Mehdi Bagheri Composer, Kamanche and Se-tar Player Mehdi was born in Kermanshah in 1980, and started his musical endeavors by learning to play the Tonbak by Ramin Tafazoli. He then started learning other instruments in order to familiarize himself even further with Iranian music and composing. These included the Setar and Kamanche; he finally chose Kamanche as his main instrument. Mehdi learned playing the Kamancheh by Maestro Ardashir Kamkar, and studied drama at the university at the same time. He graduated from Azad University , the Theater Faculty in 2003, holding a BA degree. Mehdi has held several concerts across the world and has gone on stage in a variety of credible festivals and halls including: Oslo Word Music Festival (Oslo - Norway)Morgenland Festival Osnabrück (East Music Festival in Osnabrueck, Germany)Kursaal Festival (San Sebastián , Spain)Théâtre de la Ville(Paris - France)Michigan Festival of Sacred Music (Michigan - USA)Opéra de Lille (Lille, France)Marc Bloch University (Strasbourg, France)Joint concert with the Berlin Radio Choir (Rundfunkchor Berlin) and performances of his works in the RBB Hall (Germany)Erciyes University (Turkey)EFRI University (France)Ford's Theatre (Los Angeles - USA)Palace of Fine Arts (San Francisco - USA)Columbia University (New York - USA)¡Globalquerque! (New Mexico - USA) Southbank Centre (London - UK)….Mehdi has been dynamically pursuing his work in different fields such as music of the film, eclectic music and Iranian classical music inside Iran and abroad. He has also published a variety of works with a great many number of singers and musicians. Amongst all, his most important works include recording and publishing the Radif [the old melodic figures preserved through many generations by oral tradition] by Maestro Aliakbar Khan Shahnazi; solo and group pieces for Kamanche, etc. At present, Mehdi resides in California, US and continues his professional musical endeavors.