Ata Aghdam
About
Ata Ghavidel (Ata Ghavidel Aghdam) was born in 1988 in Ahvaz, Iran. Ata began his musical training in Iran as a guitar player when he was a child, then he started to compose music and he studied Persian music under the guidance of Amir Hasan Amin Sharifi and the fundamentals of composition by the renowned Iranian composer, Karen Keyhani. At the same time, he studied at the University of Applied Science and Conservatory of Tehran and graduated in composition as a
distinguished student in both. He has been selected for many composition competitions and festivals and also he has collaborated with some performers all around the world.
He has been selected as a composition competition by Dustin White for solo flute piece ''Ri Ra I'', United States, winner composer for Solo Flute piece ''Ri Ra II'', Petrichor Records, USA, , Selected composer of reMuzik festival, Russia, for Solo Piano piece ''Play'', Aleph group gathering, Tehran, Iran, for two Solo Piano pieces, Tehran Conservatory, for two Solo Piano pieces, Art University, Karaj, Selected composer for the first round of composition competition, Ahmad Pejman, Tehran, Iran, for Solo Bassoon piece ''While Her Voice Withers'', 4th Tehran International Contemporary Music Festival, Tehran, Iran. He also collaborates with some performers: Solo Flute piece ''The Shadow'', performed by Cem Onerturk, Turkey, Solo Flute piece ''Forgotten'', performed by Tommaso Bisiak, Italy,
Persian quintet ''Safarnameh'', performed by an Iranian ensemble, Tehran, Iran and some classical style of solo pieces for Piano by Parsa Riahi.
He also has worked with noteworthy composers such as Reza Vali, Ken Ueno, Nader Mashayekhi, and participated in some masterclasses by Chaya Czernowin,
Don Freund, Katharina Rosenberger, Alessandro Solbiati, Jacob Rataj.
Teaching Style
My effort is to teach music to students in a calm and stress-free environment. I am confident that after having a trial session, the student will easily realize that he/she can learn music well. I always say that I can teach a tree music if the tree itself wants to learn music!
Curriculum
Since there are so many instructional books for learning and starting guitar, I recommend that students start learning with a book that they can get easily. If there is a shortage during the training, I will try to help the student prepare books and files.