Mehrdad Gholami studied flute in Tehran Univ. and has won different competitions in flute and chamber music in Iran. Before coming to US, as an active chamber music player, he performed with UT students as well as freelancing in Tehran and playing with local orchestras. As an orchestral performer, he recently performed with Tehran Symphony as principal flute under Alexander Rahbari as well as TCU symphony. He has received presidential award for achieving highest rank of National Concours in Arts chapter. 
Inspired by Tehran Music Group under the direction of Alireza Mashayekhi, he started to work with different composers and devoted his time to commission, premier and record new sounds for flute. These collaborations with Iranian composers resulted more than 15 new pieces for flute with different ensembles and electronic sounds. He has played in a wide range of recordings in various genres ranging from contemporary classical music to world music and pop music. Some of these pieces have received acclamation around the world such as Italy, United States, Germany and France.
Mehrdad has done his BM studies in Tehran with Dr Azin Movahed and he has received a MM from Texas Christian Univ. and currently is pursuing a DMA at Texas Christian Univ. with Dr Shauna Thompson.


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