Studied under Iranian classical and folklore music masters including Homayoun Khorram, Ramin Rahimi, Ali-Akbar Moradi, Darioush Talaei, and Hamid Motebassem
Visual Arts graduate from Maryland Institute College of Art
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and multidisciplinary visual artist
Founded Pezhvak Ensemble in 2008
Band leader and cofounder of Sorvad Ensemble
Worked and performed alongside notorious international Musicians and artists such as Majid Derakhshani, Alireza Shahmohammadi, Pejman Hadadi, Pezhham Akhavass, Dawn Avery, John Wubbenhorst, Larry Mitchel, Kazem Davoudian, Susan Deyhim and Mojgan Shajarian. • Performs regularly at many prestigious venues in the United States including the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco; Lincoln Center and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Kennedy Center and Freer Shackler Gallery in Washington D.C.
