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Shamiram was born to Daniel and Salatin Georgie in Tehram as the youngest
of 4 children. She began singing and acting at the age of 8 in school plays at the "Forozesh
School". She became more active in music, both singing and playing instruments.
After High School, Shamiram enjoyed tutoring kindergartners in dance, and was asked to sing and
dance at the Indian Embasy. She performed on Iranian Television several times, she was very
involved in "Etela-at Bonevon", and through "Etela-at Bonevon" performed for "Honarhayeh Zeba".
Shamiram demonstrated multiple talents in the performing arts. Her musical interests included
music in Assyrian, Persian, Turkish, Arabic and Indian.
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At the age of 22, Shamiram married and moved to the United States with her Amiercan husband
and settled in the Seattle area of Washington State. As a wife and mother, Shamiram raised
three wonderful children and passed on her culture to them. During her 34 years in the Seattle
area, Shamiram taughth dance and performed in the Iranian Exhibition at the 1974 Worlds Fair.
Once her children were well into school, Shamiram decided to become a professional singer.
With Assyrian songs composed by her late father Daniel Gevargis Urshan,
Shamiram recorded her first album in 1978. The album was very well received internationally
which led to singing engagements around the world including Europe, North America and
Austraila. Simultaneously, Shamiram remained very active in the Iranian community teaching
Iranian Ethnic dance to children and performing at social events. Shamiram is currently
living in Los Angeles, California with her husband and is in the process of recording her
latest and 6th album. Shamiram's favorite songs are Arabo
and Tolama
from her first record, and Gazalit Khoolmaneh
from her second album. Here is a list of Shamiram's recordings.
1978 Shamiram
1984 Ashikoota