Dissident composer Mehdi Rajabian’s music has already landed him to prison. But the Iranian musician is back with a new album of political songs that includes a collaboration with recently imprisoned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dissident Iranian composer Mehdi Rajabian is barred from leaving his country by its Islamic Republic government, but his work ...

A group of Grammy-winning and nominated musicians and artists have come together — virtually — to help Iranian dissident composer Mehdi Rajabian get another shot at the Recording Academy’s highest ...

For more than nine months, musician and composer Mehdi Rajabian kept himself hidden away in an underground room in Sari, northern Iran, working to create his latest album undercover. While many ...

The composer is the first musician to win the UN's International Art Contest for Minority Artists. By Frank DiGiacomo Editor Dissident Iranian composer Mehdi Rajabian became the first musician to win ...

In September, four of Rajabian's pieces will be performed live for the first time in Zurich, Switzerland, and he is working with family music act Alphabet Rockers on new music. By Frank DiGiacomo ...