Composer, Opera Singer & Persian Ney Player

Born in 1992 in Kermanshah, Iran, Farshad began his musical journey by playing the Persian Ney. Later he enrolled at the University of Tehran to study Iranian music performance, but early on he shifted his focus to independently studying composition and vocal performance.
His diverse composition portfolio includes works for solo instruments, voice, chamber ensembles, and symphony orchestra, including an opera.
As a singer, he was a soloist at Austrian Cultural Forum in Tehran, Iran, later he continued as a choir member and then as a soloist in the Klaipeda state music theatre, where he sang roles like Belcore in elisir d’amore and the baritone solo in Carmina Burana. At the moment, he is a member of the Chorus at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Antwerp Belgium, where he continues his works as a composer performer and vocalist.
farshad_abbasabadi@yahoo.com