Artist name: Mirkhani

Music style: Classical New Age

Famous Similar Artist(s): David Lanz

Artist Description: In this Recording, Behzad Mirkhani (1969 Tehran) has offered his original compositions for nylon guitars, strings, and Piano, as meditative music. Meanwhile, you hear the sound of Spring's immigrant birds and other sounds of nature which bring a splash of relaxing colour to the music. This programme also includes some sweet, delicate and dreamy transcriptions from J.S.Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Grieg, Brahms, Oscar Rieding, and Akbar Mohseni. This latter composer, Akbar Mohseni (1912 Tehran), considered the dean of Iranian composers, had been active for more than sixty years. He was a great performer of tar and ood (lute).

Musical influences: Romantic Period

Artist History: Behzad Mirkhani recieved the guitar master certificate from Prof. Dr. Leo Witoszynskyj (Austrian guitarist) and the music theory from Trinity College London. His CDs and tapes have been released since 1992. His compositions include guitar concertos, strin

Members: Original Music, Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, And Transcriptions : Behzad Mirkhani ---- Cover Design : Ania Riahi, Elham Karimi ---- Violins : Arsalan Kamkar, Ronak Memari ---- Piano (Track 1 & 10) : Gelareh Tohidi ---- Music Recording : Orod Anzabipour, Ghasem Abedin ----

Press reviews:

Instruments: Guitars, Violins, Piano

Album Names: 70 Minutes With Guitar Romances © 2004 Behzad Mirkhani

Artist's CD Sales Webpage: http://www.cdbaby.com/mirkhani

Web site & Contact Info: http://www.cdbaby.com/mirkhani