BIOGRAPHY

Mohammad Khodadadi, born in 1979 in Bushehr, Iran, is a Ney player and a composer who is currently residing in Vienna/Austria. He has studied composition of western classical music at the university of Anton Bruckner in Linz/Austria.

Mohammad has started playing Ney from the age of 15 through strong self-discipline and coaching of Masters of Ney such as Mr. Hassan Kassai, and Mr. A. Afsharnia.

He has also studied the Persian radif and techniques of singing with Master Hatam Askari & Seddigh Tarif. At the same time he learned playing piano with Rosita Shaker and Tamara Dolidze in Iran as well as Andreas Taller in Austria.

Mohammad learned composition with Master Alireza Mashayekhi, Professor Soyka and Erland Freudenhaler. 

Mohammad currently performs as a soloist and composer in various concerts in Europe and Iran. He organizes seminars for the promotion of Persian classical music in the western world.

He teaches foundations of Persian music, Ney and Classical Persian Singing (Radif), online or in private lesson.

Since 2020 he has started a new method of teaching Persian music. His program is called "music in simple language".