Shadmehr Aghili Shadmehr Aghili is a Persian musician, singer, and composer. He was born in Tehran in 1973. His father died when Shadmehr was only a school student, and young Shadmehr began studying music with the encouragement of his brother and mother. He learned to play the piano and the violin just before his 12th year. The guitar is also an instrument which Shadmehr learned to play in a dexterous manner. After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, he entered a school of arts in Tehran and in a short time showed great intelligence in composing and playing music. (more...)After receiving a music diploma, when pop music was forbidden in Iran, Shadmehr entered the "music school of television". Around 1995 the first pop music permitted after the revolution was played on official Iranian television. This was dramatic music with Ahmad Shamlou's poetry read by Khashayar Etemadi. Shadmehr composed a great deal of music for other singers. Finally, in 1997, his first album was presented, Bahareman ("My spring"), which was a collection of classic and folkloric music played and arranged by Shadmehr (violin, guitar, piano, keyboard). In the same year his voice was heard in Mabood, his first vocal music, and afterward he continued work that resulted in Mosafer ("The traveler"), his first complete vocal album. In 1999 he made Dehati ("The villager"), an album with rock and roll, 6'n'8 and popular works. After its release none of his work has been permitted to play on TV in Iran or be released as an album. From 1999 to 2002, he acted in two musical movies and worked for many other artists as player, composer and manager. After these problems, in 2002 he migrated to Canada in order to create new works far from the pressure of Iran's government. Khiali nist ("No Worries", 2003) and Adamforoush ("Traitor", 2004) are his most recent albums released in Canada and the U.S. (less)