User:Reza Moghaddas

Reza Moghaddas (Record Producer, Sound Engineer and Musician)

Reza Is a Toronto based record producer, sound engineer and musician. He started to play piano when he was eight years old and then learned bass guitar. Through his teenage years he was involved with both western classical and Persian traditional music. By age of 18 he focused his efforts playing Jazz, Fusion and World music.

He studied Mathematics-Applied-in-Computer-Science and Computer Graphics and Animation. Reza was a key member of Iran's underground Rock scene in the early nineties and he played in influential groups such as Avizheh and Meera. During that time he also helped found Bamahang Studios, Iran's first digital recording studio, where he worked with legendary musicians such as Googoosh and Maestro Mohammad Reza Shajarian.

When Reza moved to Canada in 2005 he brought Bamahang Studios with him, and has since been a key member of Toronto's vibrant music scene. He has written the scores and designed the sound for over 50 film and theatre projects and worked with directors such as Bahram Beizaei, Helena Waldmann and Soheil Parsa. During his 27 years of studio work he produced, recorded and mixed over 1500 albums and single tracks.

Reza is a board member and co-founder of Godot Art Productions, one of Toronto's leading multi-disciplinary art foundations. In 2011 Reza was nominated for the Dora Mavor Award for outstanding music composition and sound design for Godot Art’s production of "Homeland".

Since 2008 he has worked as the lead technician with some of major live venues and festivals in Toronto such as Small World Centre, Tirgan Festival, Harbourfront Centre and Aga Khan Museum where he worked with artists like Zakir Hussain, Angelique Kidjo, Tory Lanez, Kayhan Kalhor and many more.

Reza released his solo album. Bazaar Project' is a collaborative effort to bring together melodies and themes from the Middle East with a team of renowned musicians based in Toronto; reflective of the rich cultural diversity that the city has to offer. To bring it all full circle, over the span of ten years, Reza has collected, re-arranged and composed this captivating album inspired by these regional motives.