Mehran Rouhani

Mehran Rouhani was born in Tehran-Iran in 1946. His musical training began at the age of eight. Although he achieved BSc in Economics, his love for music drew him to Tehran University, College of Fine Arts for further studies in Music. When graduated he entered the Royal College of Music in London where he studied Postgraduate, Mmus and Advanced Studies in Composition with Philip Cannon and Anthony Milner. Meanwhile he continued advanced composition lessons with the late Sir Michael Tippet.
After finishing his studies at the Royal College of Music in London he went back to Iran, where he held professorship position at the College of Fine Arts and Tehran Conservatory of Music for two years. As a consequence of the revolution in 1979 he had to establish his career at home, teaching Harmony, Counterpoint, History of Western Music, Composition and Piano, privately.
Throughout the years he wrote many pieces which include two String Quartets, Three Symphonic Poems (including “The Little Black Fish” and “Shomaal – The North”, One Ballet for Large Orchestra, Clarinet Concerto, Iranian Serenade for Classical Orchestra, Two pieces for String Orchestra, Trio Fantasy No.1 for Flute, Guitar and Cello, and Trio Fantasy No.2 for Flute, Clarinet and Piano, over twenty Piano works, many pieces for Chamber Ensembles, Songs and Choral works on Iranian poetry.