ARYA SABER ARYA SABER Toronto Arya Saber was born in Iran. At the age of eight, he began taking violin and music theory lessons with Maestro Iraj Kaavandi. During this period, he began practicing repertoire from the Tehran Conservatory of Music. At the age of twelve, he practiced Abolhasan Saba’s Radif studies – a focus on the Iranian modal system written for violin by Maestro Saba. After a few years, Arya continued his studies in Iranian violin techniques (based on Parviz Yahaghy and Habibollah Badie repertoires) with Maestro Mehran Mohtady. It was at the age of sixteen, when he met Maestro Siavash Zahiroddini, who steered him towards Western classical music. As a result of Arya’s hard work in Western classical violin, he became the youngest member of Tehran’s National T.V Symphony Orchestra at the early age of seventeenth. He remained in the orchestra under conductor Dr. Mortezapour and concert master Homayoun Rahimian until he immigrated to Canada. Once in Canada, Arya continued working on Western classical repertoire with Maestro Gabriel Friedman. At this time, Arya had already obtained his Math Diploma from Iran and once in Canada was accepted into the Biotechnology Program at York University. It was after two years of studying Science that Arya decided to pursue his passion and change his major to Music composition. While attending the York University Music program, Arya also performed in the York Symphony Orchestra under conductor Dr. Mark Chambers. Meanwhile, Arya had taken composition lessons with Professors Michael Coghlan and David Mott. He also studied with Maestro Jacques Israelievitch, Canada's foremost chamber musician, concertmaster and violinist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. At the same time, working with Professors Dorothy De Val and Irene Markoff enhanced Arya’s knowledge outside of the classical realm. After getting his Bachelor of Honors in fine Arts, specializing in Music Composition and Conducting, Arya continued his Master’s degree with a focus on composition. Alongside of his studies, he also received private composition and orchestration lessons from Maestro Adil Babirov, one of Azerbaijan’s foremost composers. Arya also performed at many cultural events and attended numerous concert tours in North America. In addition, he has been directing and producing his own instrumental music videos. Currently, Arya is working towards completing his Ph.D. degree in Music Composition in Toronto, Canada. In the near future, Arya looks forward to having his own concert tours and sharing his music with people all over the world - a dream that he's had since childhood. ARYA SABER’s tracks گریه لیلی by ARYA SABER published on 2020-06-24T05:43:57Z Parto Chahargah by ARYA SABER published on 2020-06-24T05:43:55Z Storm by ARYA SABER published on 2020-06-24T05:43:53Z