When no more than a few years of age, Yeganeh began exhibiting her musical talent by playing the piano and traditional Persian instruments Setar and Tombak. But her arduous yearning for music was finally appeased with the violin – the instrument that she has been playing throughout her career. She won the second place in a violin competition at the Youth Music Festival when she was only 11.
She got her bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the University of Tehran, and her master’s from the Art University of Tehran. Alongside her life partner, Arash Hazhirazad who is a pianist, she has performed at many a concert hall in Tehran and across the nation. Together, they formed the “Lyra Duet” and released two albums, Tehran-Mars and Eight Minutes & Twenty Seconds, and one single, Cold Winter.
As a session musician, Yeganeh feels blessed to have collaborated with a multitude of internationally recognized artists and conductors. She is a member of the all-female Shahrzad (Scheherazade) String Quartet, with whom she performed at the iconic international FeminEast festival in Sweden in 2017. An album, The Other Side, is also a fruit of her coöperation with the Shahrzad.
Education:
Master Degree in Music Performance (Violin) Tehran University of Art
Bachelor Degree in Music Performance (Violin) University of Tehran
Participating in Master classes such as:
Johannes Leertouwer, Wouter Vossen, Gottleib Wallisch, Dalibor Karvay, Katherine Murdock, Raphael Minaskanian
Awards:
Honorary Diploma for “Vakil Bazaar” EP album by Lyra Duet / Feb-2022 View Gallery & Links
The Akademia Music Awards for the best Folk/Singer-Songwriter EP, Vakil Bazaar by Lyra Duet / June-2021 View Gallery & Links
“Tehran-Mars” Music Album by Lyra Duet has been nominated for the best Composition & Performance in the 36th Fajr Music Festival (Barbad Awards). (Feb-2021) View Gallery & Links
“Musicema” Awards for the Best Music Album with Shahrzad Quartet. (Jan-2019) View Gallery & Links
Second Rank in Traditional Persian Violin in the “Youth Music Festival”. (Oct-1997) View Gallery
Interviews:
Lyra Duet Interview with “Hamshahri” Newspaper / Jul-2021 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Live Interview on Channel Four, “Charkh” Science and Culture Show on the Occasion of the Persian Winter Festival (Yalda) / Dec-2020 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview on Channel Four “the Voyagers Guid to the Galaxy” TV Show / Nov-2020 View Gallery & Links
“Hamijoo”, Crowdfunding Network for Artists / May-2020 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview with “Honaronline” News Agency /Apr-2020 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview with “Hamshahri” Newspaper / Nov-2019 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Live Interview on “Medicine Show”, the broadcasting voice of the University of British Colombia Nov-2019 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview with “Musicema”, Analytical Music News Site / Oct-2019 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview with Farhang Radio “Neyestan” Show / Sep-2019 View Gallery & Links
Shahrzad Ensemble Interview with “Honaronline” News Agency / Dec-2018 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview with Farhang Radio, “Neyestan Show” Jul-2018 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview with “Musicema” (Analitica Music News Site) May-2018 / May-2018 View Gallery & Links
“Ghalamyaran” Magazine (No.9), as a Successful Iranian Female Musician /Mar- 2018 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview & Collaboration with “Mehrabane” Charity Organization / Mar-2018 View Gallery & Links
Shahrzad Ensemble Interview with “Musicema” (Analytical Music News Site) / Dec-2017 View Gallery & Links
“Phoenix” Hong Kong News Channel as a Successful Iranian Female Musician / May-2016 View Gallery & Links
Discography:
