Fahrad Khosravi

Friday • 7:15 pm – 8:15pm | The Nina Haggerty Gallery (9225 118 Ave)
Saturday • 5:45 pm – 6:45pm | The Nina Haggerty Gallery (9225 118 Ave)
Sunday • 3:45 pm – 4:45pm | The Nina Haggerty Gallery (9225 118 Ave)

Farhad is an Edmonton-based composer and santur (Persian dulcimer) player, originally from Iran. His 2017 debut album “Sleeping in Sorrow” was shortlisted for the Edmonton Music Prize in 2017, along with nominations for World Artist of the Year at the 2018 Western Canadian Music Awards and World Music Recording of the Year at the 2018 Edmonton Music Awards. Rooted in Iranian classical music, Farhad expands the genre merging new textures of percussion with Western cello, violin, and vocal to create a modern mélange of East and West. In 2025, he received a Canada Council grant to record his third album, “The Leopards Who Have Run with Me”, based on a Persian book of short stories under the same title, in which the ensemble engages in a musical story-telling experience written for santur, string quartet, and percussion. The album contains about an hour and a half of original music and is set to be released in 2026. Some of these pieces have premiered at the Pacific Contact 2025 and the Mundial Montreal 2025 showcases with great reception.