Kayvan Mirhadi
| Kayvan Mirhadi | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Kayvan Mirhadizade |
| Born | June 8, 1960 |
| Origin | Tehran, Iran |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, Composer, Conductor |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1980 – present |
| Website | http://www.mirhadi.ir/ |
Kayvan Mirhadi (also spelled "Keyvan Mirhadi" Persian: کیوان میرهادی, born June 8, 1960) is an Iranian composer, conductor, and guitarist.
In the course of his career Mirhadi has conducted many choirs and chamber orchestras dedicated to classical music.
He owns a choir and chamber orchestra called Camerata and has begun to perform contemporary classical such as Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt in Iran. For the first time in Iran he arranged some tracks of rock-band celebrities for his orchestra such as Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Scorpions, Iron Maiden and has begun to give live concerts.[1][2]
He has taught choir, Guitar, Theory of western music and History at the University of Tehran,[3] Azad University, Tehran Conservatory and the old and prestigious Tehran College of music (Honarestan).
Mirhadi has been one of the jurors for the Young Guitarists Festiva' (Tehran, until 2000) and the chief-juror for Isfahan's first festival on Guitar. He published a book called Music A-Z on the Theory of western music.[4][5]
He conducted a fusion concert and transcribed the works of the Setar virtuoso Massoud Shoari for large classical-traditional ensemble and gave a concert in 2003 at the Tehran Opera House (Vahdat Hall).[6]
During 2002-3, he wrote essays and critics on music and musicians in "Golestaneh" art magazine. In 2007, he wrote an original score for a movie called The Lives of Feet which participated in the Festival International du Court Metrage in France.[7]
See also
- Nima A Rowshan
- Lily Afshar
- Shahin Farhat
- Fereidoun Farzaneh
- Alireza Mashayekhi
- Nader Mashayekhi
- Ali Rahbari
- Anoushiravan Rohani
- Shahrdad Rohani
- Heshmat Sandjari
- Loris Tjeknavorian (Loris Cheknavarian)