“Vakil Bazaar” EP Album by Lyra Duet / May-2021 View Gallery & Links
Allegro Moderato from the “Romantic Pieces” Op.75 by Antonin Dvorak (Performed By Lyra Duet) /
Dec-2020 View Gallery & Links
“Ave Maria” after Bach-Gounod (Performed By Lyra Duet) / April-2020 View Gallery & Links
“Cold Winter” Single track by Lyra duet /Jan-2020 View Gallery & Links
“Eight Minutes & Twenty Seconds” Music Album by Lyra Duet / Sep-2019 View Gallery & Links
“Tehran-Mars” Music Album by Lyra Duet / Oct-2017 View Gallery & Links
Appears on:
“Yekeshish” Single Track for Hossein Alizadeh’s Commemoration / Aug-2019 View Gallery & Links
“The Other Side” Music Album by Shahrzad Ensemble / 2019 View Gallery & Links
“Until a Thousand and …” Music Album by kingraam / May-2017 View Gallery & Links
“Sad Baghe Tak” Music Album by Youshij Ensemble / May-2014 View Gallery & Links
“Harighe Khazan” Concert with Alireza Ghorbani live at concert, (DVD) / Oct-2013 View Gallery & Links
“Kizhe be Kizhe” Music Album by Youshij Ensemble / May-2012 View Gallery & Links
And numerous studio recordings
Teaching Experience:
“Part Music School” as a Violin Teacher, Head of String Department, Member of Educational Planning Team (From 2010 until Present) View Gallery & Links
“Pournazeri Music Academy” as a Violin Instructor (From 2017 until Present) View Gallery & Links
“Kherad Art House” as a Violin Instructor and Music Theory Teacher (From 2008 to 2009) – (From 2020 until Present) View Gallery & Links
“Tarighat Music Institute” as a Violin Instructor (From 2009 to 2010) – (From 2020 until 2021)
“Avaye Doost Music Academy”, Holding Violin & Music Theory Master Classes (From 2016 to 2020)
“Goshtasb Music Academy”, Holding Violin Master Classes (From 2016 to 2020)
“Navaye Tar” Music Institute as a Violin Instructor (From 2012 to 2014)
“Golhaye Honar” Music Institute as a Violin Instructor (From 2019 to 2020)
and Private Violin Instructor (From 2007 until present)
Memberships:
Iran Music House, Iranian Musicians Union, Member of F.I.M (Federation of International Musicians),
Honor Credit Fund, Environmental Activist
When no more than a few years of age, Yeganeh began exhibiting her musical talent by playing the piano and traditional Persian instruments Setar and Tombak. But her arduous yearning for music was finally appeased with the violin – the instrument that she has been playing throughout her career. She won the second place in a violin competition at the Youth Music Festival when she was only 11.
She got her bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the University of Tehran, and her master’s from the Art University of Tehran. Alongside her life partner, Arash Hazhirazad who is a pianist, she has performed at many a concert hall in Tehran and across the nation. Together, they formed the “Lyra Duet” and released two albums, Tehran-Mars and Eight Minutes & Twenty Seconds, and one single, Cold Winter.
As a session musician, Yeganeh feels blessed to have collaborated with a multitude of internationally recognized artists and conductors. She is a member of the all-female Shahrzad (Scheherazade) String Quartet, with whom she performed at the iconic international FeminEast festival in Sweden in 2017. An album, The Other Side, is also a fruit of her coöperation with the Shahrzad.
Education:
Master Degree in Music Performance (Violin) Tehran University of Art
Bachelor Degree in Music Performance (Violin) University of Tehran
Participating in Master classes such as:
Johannes Leertouwer, Wouter Vossen, Gottleib Wallisch, Dalibor Karvay, Katherine Murdock, Raphael Minaskanian
Awards:
Honorary Diploma for “Vakil Bazaar” EP album by Lyra Duet / Feb-2022 View Gallery & Links
The Akademia Music Awards for the best Folk/Singer-Songwriter EP, Vakil Bazaar by Lyra Duet / June-2021 View Gallery & Links
