31 Facts About Shahin Farhat

Shahin Farhat is an Iranian musician, composer and music teacher.

Shahin Farhat was born on 28 March 1947, in Tehran.

Shahin Farhat's father, Gholam Ali Farhat, was a physician, a judge of justice, and a student of Darvish Khan.

Shahin Farhat's uncle was a student of Darvish Khan.

Shahin Farhat started learning music at the age of four or five, and learned the knowledge of Iranian music from his father, who was his first music teacher.

Shahin Farhat says that one day at the age of seven or eight, when he and his cousin spend the summer in Shemiran, he was influenced by works such as Beethoven's Overture Fidelio, Johannes Brahms' Hungarian dance, Camille Saint-Saens' Dance of the Dead, and part of Symphony No 94 by Haydn, which was broadcast on the radio, decided to pursue classical music in earnest.

Shahin Farhat started playing the piano at the age of thirteen.

Shahin Farhat first studied piano with Carmin Osorio, a Spanish musician, and later with Emmanuel Malik Aslanian.

Shahin Farhat completed his secondary education at Amir Atabak School in Tehran, receiving a natural diploma.

Shahin Farhat's parents argued that if he studied medicine, he would become an ordinary doctor, but if he studied music, he would surely become a successful musician.

Shahin Farhat went to the United States in 1964 and after two semesters of medical studies, he started playing the piano at UCLA.

Shahin Farhat followed the piano with artists such as Alfred Ponce.

Shahin Farhat first studied music at the Sorbonne, but later moved to the University of Strasbourg, one of the most prestigious music universities at the time.

Shahin Farhat received his master's degree in musicology from the University of Strasbourg, France, and then traveled to the United States after receiving an invitation from the University of New York School of Music.

Shahin Farhat continued composing in the classes of Ezra Lederman and received a master's degree in composition from New York University.

Shahin Farhat later remained for a time at New York University, where he was hired as a professor.

Shahin Farhat then returned to France to write his doctoral dissertation on the works of composers.

Shahin Farhat has been teaching in the Department of Music at the University of Tehran since 1976.

Shahin Farhat founded a cultural institute in 1982, which includes a collection of Western classical music written by him.

Shahin Farhat left the University of Tehran in 1988 and went to Sweden, where his brother lived, with his mother.

Shahin Farhat was the first Iranian musician to teach Iranian music in Sweden.

Shahin Farhat is a professor at the Swedish Academy of Music in the field of composition.

Shahin Farhat had proposed the idea of establishing a net museum two years before this date.

Shahin Farhat considers the first love of his life to be the first grade teacher of his primary school, Mahin Kasmaei, who later became one of the most famous dubbing figures in Iran.

Shahin Farhat has been married twice, both of which led to his separation.

Shahin Farhat has used the poems of classical Iranian poets, such as: Khayyam, Hafez, Saadi and Ferdowsi in some of his works.

Shahin Farhat says about the use of Iranian music in Western forms:.

Shahin Farhat considers the language of Farhat to be close to that of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Shahin Farhat is one of the most criticized composers in this field.

Shahin Farhat is the most prolific Iranian symphonist, but according to some experts; Although the works of this artist have been written in a completely correct and principled way in terms of music form and symphonic title, the content of these works has led to the dissatisfaction of the audience.

Shahin Farhat has so far composed about one hundred musical works in various forms, including symphonies, quartets and concertos, and several other pieces.