Alijanpour, Alijan
www.alijanpour.com

Alijanpour acquired training in Iranian Painting (Miniature) from great masters Mohammad Ali Zavieh and Mahmoud Farshchian. His work has been exhibited in international exhibitions in Greece, Algeria, China, Canada, United States, and Iran, and his paintings are part of the permanent collections in Iranian Contemporary Arts Museum Treasury in Tehran and Iranian Handcrafts Industries Art Museum Treasury in Iran. Alijanpour is the two times first prize winner of Biennale Exhibitions of Painting in Tehran Contemporary Arts Museum in Tehran (1993 and 1995). His activities in art education include lectureship in Iranian Painting (miniature) at the Visual Arts Centre of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and Soureh University affiliated to the Ministry of Culture and Higher Education (1996-1998) as well as Arasbaran Cultural Centre and Negarestan Art Gallery where he taught until 1998. He is the owner and master artist in Irena Art Gallery since 2000 in Toronto.

Yousefian, Pirouz

Pirouz discovered his interest in Santoor at the age of six, and this finding led him to a continuous journey of learning, playing, teaching, and composing. A professional Santour player, Pirouz has explored various paths for this traditional Persian instrument ranging from traditional to fusion.  He invents and reinvents paths for his music and the instruments involved.  Aware of the delicate intertwining of three pillars of ancient Persian art, namely music, poetry, and dance, he has composed and performed pieces for classic as well as modern poetry and dance. In 1994 and 2004, he established Mehrvarzan and Naseem Ensembles repectively with outstanding performances in Canada and the US.  He had two performances in Under the Azure Dome, and he will have two performances with Ariel Balevi and Sashar Zarif in Tirgan.