“Tehran-Mars” Music Album by Lyra Duet has been nominated for the best Composition & Performance in the 36th Fajr Music Festival (Barbad Awards). (Feb-2021) View Gallery & Links
“Musicema” Awards for the Best Music Album with Shahrzad Quartet. (Jan-2019) View Gallery & Links
Second Rank in Traditional Persian Violin in the “Youth Music Festival”. (Oct-1997) View Gallery
Interviews:
Lyra Duet Interview with “Hamshahri” Newspaper / Jul-2021 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Live Interview on Channel Four, “Charkh” Science and Culture Show on the Occasion of the Persian Winter Festival (Yalda) / Dec-2020 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview on Channel Four “the Voyagers Guid to the Galaxy” TV Show / Nov-2020 View Gallery & Links
“Hamijoo”, Crowdfunding Network for Artists / May-2020 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview with “Honaronline” News Agency /Apr-2020 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview with “Hamshahri” Newspaper / Nov-2019 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Live Interview on “Medicine Show”, the broadcasting voice of the University of British Colombia Nov-2019 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview with “Musicema”, Analytical Music News Site / Oct-2019 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview with Farhang Radio “Neyestan” Show / Sep-2019 View Gallery & Links
Shahrzad Ensemble Interview with “Honaronline” News Agency / Dec-2018 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview with Farhang Radio, “Neyestan Show” Jul-2018 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview with “Musicema” (Analitica Music News Site) May-2018 / May-2018 View Gallery & Links
“Ghalamyaran” Magazine (No.9), as a Successful Iranian Female Musician /Mar- 2018 View Gallery & Links
Lyra Duet Interview & Collaboration with “Mehrabane” Charity Organization / Mar-2018 View Gallery & Links
Shahrzad Ensemble Interview with “Musicema” (Analytical Music News Site) / Dec-2017 View Gallery & Links
“Phoenix” Hong Kong News Channel as a Successful Iranian Female Musician / May-2016 View Gallery & Links
Discography:
“Vakil Bazaar” EP Album by Lyra Duet / May-2021 View Gallery & Links
Allegro Moderato from the “Romantic Pieces” Op.75 by Antonin Dvorak (Performed By Lyra Duet) /
Dec-2020 View Gallery & Links
“Ave Maria” after Bach-Gounod (Performed By Lyra Duet) / April-2020 View Gallery & Links
“Cold Winter” Single track by Lyra duet /Jan-2020 View Gallery & Links
“Eight Minutes & Twenty Seconds” Music Album by Lyra Duet / Sep-2019 View Gallery & Links
“Tehran-Mars” Music Album by Lyra Duet / Oct-2017 View Gallery & Links
Appears on:
“Yekeshish” Single Track for Hossein Alizadeh’s Commemoration / Aug-2019 View Gallery & Links
“The Other Side” Music Album by Shahrzad Ensemble / 2019 View Gallery & Links
“Until a Thousand and …” Music Album by kingraam / May-2017 View Gallery & Links
“Sad Baghe Tak” Music Album by Youshij Ensemble / May-2014 View Gallery & Links
“Harighe Khazan” Concert with Alireza Ghorbani live at concert, (DVD) / Oct-2013 View Gallery & Links
“Kizhe be Kizhe” Music Album by Youshij Ensemble / May-2012 View Gallery & Links
And numerous studio recordings
Teaching Experience:
“Part Music School” as a Violin Teacher, Head of String Department, Member of Educational Planning Team (From 2010 until Present) View Gallery & Links
“Pournazeri Music Academy” as a Violin Instructor (From 2017 until Present) View Gallery & Links
“Kherad Art House” as a Violin Instructor and Music Theory Teacher (From 2008 to 2009) – (From 2020 until Present) View Gallery & Links
“Tarighat Music Institute” as a Violin Instructor (From 2009 to 2010) – (From 2020 until 2021) View Gallery & Links
“Avaye Doost Music Academy”, Holding Violin & Music Theory Master Classes (From 2016 to 2020)
“Goshtasb Music Academy”, Holding Violin Master Classes (From 2016 to 2020)
“Navaye Tar” Music Institute as a Violin Instructor (From 2012 to 2014)
