MONIKA JALILI مونیکا جلیلی

Monika Jalili is a vocalist singing songs of Iran, mostly in Persian. Monika is of Dutch and German and persian descent. She studied music at The Manhattan School of Music. She was a student of Beverley Peck Johnson. Monika actively pursued a musical theater career in New York and appeared with such talents as Steve Allen and John Astin until her passion for songs of Iran led her, in 2004, to create a project called NoorSaaz with the help of Megan Weeder (now Gould) to explore and perform songs from Iran and to share them with everyone.