مدرس شناخته شده موسیقی کلاسیک در ایران و اروپا

استاد بهزاد میرخانی (متولد 1348خورشیدی در تهران) آهنگ­ساز و مدرس شناخته شده موسیقی کلاسیک در ایران و اروپا است. پدر ایشان استاد سید احمد میرخانی (متولد 1318 خورشیدی) خوشنویس و کاتب قرآن کریم، متولد روستای تالیان از توابع شهرستان ساوجبلاغ در استان البرز است. کالج موسیقی لندن از دانشکده های دانشگاه لندن غربی از اکتبر سال 2010 میلادی، استاد میرخانی را به عنوان مدرس رسمی خود معرفی کرده و آزمون کتبی اش را ژوئن هر سال در تهران همزمان با مراکز کالج لندن در کشورهای دیگر برگزار می­کند. «آخرین برگ»، «آستوریاس»، «شیفته»، «جوانه­ها»، «راپسودی ایران»، «رقص گیتار» و «مثل برگ» نام آلبوم­های موسیقی منتشر شده وی در ایران است. همچنین آثاری همانند «آخرین برگ»، «هفتاد دقیقه با عاشقانه­های گیتار»، «کی مای» و «نت­های تنظیم شده برای گیتار» را در خارج از ایران منتشر کرده است.

BEHZAD MIRKHANI

 (b.1969) is a Persian guitarist and composer

BEHZAD MIRKHANI (b.1969) is a Persian guitarist and composer. He is a member of Iran House of Music, Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO), and the Registry of Guitar Tutors (RGT).  As an RGT registered tutor, he offers classical guitar and  music theory exam preparation of  the London College of Music (LCM). In 1990 he began to compose a series of works including guitar concertos, string quartets, orchestral music and pieces for solo guitar and guitar with mixed ensemble. He signed with an Iranian record label (Avaye Chang) and released his debute album. Behzad Mirkhani"s "The Last Leaf” album was established as the first Iranian composition for the classical guitar by the Iranian ministry of culture.

1991 - Releasing "Asturias" Album containing original guitar  compositions (Tarrega, Mehran Rouhani, Sam Shulman, Behzad Mirkhani), and guitar transcriptions (Albeniz, Chopin, Beethoven, J.S.Bach). 1992 - Releasing "The Foal" album containing original guitar compositions of Behzad Mirkhani, inspired by a Russian short story written by Mikhail Sholokhov.

1993 - Composing music for male vocal (Mehrdad Peykarzadeh) and guitar, and also guitar solos for the special events which held at the Azad University Hall, North of Tehran. 

1995 - Behzad Mirkhani wrote a cadenza into the first movement of  Vivaldi"s Guitar Concerto in D. Later that year he performed the concerto as a soloist with the Tehran Roudaki Hall String Orchestra, conducted by the late Fereydoun Naseri.

1997 – Performing guitar solos at the Austrian Cultural Institute Tehran (ÖKF).

1998 - "Buds" album containing original instrumental compositions of Behzad Mirkhani for guitar, piano, violin, flute, fretless bass guitar, and drums, released through an Iranian record label (Tanin Sote Coporation).

1999 - "Iran Rhapsody" album containing original compositions of Behzad Mirkhani for guitar, violin, and orchestra, inspired by Persian folk music, released through an Iranian record label (Tanin Sote Coporation).

2002 - "Guitar Dance" album containing ensemble guitar transcriptions of J.S.Bach, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and Oscar Rieding, released through an Iranian record label (Chaharbaghbang Music Institution).

2003 - "Flower Leaf" album containing original music of Behzad Mirkhani for vocal, guitar, violin, tar, and orchestra, released through an Iranian record label (Chaharbaghbang Music Institution). In 2004, Behzad Mirkhani offered his original compositions for nylon guitars, strings and Piano in a CD named “70 Minutes for Guitar Romances”.  The sound of Spring"s immigrant birds and other sounds of nature bring a splash of relaxing colour to the music. This CD also includes some transcriptions from J.S. Bach, Beethoven (Adagio from Moonlight Sonata), Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Grieg, Brahms, Oscar Rieding and Akbar Mohseni (considered the dean of Iranian composers & a great performer of tar and Barbat [lute] that is Persian Oud). The album released in the USA through CDBABY. Also release in 2004 was the Flute And Piano Recital, "Three Images From Iran" Composed By Behzad Mirkhani & Performed by Sam Akkas and Neil Cloake in London (Polish Centre).

 In 2005, influenced by "70s instrumental music, Behzad wrote the romantic score of “Chi Mai” CD for a smooth jazz orchestra. He was admitted as a member of "Irish Music Rights Organisation".  The album released in the USA through CDBABY. Behzad Mirkhani"s 2007 Violin and Guitar Recital, "Lori : an image from Lorestan province, Iran"  was performed by Elena Rojas and Sylwia Kloc in New York (LeFrak Concert Hall, Aaron Copland School of Music).

2008 -  Violin and Guitar Recital, “Persian Abstract” composed by Behzad Mirkhani,  performed by Elena Rojas and Sylwia Kloc in New York  (Mannes Concert Hall, Mannes College of Music, &  LeFrak Concert Hall, Aaron Copland School of Music).   Later that year "The Last Leaf” album released again through an Iranian record label (Ava Khorshid Company).

2009 - Violin and Guitar Recital, “Persian Abstract” & "Lori : an image from Lorestan province, Iran" composed by Behzad Mirkhani, performed by Elena Rojasand Sylwia Kloc in New York (WMP Concert Hall, &  LeFrak Concert Hall, Aaron Copland School of Music). Later that year he was admitted as a member of "Iran House of Music".