Majid Derakhshani is an acclaimed Iranian musician. He was born into a family of artists from the Iranian province Semnan. During his studies of string instruments and composition at the University of Teheran, the legendary Mohammad Reza Lotfi became his teacher. Subsequent to his emigration to Germany he founded the “Nawa Musikzentrum” in Cologne; the primary and most active center for Persian music outside of Iran. In Iran itself Majid Derakhshani is deemed to be amongst the best on his instrument – the tar.