Live at The Carrot presents: West Asian Music - with Behrang Nikaeen & Mehdi Rezania - November 6

🎶 Live music starts at 7:00 pm | $10 Cover | Youth (12 & under) $5 | All Ages 🎶

Behrang Nikaeen is an ethnomusicologist, musician, and community music organizer specializing in West Asian musical traditions. He performs on Iranian tar, Kurdish tanbur and daf, and Turkish bendir, with a musical practice rooted in modal music, improvisation, and intercultural collaboration. Originally trained and active in Iran and Turkey, he is now based in Edmonton, where he continues to perform, teach, and develop community-based music projects. His work brings together musical traditions from Iran, Kurdistan, Turkey, and the broader West Asian region, often through improvisation and collaborative performance. Alongside his artistic practice, he holds a PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of Alberta and works on projects related to accessibility, disability, community music-making, and music for wellbeing.

Mehdi Rezania is an Iranian-Canadian santur virtuoso, composer, and ethnomusicologist based in Edmonton. He holds a PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of Alberta. An award-winning musician and scholar, Rezania has released five albums and performed internationally. His work bridges Persian classical music, contemporary composition, and cross-cultural artistic collaboration.