“Golhaye Honar” Music Institute as a Violin Instructor (From 2019 to 2020)
and Private Violin Instructor (From 2007 until present)
Memberships:
Iran Music House, Iranian Musicians Union, Member of F.I.M (Federation of International Musicians),
Honor Credit Fund, Environmental Activist
Performances
Lyra Duet
14-Feb-2022
Performance in the “International Fajr Music Festival” at Niavaran Cultural Centre View Gallery & Links
18-Aug-2020
Live Performance at AvaStar Event View Gallery & Links
19-Feb-2020
Performance in the “International Fajr Music Festival” at Azadi Tower View Gallery & Links
22-Dec-2019
Second Anniversary of “Persian Sound City” Studio View Gallery & Links
23-Nov-2018
Performance in the Fourth “Salnava” at Niavaran Cultural Center Hall (Music Masters Commemorate) View Gallery & Links
13-Aug-2018
Lyra Duet Recital at Hatra Music Academy Performing pieces of “Tehran-Mars” album View Gallery & Links
10-May-2018
Lyra Duet Concert in the Second Series of “Moosighi & Tajrobe” Festival at Roudaki Hall View Gallery & Links
25-Nov-2017
Performance in the Third “Salnava” at Niavaran Cultural Center Hall
(Music Masters Commemorate) View Gallery & Links
6-Oct-2017
“Tehran-Mars” Album Launch Ceremony at Ebne Sina Book City View Gallery & Links
1-Mar-2015
Lyra Duet Classical Recital at Roudaki Hall View Gallery & Links
20-Oct-2013
Performance in the Third “Classic to Contemporary Music” Festival at University of Tehran (Avini Hall) View Gallery & Links
May-2013
Performance in the “10th Actor’s Night” View Gallery & Links
21-Oct-2010
Lyra Duet Classical Recital at German Church View Gallery
Shahrzad Ensemble
20-Mar-2021
Online Performance, organized by Riksteatern (United Voice) in Sweden that has been revealed on MBC View Gallery & Links
16-Mar-2021
Online Performance in the “Eldfesten” Festival (in Sweden) on the Occasion of Chaharshanbe soori, Televised on MBC Persia View Gallery & Links
7-Mar-2021
Online Performance of “Le Splendide Hotel” composed by Noah Meites was shown at UCLA Faculty Recital Series View Gallery & Links
27-Aug-2020
Online Performance in “Duvertalinfini Festival” (in France) View Gallery & Links
10-Nov-2019
“Afsaneye Chashmhayat” Album Launch Ceremony by Homayoun Shajarian & Alireza Ghorbani View Gallery & Links
28-Jan-2019
Shahrzad Ensemble Concert “East to West Music Nights” Festival at Roudaki Hall View Gallery & Links
Dec-Nov-2018
Mojgan Shajarian & Lena Chamamyan with Shahrzad Ensemble in the “FeminEast Festival”, Sweden, Stockholm & Gothenburg View Gallery & Links
15-Aug-2018
“Iran” Album Launch Ceremony by Homayoun Shajarian at Vahdat hall View Gallery & Links
16-May-2018
“KNAUF” (German Company) Event at Spinas Palace Hotel View Gallery
1-Mar-2018
Shahrzad Ensemble Concert with Belcanto Symphony Orchestra and Choir at Vahdat Hall View Gallery & Links
22-Dec-2017
TED Talk Show at Milad Tower Concert Hall View Gallery & Links
25-Nov-2017
Performance in the Third “Salnava” at Niavaran Cultural Center Hall (Music Masters Commemorate) View Gallery & Links
Aug-Sep-2017 (30 Nights)
Homayoun Shajarian (Musical Theater) “C Project” at Sa’dabad Palace View Gallery & Links
22-May-2015
Shahrzad Ensemble Performance at Arasbaran Cultural Center Hall View Gallery & Links
26,27-May-2014
Shahrzad Ensemble Concert, “To The Earth and Sun” at Roudaki Hall Dr. Saeed Sharifian’s works View View Gallery & Links
9-May-2014
Performance in the Fourth Ceremony of Iranian Screen Writers at Cinema Museum
Session Violin Player in Orchestras & Bands
16,18,21-Jan-2020
Farzad Farzin Concert at Espinas Palace Hall View Gallery & Links
20-Dec-2019
Performance with “Belcanto” Orchestra and the Choir View Gallery & Links
26-Nov-2019
Roozbeh Bemani Concert at Milad Concert Hall View Gallery & Links
15-Nov-2019
Arco String Orchestra at Vahdat Hall View Gallery & Links
25-Jul-2019
Hossein Zaman Concert at Milad Concert Hall View Gallery & Links
