Pejman Akbarzadeh
{{Short description|Persian-Dutch pianist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
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| name = Pejman Akbarzadeh
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| occupation = Pianist, journalist, producer
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Pejman Akbarzadeh ({{langx|fa|پژمان اكبرزاده}}, born 1980) is a Persian-Dutch{{cite web|url=https://www.pejmanakbarzadeh.com/|title=Pejman Akbarzadeh Official Website|work=pejmanakbarzadeh.com}} pianist, journalist, music historian and documentary maker.
Early life
Born in Shiraz in 1980, Akbarzadeh had his first music lessons at the age of nine from Gholam Loghmani and later from Bahram Nasrollahi. In 2001 moved to Tehran and continued his piano studies under Farman Behboud.{{cite web|df=dmy-all |url=http://aidanederland.nl/kunsten/muziek/pejman-akbarzadeh/ |title=Pejman Akbarzadeh « AIDA Nederland |access-date=2012-11-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515215228/http://aidanederland.nl/kunsten/muziek/pejman-akbarzadeh/ |archivedate=2013-05-15 }}
"Persian Musicians" project
At age fifteen he started to research the works and activities of twentieth-century Persian (Iranian) composers and conductors. Three years later he published the first volume of his projected four-volume work, Persian Musicians{{cite web|url=http://parstimes.com/persianmusicians.html|title=Greater Iran & Beyond|work=parstimes.com|publisher=parstimes.com}} which became a source for various publications such as Encyclopedia Iranica.{{cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hossein-andr/|title=HOSSEIN, ANDRÉ|work=iranicaonline.org}}
Journalism
Image:Pejman & Prof. Eghtedari PSFC 2006.jpg (R). Persian Studies Foundation Conference, Hafez Hall, Shiraz, 2005.]]
Pejman Akbarzadeh has written articles in both Persian and English, mostly on cultural topics, which have been published in BBC Persian Service Online, "Persian Heritage Magazine" (New Jersey), "Shargh Newspaper" (Tehran), "Rahavard Quarterly" (Los Angeles), "Gooya.com" (Brussels), "Payvand.com" (San Francisco)... and Yas-e-no Daily, which was banned in Iran in 2003.
Persian Gulf studies
From 2002 to 2006 Akbarzadeh was the representative of Persian Gulf Online organization in Tehran. He has published various articles about this waterway in both English and Persian.{{cite web|url=http://payvand.com/news/06/nov/1244.html|title=Distorting the Name of the "Persian Gulf" Continues|work=payvand.com}}
He also lectured at the Persian Studies Foundation conference in Shiraz and Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran. The text of most of these lectures were published in "Shargh" daily.{{Cite web |url=http://www.1architect.ir/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?search=%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%20%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82&IncludeBlogs=2&limit=10&page=2 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722013406/http://www.1architect.ir/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?search=%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%20%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82&IncludeBlogs=2&limit=10&page=2|df=dmy-all|archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead }}
Move to the Netherlands
In 2006, Akbarzadeh moved to the Netherlands, citing restrictions on musical life and freedom of speech in Iran. For seven years he was a senior producer at Radio Zamaneh in Amsterdam. Currently he contributes to BBC Persian TV{{cite web|title=No One Knows about the Iraqi Museum Persian Collection|last1=Akbarzadeh|first1=Pejman|url=http://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-features-40415856|website=BBC|date=28 June 2017|access-date=17 December 2017}} and website.{{cite web|title=45th Anniversary of the National Choir of Persia: An Interview with Alfred Mardoyan|last1=Akbarzadeh|first1=Pejman|url=http://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-41851955|website=BBC|date=2 November 2017|access-date=17 December 2017}}
In March 2008 he performed the first Persian piano recital in Amsterdam. The sold-out concert at Bethanienklooster resulted in further invitations to perform in Europe. In August 2008 Pejman dedicated his recital at the University of Cologne to Ahmad Batebi, symbol of pro-democracy movement of Tehran University students, who fled to the United States after nine years of imprisonment in the same year.{{cite web|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/08/aug/1074.html|title=Piano Recital to be Dedicated to AHMAD BATEBI|work=payvand.com|access-date=11 August 2008|archive-date=9 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909220044/http://www.payvand.com/news/08/aug/1074.html|url-status=dead}} In 2012 he performed at Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
