Pejman Akbarzadeh (Persian: پژمان اكبرزاده, born 1980) is a Persian-Dutch[1] pianist, journalist, music historian and documentary maker.
[2] At age fifteen he started to research the works and activities of twentieth-century Persian (Iranian) composers and conductors.
Three years later he published the first volume of his projected four-volume work, Persian Musicians[3] which became a source for various publications such as Encyclopedia Iranica.
[11] In the same year Pejman Akbarzadeh introduced Persian piano music at the Netherlands' Radio 5 (OBA Show) and in 2012 at Amsterdam Concertgebouw.
[12] In Summer 2009 following the pro-freedom demonstrations in Iran which turned to blood, Pejman Akbarzadeh joined the solidarity events in Europe with the people of his homeland; performing at Holland's Iranian Artists Eve in Amsterdam,[13] "International Solidarity Conference with Iran's Students" at the University of Delft,[14] Human Rights and Press Freedom Conference at Amsterdam's Tropen Theatre and cooperation with UNITED4IRAN demonstrations were among them.