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Levon Helm, Kris Kristofferson, Donald Fagen, Rosanne Cash, Marianne Faithfull, Eric Burdon, Ewan McGregor, Carly Simon, Shawn Mullins, Taj Mahal, Angélique Kidjo, Carl Carlton, Larry Campbell, Jane Birkin, Emmanuel Jal, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Amy Helm, Arno, Axelle Red, Christine and the Queens, David D'or, Essie Jain, Gentleman, Jimmy Barnes, John Leventhal, JP Nataf, Keb' Mo', Mahalia Barnes, Max Buskohl, Moses Mo, Nacho Campillo, Pascal Kravetz, Sari Schorr, Saúl Hernández, Sir Samuel, Sonny Landreth, Sussan Deyhim, Teresa Williams, Vida Simon, Warren Haynes, Gaby Moreno & Florent Pagny
Levon Helm, Kris Kristofferson, Carl Carlton, Donald Fagen, Rosanne Cash, Marianne Faithfull, Eric Burdon, Ewan McGregor, Carly Simon, Shawn Mullins, Taj Mahal, Angélique Kidjo, Larry Campbell, Jane Birkin, Emmanuel Jal, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Amy Helm, Arno, Axelle Red, Christine and the Queens, David D'or, Essie Jain, Gentleman, Jimmy Barnes, John Leventhal, JP Nataf, Keb' Mo', Mahalia Barnes, Max Buskohl, Moses Mo, Nacho Campillo, Pascal Kravetz, Sari Schorr, Saúl Hernández, Sir Samuel, Sonny Landreth, Sussan Deyhim, Teresa Williams, Vida Simon, Warren Haynes, Gaby Moreno & Florent Pagny
About Sussan Deyhim
Singer Sussan Deyhim was born in Tehran and has had a full career as a dancer. From 1971 to 1975, she was a part of Pars National Ballet, affiliated with Persian National Television. In 1976, she received a scholarship to MUDRA (Maurice Bejart's School of Performing Arts). She then performed with Bejart's Ballet of the XX Century.
Since 1980, Deyhim has been based in New York and has performed internationally as a vocalist, performance artist, and composer. She has collaborated with composers Mickey Hart, Jerry Garcia, Peter Gabriel (The Last Temptation of Christ soundtrack), Jaron Lanier, Branford Marsalis, Peter Seherer, Naut Humon, and others. She has also appeared in many international productions, including Jean Claude Van Italie's The Tibetan Book of the Dead, directed by Assur Banipal Babilla, La Scala in Milan by Micha Van Heugh, and A Midsummer Night's Dream and Nijinksi with Lindsay Kemp's English Theatre Group in South America and Italy.
Her primary collaborator is composer and multi-instrumentalist Richard Horowitz. They began their collaboration in 1981 with Azaxattra: Desert Equations, and they have performed together since 1984. They have also created two media theatre pieces, ballets, and many feature and short film projects. In 1997, they released Majoun on the Sony Classical label. Deyhim can also be heard as a member of the improvising ensemble on Bobby McFerrin's Circlesongs. ~ Carol Wright
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