In 2008 Pejman also finished the first documentary about the legendary Persian diva Hayedeh who died in exile in 1990. The film was premiered on 24 January 2009 in Amsterdam{{cite web|url=http://payvand.com/news/09/jan/1043.html|title=First Documentary on "HAYEDEH, Legendary Persian Diva"|work=payvand.com}} and nominated as the "best documentary" at Noor Iranian Film Festival in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |url=http://hayedehdocumentary.com/home/en/synopsis.html |title=Hayedeh: Legendary Persian Diva - Documentary's Official Website |access-date=2010-04-14|df=dmy-all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626063138/http://hayedehdocumentary.com/home/en/synopsis.html |archive-date=2010-06-26 |url-status=dead }} In the same year Pejman Akbarzadeh introduced Persian piano music at the Netherlands' Radio 5 (OBA Show) and in 2012 at Amsterdam Concertgebouw.{{cite web|url=http://www.concertgebouw.nl/concerten-en-tickets/perzische-pianomuziek-door-pejman-akbarzadeh|title=PERZISCHE PIANOMUZIEK DOOR PEJMAN AKBARZADEH|work=Het Concertgebouw|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304033157/http://www.concertgebouw.nl/concerten-en-tickets/perzische-pianomuziek-door-pejman-akbarzadeh|archivedate=2012-03-04|df=dmy-all }}
In Summer 2009 following the pro-freedom demonstrations in Iran which turned to blood, Pejman Akbarzadeh joined the solidarity events in Europe with the people of his homeland; performing at Holland's Iranian Artists Eve in Amsterdam,{{cite web|url=http://payvand.com/news/09/jul/1022.html|title=Holland's Persian artists in SOLIDARITY with their People|work=payvand.com}} "International Solidarity Conference with Iran's Students" at the University of Delft,{{cite web|url=http://iranpy.net/articles/390|title=FOCUS IRAN II|work=iranpy.net}} Human Rights and Press Freedom Conference at Amsterdam's Tropen Theatre and cooperation with UNITED4IRAN demonstrations were among them.{{Cite web|df=dmy-all |url=http://hayedehdocumentary.com/home/en/documentary-maker.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125092637/http://hayedehdocumentary.com/home/en/documentary-maker.html |archive-date=2010-01-25 |url-status=dead }}
Works
Book
- Persian Musicians Volume 1 (Moosighidanane Irani, Jelde 1). Navid Publications, Shiraz/Tehran, 2000.
- Persian Musicians Volume 2 (Moosighidanane Irani, Jelde 2). Roshanak Publications, Tehran, 2002, {{ISBN|964-93867-3-4}}
- Persian Musicians Volume 3 (Moosighidanane Irani, Jelde 3). Iran Heritage Society (US) / Roshanak Publications, Tehran, 2008, {{ISBN|964-93867-3-4}}
- A Century of Cello Music from Persia (ed). Persian Dutch Network, Amsterdam, 2022.{{cite web|title=A Century of Cello Music from Persia 1921-2021|last1=|first1=|url=http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/99156175639203941/catalog|website=Harvard|accessdate=30 December 2022}} (2022)
Film (Documentary)
- Hayedeh: Legendary Persian Diva (2009)
- Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture{{cite web|title=Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture; directed by Pejman Akbarzadeh|last1=|first1=|url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cis/events/01feb2018-taq-kasra-wonder-of-architecture.html|website=SOAS|accessdate=16 December 2017|archive-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712182748/https://www.soas.ac.uk/lmei-cis/events/01feb2018-taq-kasra-wonder-of-architecture.html|url-status=dead}} (2017)
- Derbent: What Persia Left Behind (2022).{{cite web|url=https://derbentonline.com/doducmentary-film/|title=DERBENT: What Persia Left Behind|work=Derbent Online}}
Music (released pieces)
- Persian piano music: "Fable", based on a piece by Homayoun Khorram; live Performance Amsterdam (iTunes 2009)
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://pejmanakbarzadeh.com/ }}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BER9aKxN1Xs Persian piano music by Pejman Akbarzadeh (Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam)]
- [https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/ook-iran-kan-uiteindelijk-niet-zonder-muziek~b65584fa/ Music in Iran... an Interview with Pejman Akbarzadeh] (Volkskrant)
- [http://www.parstimes.com/persianmusicians.html Weekly Book interview with Pejman Akbarzadeh]
- [https://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&client=pub-3637314257625904&channel=8808029713&cof=FORID%3A1%3BGL%3A1%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.payvand.com%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.payvand.com%2Fimg%2Fplogo.jpg%3BLH%3A50%3BLW%3A42%3BLBGC%3A330000%3BBGC%3A%23eeeeee%3BLC%3A%23990033%3BVLC%3A%2300bb33%3BGALT%3A%23009900%3BGFNT%3A%23666666%3BGIMP%3A%23666666%3BDIV%3A%23CCCCCC%3B&domains=www.payvand.com&q=Pejman+Akbarzadeh&btnG=Search&sitesearch=www.payvand.com Pejman Akbarzadeh articles in Payvand News]
- [http://www.harmonytalk.com/id/662 Pejman Akbarzadeh's music articles in Persian]
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