Shahram Nazeri was born in 1960 in Kermanshah to a family with close musical ties. Very early, his father initiated him to the art and soon he had acquired a solid enough grounding to be asked to sing, at the age of eight, in Sufi seances, the Masnavi, the major work of the greate 13th century Sufi poet Jalaloddin Roomi, considered to be a work of spiritual enlightenment.

At the age of eleven, he sang on Iranian television and at this time he began to study traditional music more profoundly. For four years he studies the Radif [radif] with the sadly missed Karimi and benefitted from the teaching of Boroomand et Davami. His meeting with Mohammad Reza Shadjarian led to his further perfecting of the subtleties of the Persaian art of singing.

In 1975, he won first prize in a traditional music singing competition. Then he began to sing with two best musical groups of the day, Sheyda et Aref.

Shahram Nazeri, who has recorded extensively, has become in recent years one of the most well-known and popular singers in Iran.

His knowledge of the traditional repertoire and intimacy with Sufi world are made to serve a very personal style of interpretation.

All those lucky enough to have heard him are astounded by the beauty of his voice and the warmth that vibrates through his singing.