Shahram Gholami was born In Tehran, Iran, in 1974 and began studying the ud and traditional Persian music at the age of 20. Under the tutelage of the great Mansur Nariman, Shahram began recording with composers such as the legendary Parviz Meshkatian and Ardeshir Kamkar. Shahram was a member of the Iranian National Orchestra for nine years and subsequently played at various festivals such as the 2003 Sufi Music Festival, Amir Khosrow, in India, with the Rumi Ensemble, and Oslo’s World Music Festival with the Sarvestan Ensemble in 2006. He collaborated from 2007 until 2008 with master singer Shahram Nazeri. In Europe, Shahram has performed with the Rumi Ensemble and Javid Afsari Rad. Also with Peyman Yazdanian and the Xenia Ensemble, and he has recently performed solo in Paris’ Theatre de la Ville, Abbesses. February 2010 marked the release of his solo album, Tolu-e-Kavir, inspired by nature and ancient Iranian fables. Currently, Shahram is working on his latest album with the esteemed Habib Meftah Bushehri. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.