Guest Artist

Saina Khaledi – Biography
Saina Khaledi was born in
Tehran, 1985. She started
leaning Santour (Persian String
Instrument) with her father,
Nasrollah Khaledi, at the age of
six. After five years, she
attended music high school
(Tehran Conservatoire) and got
her diploma. She continued her
academic educations in
Music University in Tehran and
got her Bachelor’s of Arts in
2007.
Masters: Mrs. Soosan Aslani
(Dehlavi), Mrs. Arfa Atraei.
She was awarded the first place
in Iran’s Santour players
Festival in 2003.
She has performed with different
bands in Iran, Austria and
Canada as such: National
Orchestra of Iran
Conservatoire, Iran Youth Great
Orchestra, Mellal Orchestra,
Hamsaz Ensemble, Ham-nava
Ensemble, Kereshmeh
Ensemble, etc. She has
participated in various
recordings
either as a Santour player or a
sound engineer assistant.

Sina was born in Tehran
(1987). At twelve years of
age, he began studying
music and playing violin
under master M.Atabaki.
Four years later he started
learning Kamancheh with
Master Ardeshir Kamkar.
Also He learned the Radif of
Persian classical music
with various masters of
the tradition including
M.R.Lotfi, Zeydolah Toloi,
Rouzbeh Asadian.He has
performed several concerts
in Iran and Canada with
very well known
ensembles. Since moved to
Canada he had the privilege
to join several professional
ensembles such as Deylaman,
Kereshmeh and
VFO(Vancouver
Fusion Orchestra)
which provided him
opportunities to involve in
many innovative concerts.

Arjang was born in Tehran,
Iran, in 1990. When he was 6
he started playing piano
under the guidance of Ostad
Farid Deyhim when he was 6
and Saman Ehteshami for six
years. While learning piano,
he also started playing Classic
Guitar under the guidance of
Ostad Sina Khalaj and the
Master Keyvan Mirhadi for
five years.
As he turned the age of 12, he
was interested more in
learning Persian Classic Music.
Under the guidance of his
father, Madjid Ataollahi,
Arjang started learning
Persian traditional music
instruments such as Divan
and Tanbour. Also, at the
same time, he started playing
and learning Daf on his own
as he realized that he was
drawn to the instrument. He
has also received guidance
from Ostad Masoud Habibi.
He moved to Canada at the
age of 16, in Aug 2006 and is
studying high school at
Heritage Woods Secondary
School.
Performances:
>>>Divan & Daf Duet at
Ebn-e-Sina Theatre in 2004
(Tehran, Iran).
>>>Playing music in several
music tracks broadcasted by
Iranian TV Channels (Tehran).
>>>Performing live Persian
music with Navaz Ensemble on
CBC Radio Canada (Nov 2007).
>>>Performing Daf Solos in
different celebrations such as
Eyd-e-Norouz Celebration at
Red Robinson Theatre.
- He considers his
accomplishments in Sports
and Music as unreachable
without his parents' and
sister's help and support