Pouya Hamidi

Pouya Hamidi had his first lessons in classical piano as a small child in Iran. Since coming to Canada he has attended the Young Artist Performance Academy at The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM), completed the Claude Watson Arts Diploma, a Bachelor of Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Music in Composition at the University of Toronto (UofT). He was awarded the Associate of the Royal Conservatory Certificate in piano performance, the highest level awarded by the RCM. Pouya has also won competitions such as the Canadian Music Competition, Kiwanis Music Competition, and best performance and composition at the Markham Music Festival. Jamie Parker (Gryphon Trio), Ka Nin Chan, Christos Hatzis, and Alexander Rapoport were among his professors at the UofT, where several scholarships also supported his studies. Pouya’s other musical interests include film scoring and employing diverse instrumentations including Persian traditional instruments. Ladom Ensemble and Sacred Balance are Pouya’s other performance projects, a Persian/Balkan classical ensemble and an electronic rock band respectively. Pouya is currently pursuing the Master of Music program in Sound Recording at McGill University in Montreal.