Arsha kaviani biography books

Arsha Kaviani creates unique musical experiences around the piano. Equally at home performing virtuosic classical repertoire for packed-out concert halls, improvising at the keyboard in intimate venues or creating original compositions, Arsha’s restless creativity and exceptional talent make him one of the most exciting and unorthodox musicians of his generation.

Born and raised in Dubai by Iranian parents, Arsha grew up surrounded by music from Beethoven to Led Zeppelin and began improvising and composing at the piano from an early age, soon teaching himself to transcribe whole symphonies and concertos.

Though his prodigious talents were quickly noticed and a move to the UK for formal musical training followed, these formative experiences of total freedom and experimentation – “not knowing what wasn’t possible” – were instrumental in shaping Arsha as an artist of rare independence and imagination.

During his studies at Chetham’s School of Music and then the Royal Northern