GHARACHEDAGHI, Sheida

Sheida Gharachedaghi is a pianist and composer of international repute is a graduate of Vienna Academy of Music, Austria. She has composed music for 40 films. Of which 7 have won international awards. Gharachedaghi founded and directed for 5 years the music center at the “Institute for Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adult ” in Tehran, Iran. She held a professorship in Music & Piano at the “Farabi” Fine Arts University of Tehran followed by a 7 year tenure at the State School of Music in Waldkirch , Germany.
Since her arrival in Canada in 1986, Gharachedaghi has composed numerous pieces of chamber music and also performed in Montreal and Toronto. Her highlight was the composition of “Faries” an opera-ballet performed in Toronto in 1989. She continues to teach piano as well as Orff and Kodaly methods. She is a member of CAPAC (Composers Authors & Publishers Association of Canada), and member of Mithra (Art & Culture Organization).
What brought Sheida to publish this book is , explained best by herself :     
“After twenty years of experience in teaching music, I have come to the conclusion that we need a kind of music which could relate the occidental with the oriental. With the help of more collaboration in music we could profit from each other’s strengths. With this aim I have composed and published my book “Short Pieces for Piano”.

Works on Schedule (Hermes Records) : Faries