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Ghamar-ol-Molouk Vaziri, famous as Ghamar, the most famous female vocalist of Persian classical music, was born in Sangalach district of Tehran in 1903.
In childhood lost her mother while her father had died too, so her grandmother became her guardian. Her grandmother, Molla Khayr on-Nesa’ famous as Eftekhar oz-Zakerin, was singer of the Rozekhani ceremonies. Ghamar acompanied her and participated in the ceremonies.
When Ghamar's grandmother went to Karbala on pilgrimage of Imam Hussein's shrine; she stayed at the house of her cousin (the wife of Majd os-Sanaye', where was musical meeting place of great musicians such as Darvish Khan, Rokn-ed-Din Mokhtari, Haji Khan Eyn-nod-Dole and Hesam mos-Saltane.
In a wedding ceremony, where the outstanding master of Tar, Morteza Neydavud was invited too, Ghamar sang a Tasnif. Morteza Khan Neydavud wanted to play Tar and asked her if she sing again. Neydavud was very enthusiastic about her singing. Tha’s why he invited her to attend in his class.
Ghamar studied radif repertoire under Morteza Khan and began her professional career in cooperating with Morteza Khan and his brother. They made many concerts and recorded shellac records. Ghamar was in a short time so famous, which English and German record companies send their representatives to Tehran, so that they can make a contract with her.
Ghamar’s first concert was at the salon of the Grand Hotel about 1924 at the age of 21. It was the first concert of a female singer in Iran, which is registered.
Ghamar collaborated Arsalan Dargahi and Hosseyn Yahaghghi and they made some records too.
After launching of Radio Bisim in Tehran, Ghamar collaborated many other musicians like Habib Samai, Abolhassan Saba, Kamali and Moarefi brothers.
Ghamar’s extraordinary reputation is not only because of her unconquerable singing technique but also because she shared among the poor people, what she earned.
She lived the last years of her life in dire poverty and passed away on 5. August 1959 and were buried in Zahir od-Dole cemetery in Tehran.
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