Background
Mehdi was born in Kermanshah in 1980.
Mehdi was born in Kermanshah in 1980.
These included the Setar and Kamancheh. He finally chose Kamancheh as his main instrument. Simultaneously, he studied Drama at Azad University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2003.
He began his musical endeavors by learning to play the Tonbak instructed by Ramin Tafazoli. He then started learning other instruments in order to familiarize himself even further with Iranian music and composing. He learned to play the Kamancheh by Maestro Ardeshir Kamkar.
Mehdi has held several concerts across the world and has performed in a variety of credible festivals and halls including:
Berklee College of Music (BostonUSA)
Oslo Word Music Festival (Oslo - Norway)
Morgenland Festival Osnabrück (East Music Festival in Osnabrueck, Germany)
Kursaal Festival (San Sebastián, Spain)
Théâtre de la Ville(Paris - France)
Michigan Festival of Sacred Music (Michigan - United States of America)
Opéra de Lille (Lille, France)
Marc Bloch University (Strasbourg, France)
Erciyes University (Turkey)
EFRI University (France)
Ford"s Theatre (Los Angeles - United States of America)
Palace of Fine Arts (San Francisco - United States of America)
Columbia University (New York - United States of America)
¡Globalquerque! (New Mexico - United States of America)
Southbank Centre (London - United Kingdom)
Montana Folk Festivals (Montana - United States of America).