Oghlan Bakhshi

Oghlan Bakhshi (born Mohammad Geldi Geldi Nejad, in 1993, in Gonbad-e Kavus, Iran) is a Turkmen musician. He started learning music alongside his father, Adbol-Ghaffar Geldi Nejad, who was director of a musical school. He was taught by Chari Sahetmuradov, Akmurad Chariev, and Osman Gujimov.

Early life and career
Geldi Nejad began playing music when he was 6 years old. When he was 9 years old, Turkmen music professors granted him the title Oghlan Bakhshi(Turkmen: Oglan bagşy). 

In Turkmen music, "Bakhshi" is a person who can masterfully perform the dutar and sing, and "Oghlan" means child. Therefore, Oghlan Bakhshi () is a person who has mastered the Dutar and singing as a child.

Awards and recognition
In June 2004, Goldi Nejad won first place in the Shiraz Arts Festival. In February 2005, he won the title of the "best selection of the festival" at the Fajr International Music Festival.

In 2005 he won first prize at the 6th Iranian regional music festival. 

In 2008 he won first place at the World Festival of Youth Folk Music in Prague, Czech Republic. He was the representative from Iran at the festival.

In 2011 at the Turkmen President's Cultural and Artistic Competition, also known as the Golden Age of Turkmenistan Competition, he won the Turkmenistan Culture Award and a gold medal.

Publications
In 2015 his performance was  published in the book called The Music of Central Asia, page 119-120 of the book, the title "The Art of the Turkmen Bagshy" (Chapter 7).

References

Category:Living people
Category:1993 births
Category:Folk singers
Category:Asian entertainers
Category:Turkmenistan people
Category:Folk musicians
Category:Iranian singers
Category:Iranian musicians