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Sample Track 1:
"Hagar/Sarah" from The Naming
Sample Track 2:
"Vashti" from The Naming
Sample Track 3:
"The Naming" from The Naming
Sample Track 4:
"Michal" from The Naming
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Bio

More About Galeet Dardashti

As the granddaughter of Yona Dardashti, the most renowned singer of Persian classical music in Iran in his day, and daughter of highly esteemed cantor Farid Dardashti, NY-based Middle Eastern vocalist Galeet Dardashti is the first woman in her family to continue her family tradition of distinguished Persian and Jewish musicianship. After performing in the US and Canada with The Dardashti Family from her childhood into her teenage years, she began her own solo musical pursuits in the US and in Israel. It was only after performing Western classical music, jazz, and cantorial music that as an adult Dardashti began immersing herself in the Eastern music of her Persian heritage. 

Since then she has earned a reputation as one of the most innovative Jewish musicians today, garnering several musical commissions.  In addition to her new multi-disciplinary (original music, dance, video art, storytelling) project, The Naming, she leads the all-female power-house Mizrahi ensemble, Divahn. The group has engendered an international following with its edgy renditions of traditional and original Middle Eastern Jewish songs.  Dardashti’s “sultry delivery spans international styles and clings to listeners long after the last round of applause” (Jerusalem Report). The group creatively underscores common ground between diverse Middle Eastern cultures and religions. 

Dardashti holds a Ph.D. in anthropology, having completed her dissertation on the cultural politics of contemporary Middle Eastern music in Israel in 2009.  She offers lectures and artist/scholar-in-residencies throughout the country.