Kamal Taravati

Kamal was born in 1956 in Hamedan. He began his studies in music composition in Tehran National Music School and Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran and pursued his graduate studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. During these years he became familiar with the piano, flute, harp, violin and Iranian traditional instruments, tombak and kamancheh. He has more than 30 years of experience as a music instructor and a composer and has worked for Iran's national television and radio as an expert in the field of music.

A pioneer of Iranian choir music in Canada, Kamal started working with Iran Choir as instructor and conductor from January 2007. He should be praised for his tireless efforts in founding, organizing, teaching, and leading Iranian National Choir which he founded in 2008. The group has flourished into an integral part of Iranian-Canadian artistic community under the leadership of Kamal. He has been involved in organizing and leading choir groups since 1987. Believing in the indispensable contribution of choir groups to the cultural life of community, he established Iranian National Orchestra and Children Choir in 2009, the Iranian Children Choir and the Iranian Youth Orchestra in 2010 in Canada.

Taravati also founded Nava Music Centre in 1985, which later became Nava School of Music to offer music training from beginner to advanced levels in the fields of musical instruments, composition