EDUCATION

Master’s Degree in Music Performance (Violin) — University of Art, Tehran
Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance (Violin) — University of Tehran
Masterclasses with Erish Hadrer, Ruben Kosemyan, Aram Talalian, Ali Rahbari and Cihat Aşkın, among others.

AWARDS

• Musicema Award for Best Classical Album (5th Musicema Awards, 2019) with the Scheherazade String Quartet
• First Rank in Classical Violin, Fajr International Music Festival
• First Rank in Classical Violin, Youth Music Festival
• Recognized by Iran’s National Elites Foundation
• Official Yamaha Artist

RECORDINGS & PUBLICATIONS

• The Clockmaker’s Dream by David Arkenstone — Principal Second Violin, EastWest Studios, Hollywood (2026)
• Diyar by Tahmoures Pournazeri, featuring Shahram Nazeri — Concertmaster and soloist (violin and viola), Rusk Sound Studios, Hollywood (2026)
• The Hollywood Collection Vol. II — Studio Intensive Orchestra, Concertmaster, Warner Bros. Studios (2025)
• The Other Side — Scheherazade String Quartet (2019), Musicema Award for Best Classical Album
• Scheherazade String Quartet — Scheherazade Quartet with Maestro Shahrdad Rohani (2016)
• To the Earth and Sun — Scheherazade Quartet with Dr. Mohammad Saeed Sharifian (2015)
• Only That Spark and Nothing More — Scheherazade Quartet with Karen Keyhani (2015)
• Vocapella — Tehran Vocal Ensemble (2012, as soprano)
• Raindrops — Pournazeri and Alireza Ghorbani (as violin soloist)
• Heavy Make-up — Homayoun Shajarian and Sohrab Pournazeri
• Charshanbe Souri — Samin Baghcheban (violin and soprano)
• And numerous studio recordings for albums and film soundtracks since 2000

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Private Violin Instructor, Salit Conservatory, Los Angeles — since October 2026
• Group Violin Instructor, Sierra Canyon Lower School — since September 2026
• Private Violin Instructor, Burbank Music Center (BMC) — May to September 2026
• Violin Instructor in Tehran (from 2000): Azad University, Tehran Conservatory, Pars Music School, Pournazeri Music Academy, HonarAvaran Music Academy, Navak Music Institute, Manzoume Kherad Institute (Art House) and Farhang Music Institute, as well as private students

SELECTED MUSICAL EXPERIENCEUnited States (2025 – present)

• Oct 2026 — Soloist and Concertmaster, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, LLS Orchestra, conductor Simona Grossi, Los Angeles
• Oct 2026 — Principal Second Violin, studio recording of The Clockmaker’s Dream (David Arkenstone), EastWest Studios, Hollywood
• Oct 2026 — Concertmaster and First Violin, Peter and the Wolf, conductor James YongJae Kim, Salit Conservatory
• Sep 2026 — First Violin and leader, Alborz String Quartet, “A Night of Classical Music”, Woodland Hills
• Sep 2026 — First Violin, Mesto Orchestra, conductor Nabil Azzam, The Broad, Los Angeles
• Aug 2026 — Concertmaster and soloist (violin and viola), recording of Diyar by Tahmoures Pournazeri with vocalist Shahram Nazeri, Rusk Sound Studios, Hollywood
• Jun 2026 — First Violin, joint concert of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles and the Loyola Law School Orchestra, conductors Raynor Carroll, Charles Dickerson and Simona Grossi, Beckmen YOLA Center
• 2026 — Concertmaster, Hollywood Studio Chamber Orchestra, The Modern Conductor Workshop, Evergreen Studios, Burbank
• Apr 2026 — Concertmaster, LAFCI studio recording project, Cow on the Wall Studios, North Hollywood
• Nov 2025 — First Violin, Roudaki Orchestra, two concerts in Los Angeles and San Diego
• Aug 2025 — Concertmaster, Studio Intensive Orchestra, The Hollywood Collection Vol. II, Warner Bros. Studios
• May 2025 — Soloist with Pacific Symphony, conductor Carl St.Clair, Orange County
• 2025 — Concertmaster, Angeles Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vlad Vizireanu, Los Angeles
• 2025 — Cisad Show 300, tour of Canada and the USA

International (2005 – 2024)

• 2024 — Cisad Show 300, Dubai Opera, UAE
• 2024 — Concert with the Academic Philharmonic, Grand Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
• 2023 — Concertmaster, Esfandiar opera, 60 performances, Vahdat Hall, Tehran
• 2022 — Violin soloist, Cisad Show 300, 30 performances, Saadabad Palace, Tehran
• 2021 — Arranger and violinist, Eldfesten Festival, Swedish National Theatre (Riksteatern), Sweden
• 2021 — TEDx performance with the Scheherazade Quartet, Milad Tower Hall, Tehran
• 2020 — Contemporary music with the Scheherazade Quartet, Du Vert à l’Infini Festival, France
• 2020 — Concertmaster, Homayoun Shajarian online concert, Vahdat Hall, Tehran
• 2018 — Concerts in Russia with symphony orchestra during the FIFA World Cup
• 2018 — Concert with Lena Chamamyan, Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden
• 2017 — Violin soloist with Iran’s National Orchestra, conductor Fereydoun Shahbazian, Vahdat Hall and Milad Tower Hall, Tehran
• 2017 — Violin soloist, Internacional de Gaiteiros Festival, Ourense, Galicia, Spain
• 2017 — Concertmaster, Les Misérables musical, 60 performances, conductor Bardia Kiaras, Espinas Palace, Tehran
• 2015 – 2016 — Violinist, “Chera Raffi” tour in Iran, Germany, England and Sweden
• 2017 – 2022 — Principal Second Violin, Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Arash Gooran
• 2010 – 2013 — Concertmaster, Iran’s National Orchestra, conductor Bardia Kiaras, with soloists Hossein Alizadeh and Homayoun Shajarian
• 2005 – 2022 — First Violin and Principal Second Violin, Tehran Symphony Orchestra, with international conductors and soloists
• 2010 — Soloist, Lalo Violin Concerto, Youth Symphony Orchestra

MEMBERSHIPS

• Associate Concertmaster, LLS Orchestra (Los Angeles)
• Scheherazade String Quartet (founding member, first violin)
• Tehran Symphony Orchestra
• Iran’s National Orchestra
• Philharmonic Orchestra (Tehran)
• Niavaran Chamber Orchestra
• Parsian String Ensemble
• Torang Trio
• Iran Music House and Iranian Musicians Union
• Iran’s National Elites Foundation