about Ahmad Nadimi
Ahmad Nadimi was born in Babol, a northern city in Iran, in 1949. At the age of 12, guided by his love for music and art, he entered the Teheran Conservatoire of Music, where he studied music with Trumpet as his main instrument and graduated in 1969. During this time he had experience to play with Teheran Symphony Orchestra, Opera Orchestra and the Radio Chamber Orchestra.
In 1972 he won a scholarship for higher studies in Versailles Conservatoire of Music in France. There, he studied Trumpet, under maestro Roger Delmotte, recognized soloist and the first Trumpet player of the Paris Opera. He continued his studies in music for 8 years during whish he gained his diplomas. During his studies, he traveled to various countries including India, Nepal, and the African continent. He studied different musical cultures and relationship between music and man's internal quest.
Later he began a deeper quest for the internal meaning of sound, melody, rhythm and their effects on our body (Chakras) and in our soul, which could create a healing and spiritual relationship with man.
He then became a French citizen and taught trumpet and music theory in two music schools in Paris and experimented with Classical, Jazz, and Contemporary music by playing in various orchestras including the two bands he had established and composed music for. His works are mostly inspired by Divine love, and nature, which for him contains a simplicity, purity and elegant beauty.
Each piece expresses a relationship between man and nature as well as between the creation and its Creator.
In 1989 he came to U.S.A to experiment with his musical career. His performance credits in theU.S.A include a benefit concert for Kurdish refugees during the Gulf war, creation of a new synthesis of New age and Eastern traditional music with maestro Mohamed Reza Lotfi well known Iranian traditional musician, a composition that expressed the spirit of Eastern music in a new format.
Following is a summary look at Nadimi's concerts in U.S.:
Oct. 12, 1990-Music of Contemplation,at Tawes theater, University of Maryland at College park;
Feb. 5, 1991-Music of Contemplation,Harris Theater, George Mason University;
May. 5, 1991-Concert for Life- Benefit Concert for the Iraqi Kurds,Hoff Theater, University of Maryland at College Park;
July 25, 1992-Renaissance: a new synthesis of Eastern & Western music,Tawes Theater, University of Maryland at college Park;
Sept. 12, 1993-Innocents Hope: Benefit Concert for People of Bosnia,Tawes Theater, George Washington University.
April. 24, 1993-Voyage of the Wind,Hoff Theater, University of Maryland at College Park;
October. 6, 1995-Eternal Light Harris Theater, George Mason University.
June 26, 2007 Performance for Moulana Jala-ud-din Rumi's 800 years Commemoration Ceremony at the United Nations.
After his last concert he moved to a quiet environment in the country side to compose and to work on his CD. In 2005 he released his first CD,Suite for Peace, which for him is the result of a long journey in Music, Art and Spirituality.
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