Maestro Shahram Nazeri (18 February 1950) is a contemporary Iranian tenor of Kurdish origin from Kermanshah, Iran, who sings Sufi music, classical and traditional Persian and Kurdish music. He has accompanied by some of the masters of Iranian traditional music such as Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Hossein Alizadeh, Parviz Meshkatian, Jalal Zolfonoun, Keykhosrow Pour Nazeri, Jalil Shahnaz, Faramarz Payvar and The Kamkars. Nazeri was one of the first singers to include Rumi's poetry within Persian music, thus establishing a tradition of Sufi music within both Persian classical music and Kurdish music. The Christian Science Monitor has called him "Iran's Pavarotti". Shahram Nazeri has been established as a significant artist in Iran since the 80s. His first albums which were in the form of mutual albums with Mohammad-Reza Shajarian and composing Mohammad ًeza Lotfi, Parviz Meshkatian and Hossein Alizadeh were published by the end of the late 70s by Chavosh institute. The content of these albums were filled with liberalism and patriotic ideas. From his Awards: The Chevalier des Arts et Lettres, (by France, 2007), Lifetime Cultural Heritage Award, (by Asia Society, 2007), Simorgh Award, (by the International Institute for Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations, 2007), Hafez Film Award for Best Original Song (2015). By now more than 40 music albums by Shahram Nazeri have been published by Iran's official and reliable publishers.