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Azam Ali
Azam Ali, Niyaz concert, Kavehaz Restaurant & Bar, NYC, September 17, 2005
Background information
Birth name	Azam Aliafgerad
Born	1970 Tehran, Iran
Genres	Rock New Age World Sufi
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Hammered Dulcimer, Frame Drum, Riqq, Zils, Chan Chan, Daf, Tanpura, Psaltery, Bendir
Labels	Narada, Six Degrees Records

Website	http://www.azamalimusic.com

Musical artist

Azam Ali (Template:Lang-fa) is an Iranian American musician.

Biography

Born in Tehran, Iran 1970, Ali spent most of her childhood in Panchgani, India. Ali and her mother moved to Los Angeles, California in 1985, after which Ali discovered the santour. Ali then studied the santour under Persian master Manoocher Sadeghi, which led to the rediscovery of her voice. She is now living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

In 1996, Ali formed "alternative world" group VAS with percussionist Greg Ellis after meeting the year prior at a concert at UCLA. She and her husband, Loga Ramin Torkian, are also part of another group, Niyaz, an Iranian acoustic electronic group. In 2005, Azam Ali was featured in Enter The Chicken, a Buckethead album, singing the song "Coma" with Serj Tankian.

Solo career

In 2002, Ali released her first solo album, Portals of Grace. This was followed up with 2006's Elysium for the Brave, which reached #10 on Billboard's World Albums chart on 23 September 2006. Ali's most recent release, 2011's From Night to the Edge of Day, is a collection of lullabies inspired by her son.

In 2003 she sung Inama Nushif in the fictional Fremen language for the soundtrack to the 2003 Sci Fi Channel mini-series Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, written by Brian Tyler. In 2012, she was the vocalist for Square Enix's Final Fantasy video game tech demo Agni's Philosophy.