He took into himself the pain of all his people and made music from our shared suffering: a song for change and revolution that flowed through our souls across the world and brought us closer together through our common pain.

We all wept with Shervin’s “Baraye” and felt in our hearts a love of change, homeland and compatriot.

It is said that, without music, there would always be the fear that love might one day die. Shervin’s song “Baraye” will keep alive our love for all that must change in this land.

When music enters the human soul and is received by it, music itself becomes an immortal spirit that will never die.

This song deserved the great award it received.

Salute to every artist who has stood beside the people through their art.

Aydin Areta