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Bijan Mortazavi (born on November 16, 1957 in Babol, Iran), is a popular Iranian violinist, singer and songwriter. Mortazavi studied music in Tehran. He was trained in improvisation, orchestration, arrangement, quarter tone technique, and dastgah by various well-known violinists in Iran. Mortazavi started learning the violin under the supervision of Masoud Namazian when he was three years old. After graduating from high school, Mortazavi moved to the United Kingdom. In 1977, Mortazavi moved to the United States, continued his music education at Texas State University and eventually settled in California in 1985. There he started composing and arranging music for Iranian pop singers. Mortazavi always uses a white, handmade violin in his performances. "I like to play my white violin because to me white represents peace and friendship," Mortazavi said in a TV interview. Since 1990, international tours have brought Mortazavi to sold-out audiences throughout the world. In 1995 he was the first Iranian artist to be sponsored by the Chrysler Corporation. On July 3, 1994, Bijan Mortazavi performed his music with an orchestra at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, becoming the first Iranian musician to be featured at the theatre. Bijan has performed in other big venues around the world, among them the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, the Gibson Amphitheater (aka Universal Amphitheater) in Universal City, California, the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Highland Center, the Royal Albert Hall, Equinox and Le Palace in London, the Ford Center and Performing Arts Center in Toronto, Queen Elizabeth Auditorium in Vancouver, the Albert Hall in Copenhagen, the Nobel Concert Hall and Global Auditorium in Stockholm, The Performing Arts Center and Civic Auditoriums in Australia's Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Auckland in New Zealand. On November 25, 2009, Bijan received his Fellowship (Phd) from the Southampton Solent University in Great Britain. ---- Enjoy!!! ---- Здесь вы можете слушать онлайн Bijan Mortazavi, mp3 бесплатно и без регистрации.