My Biography
| Mehrdad was born on January 02, 1968 (12 Dey 1346) in Tehran. The passion for music and poetry was passed on to him through his father. Since childhood, he was always fascinated by Tombak players such as Maestro Hossein Tehrani, Mohammad Essmaeili, Amir Nasser Eftetah, & Naser Farhangfar and their techniques. Eventually in 1989, he began taking Tombak lessons and attended Maestro Behzad Razavi Nia classes. He started playing Daf on his own; however, he indirectly has learned a lot from Masoud Habibi, Maestro Pejmon Haddadi, and Sara Ahmadi. He has taken part in both playing & organizing numerous quality concerts in U.S.A. and Canada featuring great musicians such as world renowned Dastan Ensemble accompanied by Sima Bina, Parissa, Salar Aghili and many other concerts. Mehrdad is the producer&announcer of Art&Cultural news in Radio 670am KIRN. He is also an active member of Najva Ensemble in Los Angeles. Mehrdad is also proud by playing with numerous well known singers including Mahasti, Sattar, Hoshmand Aghili, Ahdieh, Behzad Behzadpour, Shahla Sarshar, and many more. Beside his involvement with Art and music, Mehrdad is a graduate of Tehran's Melli (AKA Beheshti) University in Medical Records&Vital Statistics and holds a Biomedical Engineering degree. He has been working with GE Healthcare Technologies since 1999 and his Field of expertise is Nuclear Medicine. |
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