Golnar Shahyar is an Iranian-Canadian vocalist, composer, poet and producer based in Vienna. Austrian Music Export describes her music as combining improvisation, storytelling and activism, and names Choub, Gabbeh, Golnar & Mahan Trio and GolNar among her projects.2
Recordings
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Derakht
Bandcamp 4Spotify 5Apple Music 6SoundCloud 7
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- Contributors
- Mahan Mirarab (guitar) and Golnar Shahyar (vocals and guitar)4
Say Your Most Beautiful Word
Apple Music 9Spotify 10Bandcamp 8
- Contributors
- Mahan Mirarab (composer, arranger, guitar and fretless guitar), Golnar Shahyar (vocals), David Six (piano), Martin Berauer (bass), Mona Matbou Riahi (clarinet), Florian Willeitner (violin) and Amir Wahba (percussion)98
Life & work
Sources
- 1Radialsystem - Songs of Radical Kindness · www.radialsystem.de
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Radialsystem - Songs of Radical Kindness
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Golnar Shahyar © Ina Aydogan
- 2Golnar Shahyar · Austrian Music Export
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Golnar Shahyar - Austrian Music Export
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MMdeXsdC74ObhxcMyAvoa?si=Toi3DchZS4euHYxrIuoreQ
https://www.youtube.com/@golnarsh
https://soundcloud.com/golishahyar
https://golnarshahyar.bandcamp.com/music
Golnar Shahyar is an Iranian–Canadian vocalist, composer, poet, producer, educator, and cultural advocate based in Vienna whose music braids improvisation, storytelling, and activism.
Whether with Choub, Gabbeh, the Golnar & Mahan Trio, or as GolNar, she dissolves genre borders
Her debut album *Tear Drop* earned a German Jazz Prize nomination (2023)
- 3Tear Drop · Golnar Shahyar
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Tear Drop by Golnar Shahyar
released November 25, 2022
All songs are composed and arranged by Golnar Shahyar
Produced by Golnar Shahyar
Recorded live in RKH Wien, December 2021
Photo by Ina Aydogan Design by Tevik Zadourian
- 4Derakht
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Derakht by Golnar & Mahan
Photo by Ina Aydogan
released November 25, 2017
Golnar Shahyar: Voice, Guitar Mahan Mirarab. Guitar, Fretless guitar, Oud, Back vocals
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- 6Derakht - Album by Golnar & Mahan, Golnar Shahyar, Mahan Mirarab & Amir Wahba - Apple Music · Apple Music
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Derakht - Album by Golnar & Mahan, Golnar Shahyar, Mahan Mirarab & Amir Wahba - Apple Music
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- 8Say Your Most Beautiful Word | Mahan Mirarab · mahanmirarab.bandcamp.com
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Artwork by Tevik Zadourian
released September 16, 2022
All compositions & arrangements by Mahan Mirarab
Mahan Mirarab - guitar & fretless guitar
Golnar Shahyar - voice
David Six - piano
Martin Berauer - bass
Mona Matbou Riahi - clarinet
Florian Willeitner - violin
Amir Wahba - percussion
Say Your Most Beautiful Word
- 9Say Your Most Beautiful Word (feat. Golnar Shahyar, David Six & Martin Berauer) - Album by Mahan Mirarab - Apple Music · music.apple.com
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2 September 2022
Mahan Mirarab
Say Your Most Beautiful Word
- 10Say Your Most Beautiful Word - Mahan Mirarab · open.spotify.com
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Say Your Most Beautiful Word
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- 12Unspoken – Mahan Mirarab · ACT Music
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Photo by Victoria Nazarova
ACT Music
Mahan Mirarab guitar, fretless guitar, oud
Kian Soltani cello featured on #9,11, 5
He performs solo on the double-neck guitar and on some tracks is also joined by Kian Soltani (cello), Lars Danielsson (double bass) and Golnar Shahyar (vocals).
Golnar Shahyar vocals featured #8
Produced by Mahan Mirarab & Andreas Brandis
- 13Unspoken - Album by Mahan Mirarab - Apple Music · music.apple.com
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29 May 2026
Mahan Mirarab
Unspoken
- 14Unspoken
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2026, ACT Music + Vision GmbH & Co. KG
1. Mahan Mirarab - First Idea
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