GOLFAM KHAYAM
Genres: Jazz Related Improv, Composition • Iran

Described by soundboard magazine as  “…doubtlessly one of the most exceptional phenomena of classical music in Iran” , Golfam KHAYAM has evolved into an international career as a performer-composer-improviser. This career reflects her unique musical language through the integration of her native musical elements within a contemporary experimental musical framework. Khayam has appeared extensively as performer, composer, as well as soloist in prestigious music festivals including the Glatt&Verkehrt (Austira), Les Nuits du Monde, Orient-Occident (Switzerland, Geneva), Aarhus International Guitar Festival, Copenhagen Guitar Festival, Basel Culturescapes Festival, Aalborg International Guitar Festival, Yerevan Naregatsi Art Festival (Armenia), Mixtur contemporary music festival (Barcelona). She is being often invited as guest lecturer in different musical institutions, such as ”Royal Danish Academy of Music”, "Aarhus Royal Academy of Music”, “Geneva Music University”. Her enthusiasm both in contemporary music and Persian ethnic music and her extensive research on the Persian strum instruments has made her developing a read more...