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At the age of twelve, and after the death of his father which effected him enormously, his elder sister and mother decided to send him to singing classes organized by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in Mashhad. He began to study Iranian traditional singing and music reading/writing with Nassrolahe Nasseh-Pour.
At the same time he was also selected to study in a special school for gifted and talented children, but took music more seriously and contrary to the wishes of his family. Later on music took over his life. He persisted with singing for over six years and completed the repertoire of Iranian traditional singing with Mr. Nasseh-Pour and was his best student during this period. At the age of eighteen he decided to take the university entrance examination for the field of Art/Music. For this entrance examination he also needed to know how to play a musical instrument. He chose the Setar, an old Iranian instrument.
In 1994 he was offered a place to study Theatre at the University of Dramatic Arts in Tehran, and a place for Music at Tehran University. Mohsen took the place to study theatre first, as he was told the music course at Tehran University would begin a year later. Becoming familiar with drama and theatre affected him greatly and later he incorporated what he had learned in that short period to performing his music.
In 1995, he eventually joined the undergraduate music course at Tehran University, where he was a student of Mr. Alireza Mashayekhi, Dr. Azin Movahed and Dr. Khosro Molana. Mohsen also tought himself how to play the guitar and has learned much from listening to western singers and musicians such as Jim Morrison and Mark Knopfler. In Khorassan he took lessons from masters of Iranian folk music, such as Haj Ghorbane Soleimani and Alme Joghi.
Mohsen started recording some of his compostions solo and with two different bands in 2003 . He also writes poetry with a unique flaire. In his songs he sometimes uses his own satirical lyrics and blends them with the classical poetry of Hafez, Rumi or Saadi. His music and words are very emotional and, in his works, he creates an exceptional fusion between various styles from traditional Iranian to blues and rock .
Music Compositions.
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