Reza Soltanzadeh

Born in 1965,Tehran,Iran. He turned to music when he was a high school prep fisrt grader playing air isntruments.First he blow the trumpet and the saxaphone.Following the revolution ,since the Iran Technical School for Music closed down, a began to work privately with music instructors continuing is education in the meantime.
Years later when the electronic  keyboard found its way into the market ,he applied his learnings in music to this instrument.
As the electronic keyboard was introduced and computer geared,music left its earlier form giving way to a novel,more modernized version. Reza can be boly claimed to be among those who pioneered computerizing music work in Iran,making dramatic achievements.

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Years later at the suggestion of the "Rivayati Fath" group he began to compose music for documentaries , numbering about 300 for movies and serials , largely dealing with war and peripheral war related issues.However , of his most notable works reference can be made to the making of the Iranian keyboard ,a source of honor for both Iran and the Iranians throughout the world and of wonder for certain specialists.
At the suggestions of MOCO an Iranian company and of General Music an Italian company , Reza finally won a great victory following his multiple trips to Italy and his round-the-clock efforts.
Ultimately the said keyboard capable of producing persian rhythms and sounds including those of dulcimer , Tar ( an Iranian musical instrument of the guitar family ) , Kanoon ( a kind of harp or psaltery ) , pipe ,Tambourine and Tombac ( an Iranian orchestral drum ) where introdused in to the market . He prepared all the rhythms and samples of this keyboard himself .
Presently in a joint effort with YAMAHA company he is engaged in making the second  Iranian version keyboard with by for a greater capability than of the earlier version .


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Source : 8Behesht