I was born in 1945 in Abadan, Iran. I started playing piano at early age composing short pieces for piano under the guidance of Leonid Samus, an exiled Russian pianist. I continued my education in Tehran Conservatory of Music under the guidance of composers Morteza Hannaneh and Yusof Yusofzadeh. I further continued my music studies at London under Professors, late John MacCabe, Adam Gorb and late Norman Demuth also developing my conducting techniques under the late Professor Laurence Leonard. I continued my musical career in Iran through teaching piano and composition in several colleges and universities. In parallel, I expanded my musical portfolio by composing orchestral, chamber, and instrumental music. In 1986, I immigrated to the UK and have lived there since. From 2002 I started visiting Iran giving lectures in several universities including, University of Art, Iran Broadcasting University, ,Azad University as well as conducting and performing my music
About the music
My style of music follows the tradition of European Classical School. My early influences in composition were Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, and Bach and later, Debussy, Bartok, Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Later on I used folk music as a means for my melodic constructions and composed my “Miniatures for piano” a book as a blueprint which I later on developed into large scale pieces. The works submitted for evaluation are "Two Tangos" which are part of my Selected Piano Pieces and "Valse Mystique" as part of my 5 Waltzes for Piano.
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