13-Mar-2019
Shahram Nazeri Concert at Milad Tower Concert Hall View Gallery & Links
28-Feb-2019
Arco Orchestra in Shiraz, at Ehsan Hall View Gallery & Links
14-Feb-2019
Arco Orchestra in the “34th Fajr International Music” Festival at Roudaki Hall View Gallery & Links
10,11-Jan-2019
Arco String Orchestra at Roudaki Hall View Gallery & Links
8-Jan-2019
Performance with Pouya Nikpour at Niavaran Cultural Center Hall View Gallery & Links
29-Dec-2018
Performance with Pouya Nikpour at Persian Sound City Studio View Gallery & Links
22-Aug-2018
Performance in the Third Festival of “Music Nights” at Shahnaz Hall, Iranian Artists Forum with Pouya Nikpour View Gallery & Links
7-Mar-2018
Sakenravan Concert in the First Series of “Moosighitajrobe” Festival at Azadi Tower Hall View Gallery & Links
1,2,3,4-Jan-2018
Alireza Assar Concert at Milad Concert Hall View Gallery & Links
2,3,6,7,9,10,18,19-Dec-2017
Homayoun Shajarian Concert “Iran” at Interior Ministry Hall View Gallery & Links
26,27-Jul-2017
Homay Concert with Parvaz Symphony Orchestra at Niavaran Cultural Center (Outdoor) View Gallery & Links
21.July.2017
Reza Sadeghi Concert at Milad Concert Hall View Gallery & Links
20-Apr-2017
Hami Concert in Rasht at Abrisham Hall View Gallery & Links
28,29,30-Mar-2017
Kingraam & Sajad Afsharian (Musical Theater) “Scarlet 60’s” at Shiraz University Hall View Gallery & Links
9-Mar-2017
Hazhir Mehrafrouz Concert with Jam Orchestra at Andisheh Hall View Gallery & Links
2-Jan-2017
Tehran Symphony Orchestra at Vahdat Hall View Gallery & Links
30,31-Dec-2016
Sakenravan Concert at Niavaran Cultural Center Hall View Gallery & Links
22-Dec-2016
Alireza Gharaeimanesh Concert at Azadi Tower Hall View Gallery & Links
20,21,22-Sep-2016
Salar Aghili Concert with Alborz Symphony Orchestra at Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Open Space) View Gallery & Links
5,6-Sep-2016
Hazhir Mehrafrouz Concert with Jam Orchestra at Vahdat Hall View Gallery & Links
25-May-2016 / 6-Jun-2016
Tehran Symphony Orchestra at Vahdat Hall View Gallery & Links
27, 28-Apr-2016
Farzad Farzin Concert at Milad Concert Hall View Gallery & Links
6,12-Oct-2015
Homay Concert with Parvaz Symphony Orchestra at Vahdat Hall View Gallery & Links
10-Oct-2015
Alborz Symphony Orchestra for “Mahak” Charity, at Milad Tower Concert Hall “Romantic Night of Loris Tjeknavorian” View Gallery & Links
7-Aug-2015
Reza Yazdani Concert “Masoud Kimiai Night” at Ministry of Interior Hall View Gallery & Links
6-Aug-2015
Shahrdad Rouhani Concert at Milad Tower Concert Hall View Gallery & Links
30-Jul-2015
Alborz Symphony Orchestra, “Iranian Composer Nights” at Milad Tower Concert Hall View Gallery & Links
23-May-2015
Alborz Symphony Orchestra, “Iranian Composer nights” at Milad Tower Concert Hall View Gallery & Links
22,23-Apr-2015
Tehran Symphony Orchestra at Vahdat Hall View Gallery & Links
16-Mar-2015
Tehran Symphony Orchestra at Vahdat Hall (Revivalism of Tehran Symphony Orchestra) View Gallery & Links
18-Oct-2014 at Milad Tower Concert Hall
24,25-Dec-2014 at Vahdat Hall
7-Jan-2015 at Vahdat Hall
Mohammad Motamedi Concert, “Peace Horn” with Tehran Chamber Orchestra View Gallery & Links
7,8,9,14,15,16-Aug-2014
22,23,24-Oct-2014
Homayoun Shajarian Concert, “Chera Rafti” at Interior Ministry Hall View Gallery & Links
July-2014
Farzad Farzin Concert at Milad Concert Hall View Gallery & Links
12-Jun-2014
Performance with Makan Ashgevari at Mahak Charity Hall View Gallery & Links
1-Nov-2013
Sakenravan Concert at Ivan Shams Hall View Gallery & Links
25,26,27,28,29,30-Sep-2013
Alireza Ghorbani Concert “Harighe Khazan” at Vahdat Hall View Gallery & Links
15,16-Sep-2013
Shahrdad Rohani Concert, “Persian Gulf Symphony” at Milad Tower Concert Hall View Gallery & Links
12,13,14,19,20,21-Sep-2013
1,2,9-March-2014
Homayoun Shajarian Concert “Havaye Gerye” at Interior Ministry Hall View Gallery & Links
