Zohreh Jooya was born in Mashhad in Iran. Her father being from Afghanistan and her mother from Persia she profitted from both cultures. After high school she moved to Europe to study music. Beginning in Amsterdam, than Vienna where she has received a classical musical education at the academy of Music and later earned a master’s degree in opera at the “Konservatorium of the City of Vienna”.

Jooya is influenced by both the Oriental and the European world. Her European classical engagements were in several operas in Austria, Germany, Denmark and Switzerland. Many performances with classical songs from Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert on television and radio shows. Currently she mainly performs on concerts, covering a broad spectrum from Italian baroque music to songs from George Gershwin.

Her heart belongs the traditional music of her countries Persia and Afghanistan. She has formed a group of Iranian artists who created a new way of interpreting the traditional Iranian music recorded on two albums produced by Koch International. „A Journey to Persia“ and „Persian Nights”. Her first CD „Persian Nights“. was arranged by Nariman Hodjati. The second CD „A Journey to Persia“ is arranged by one of the finest kamanche player in Iran, Saeid Faradj-Poury. On both albums Zohreh sings in the languages of the different people in Iran. Both albums are an example of the different ethnic music in her country. They give a feel of the multicultural life in Persia, where Persians, Kurds, Azari and Gilanians express their feelings musically in so different ways, but still feel as the people of Iran.

On the lyrical side she sings mystical songs from the ancient poet Nezami in „Shirin and Farhad“ and „The Indian Princess“ with “Ensemble Parnas” of Professor Parvis Mamnun the famous story teller and master of the naghali. Those songs are recorded on the CDs of Parvis Mamnun.The new album „Music of the Persian Mystics“ composed by Madjid Derakhshani and sang by Zohreh Jooya is based on poems of the Persian mystics Molana Rumi, Hafez and Sadi.

It is a blend of classical Persian music with colors and sounds of today. An unconventional combination of Oriental and European instruments. Evocative and contemplative melodies, a melange of oriental and occidental rhythms and sounds envelop the soul like a gentle, velvet caress. Traditional rhythm and sounds in contemporary aesthetics. This CD is just published by ARC Music Production in the UK.Her newest album “Songs from Afghanistan” has just been intoduced to the market. At her concerts Zohreh is presenting her music accompanied with dances and poetry.

Her audience are the people of Persia and Afghanistan, whether they live in the East or the west and Westerners who love Oriental music. Her music embraces the different people and cultures in her country as well as the European cultures.We live in difficult times where people are so focused on individual achievements. It is important to emphasize what we all have in common and not what drives us appart. All over the world people have the same feelings and goals. They all long for love joy and peace. Zohreh Jooya’s art is her contribution towards this common aim.