, oud, daf, robab |
Davood Azad (born 6 October 1963) is an Iranian singer, multi-instrumental musician and composer[1] [2] who sings both Iranian classical music and Azeri folk music.[3] He is the first Iranian lecturer invited to Oxford University to lecture about Iranian music and its forms.[2] [4]
Davood Azad was born in Urmia, Azerbaijan. He is an ethnic Iranian Azerbaijani multi-instrumentalist and vocalist in Iranian classical music, Azerbaijani folk music, Ancient Persian music, and Persian Sufi music.
In his work "The Divan of Rumi & Bach" Azad joins Iranian Traditional music with Bach's famous melodies.[5]
