Sima Bina Singer of local songs

Female vocalist specialising in classical Persian music (avaz) as well as popular ballads (tasnif) and who also excels in the singing of vernacular lyrics and Khurasani folk music of the Birjand. She made her debut at the age of nine on the ‘Children’s programme’ in 1955 under the directorship of Davud Pirniya and Dr. Mu‘in Afshar. In the mid 1960s Davud Pirniya created Golha-yi sahra’i, for Sima Bina, she also began to give performances on the other Golha programmes, where she sung a number of classical Persian compositions, as  well as various compositions written by different composers on the Golha-yi rangarang, and Yik shakh-i gol programmes.