Nader Golchin, the singer of the famous song 'I Won't Be a Child Anymore,' has passed away

Nader Golchin, a pre-revolution Iranian singer known for songs like 'Yousef Ghomgashteh' and 'I Won't Be a Child Anymore,' passed away on Friday, September 22, at the age of 81. According to the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA), citing his daughter Nazanin Golchin, Mr. Golchin died of cardiac arrest at Gandhi Hospital in Tehran. Nazanin Golchin also mentioned that her father had been hospitalized for about a month due to a lung condition. Earlier in September, the news website Afkar News published a report quoting Marjaneh Golchin, a cinema and television actress and Nader Golchin's niece, stating that Mr. Golchin had been struggling with a lung infection for years, and this illness had reached a critical stage. Nader Golchin's body is scheduled to be buried at 9 AM on Sunday, October 1, from in front of the Vahdat Hall to the Artists' section of Behesht Zahra. He was born in 1936 in the city of Rasht and worked during his peak with musicians such as Faramarz Payvar, Parviz Yahaghi, Jalil Shahnaz, and Farhang Sharif. However, after the 1979 revolution, he gradually withdrew from the scene until he released an album titled 'Goriz' after more than three decades, collaborating with Fereydoun Shahbazian. Other famous songs by Nader Golchin include 'Amad No Behar' and 'Moseb.' Sadegh Tarif, a traditional Iranian music singer, stated in an interview with Radio Farda about Nader Golchin's musical style: 'Nader Golchin had a unique signature; he was unlike anyone else in his singing, technique, and voice type. His voice had a distinct stamp and color.' He discussed the reasons for Mr. Golchin's limited work, saying, 'As far as I remember, he was banned from working for a long time, and it seems that gradually the opportunity to present work became available to him. But one work for forty years, over thirty years since the revolution, is really very little. There is not much significant work in terms of quantity.' Mr. Tarif emphasized: 'Unfortunately, this is not only true for him, but also after the revolution, we had many top singers in terms of voice and vocal power, mastery, and command of music. Unfortunately, these singers, despite not being very old, around forty or forty-five years old, were deprived of presenting their work. Not only them, but we as an audience were deprived of hearing the voices of these dear greats. People like Akbar Golpayegani and dear Iraj can be considered among the best voices in the history of contemporary music. There is no doubt about it. But at their peak, they were deprived of presenting their work.' This traditional music singer stated: 'I wish these friends had been invited just a few years after the revolution when calm gradually returned, for example, they could have been invited to simply come and sing in the Golha program. Do you know how many works we could have had from these greats from over thirty years ago until today that could have been added to our cultural audio treasure? Unfortunately, this opportunity was lost.'