All About Avesta

   Dariush Taghipour                                                      

Artistic name/ Nickname : Avesta (an ancient holy Persian name easily pronounced for non-persians)

Born in 1972, Shiraz/ Iran

 *1985

-Entering the world of imaginary arts (penmanship, drawing, miniature,…).

 *1987

-Entering the world of music (playing keyboard).

 *1990

-Started playing piano and learning classic music with “Ali Azad” as the trainer.

 *1992

-Participating in the first Poem and Music Festival, playing as a recital, in Shiraz University.

 *1993-96

-Membership of Fars Chamber Orchestra and having several performances.

 *1995

-Performing “The sound of the sea” concert with a great orchestra as a leader, composer and arranger in Shiraz University.

 *1997

-Moving to Tehran.

-Cooperating with “Babak Bayat”.

-Composing music for several short movies and cooperating with directors of experimental documentary movies.

 *1998

-Composing the music of his first long movie “Searching the lost” directed by “Esmaeel Fallahpour”

-Making the first Pop album after Iran’s revolution names “Shouka”.

 *1999

-Participating in the first Festival of Pop music and receiving the award of the best composer and arranger.

-Composing the music of a TV series names “Tomorrow is late”. 

*2000

-Publishing the albums name “The last song” and “The sob”.

*2001

-Planning, composing and performing several songs for several singers.

 *2003

-Leadership, composing, arranging and performing a great concert with a great orchestra in “Milad” amphitheatre in Tehran.

 *2005

-Temporarily moving to Germany and beginning the cooperation with “Brave New Work” company.

-Composing music of the movie names “Strip Mind” directed by “Frank Geiger”.

*2006

-Composing music of the movie names “Colors of Memory” or "Mina of the silent city" directed by “Amir Shahab Razavian”

-Participating in 25^th Fajr Film Festival in Iran and being nominated to receive the “Crystalline Roc” for the music of “Colors of memory”.

 *2007

-Continuance of cooperating with Brave New Work company in composing the music of a documentary movie names “Empire of Evil” directed by “Mohammad Farrokhmanesh”.

-Beginning to work on an English language album outside of Iran.

-Ready to release three new pop albums.

-Being nominated in 11^th celebrity of Iran’s Cinema House for the music of “Colors of memory”.