Shadmehr Aghili

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**Shadmehr Aghili**
Born:	February, 1973 Niavaran, Tehran, Iran
Occupation:	Singer, music producer, songwriter and actor

Shadmehr Aghili ( born 1973) is an Iranian musician, singer and songwriter born in Tehran.

Aghili's father, a veteran of Iran-Iraq war, died when Shadmehr was only a university student, and young Shadmehr began studying music with the encouragement of his brother and mother. He learned to play the piano and the violin just before his 12th year. The guitar is also an instrument which Shadmehr learned to play in a dexterous manner. After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, he entered a school of arts in Tehran and in a short time showed great intelligence in composing and playing music.

After receiving a music diploma, when pop music was forbidden in Iran, Aghili entered the "music school of television". Around 1995 the first pop music permitted after the revolution was played on official Iranian television. This was dramatic music with Ahmad Shamlou's poetry read by Khashayar Etemadi.

Aghili composed a great deal of music for other singers. Finally, in 1997, his first album was presented, Bahareman ("My spring"), which was a collection of classic and folkloric music played and arranged by Aghili (violin, guitar, piano, keyboard). In the same year his voice was heard in Mabood, his first vocal music, and afterward he continued work that resulted in Mosafer ("The traveler"), his first complete vocal album. In 1999 he made Dehati ("The villager"), an album with rock and roll, 6'n'8 and popular works. After its release none of his work has been permitted to play on TV in Iran or be released as an album. From 1999 to 2002, he acted in two musical movies and worked for many other artists as player, composer and manager.

After these problems, in 2002 he migrated to Canada in order to create new works far from the pressure of Iran's government. Adamforoush ("Traitor", 2004) and "Popcorn" are his most recent albums released in Canada and the United States. In October 2006, Shadmehr entered the United States to perform a U.S. tour with his first concert date scheduled for November 17, 2006 at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C..