Pejman Akbarzadeh
- Director
- Writer
Born in 1980 in Persia and studied piano withvarious maestros in his
homeland such as Farman Behboud, former professor of Tehran
Conservatory. Pejman Akbarzadeh is author of a 4-volume book about
20th-century Persian (Iranian) musicians which has been the source of
various academic publication such as Encyclopedia Iranica. Since 2002
to 2006 he contributed as a columnist various Persian-language
newspapers in Tehran and also briefly freelanced with BBC Persian
Service. In 2006 Pejman Akbarzadeh moved to the Netherlands to continue
his activities as a senior producer at Radio Zamaneh. He has also
performed various recitals in Europe to present Persian piano music;
concerts at Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Bethanienklooster and University
of Cologne are among them. In 2009 Pejman Akbarzadeh finished his first
cinematic project which is a documentary film about the iconic Persian
singer Hayedeh. It was cited as by Holland Times as a "great insight
into the musical make up of Persia".