Kaveh Mirhosseini

Kaveh Mirhosseini is a Composer, a Conductor, an Artistic Director at Cantus Ensemble, a Percussionist, a Persian Folkloric Music Researcher, a Lecturer, and also the founder of Middle East Composers Association (MECA). He was born in Iran -Tehran in an art-based family. He was inspired by his father who taught him how to Play Tombak (An Iranian percussion Instrument) and his mother’s advice (Prof.Shahla Milani, Opera Singer & Choir Conductor), he has learned music in a strict musical atmosphere.
He became familiar with the late Master Hamed Mohajer, and learned musical knowledge from him then he by choosing Composition entered the Tehran University of Art & Architecture Faculty of Music. He passed Musical Composition courses with Hooshyar Khayam. One of his important activities that is well known between musicians who know him is researching and recording Iranian Folkloric music and he owes these to Maestro Mohammad-Reza Darvishi.