Event

Special Concert Naeim Rahmani

Come to Northwind Arts Center for a special concert performance from classical guitarist Naeim Rahmani. Award winning guitarist Naeim Rahmani was born in Isfahan, Iran and immigrated to the United States as a refugee in 2003. Presently based in Seattle, Naeim completed his Master's degree with Rene Izquierdo at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

Naeim has performed throughout the US and internationally. He enjoys bringing his music to small community or arthouse spaces where he can interact with the audience. His performance venues have included everything from private homes and community churches, to a renovated industrial space in Oaxaca, Mexico, ancient churches along the Camino Santiago in Spain, and arthouses in Berlin. In all of these places Naeim brings his deeply personal style to create an intimate musical experience for the audience.

Outside of his performance career Naeim is the director of the Seattle-Isfahan Guitar Project. This collaborative endeavor was created as a way to forge connections between guitarists in Seattle and in Naeims home town of Isfahan, Iran.

Naeim is an experienced and popular teacher. He served for several years as the lead classical guitar instructor at the Latino Arts Strings Program in Milwaukee, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the artistic development of youth in the community. While there he also served as director of the annual guitar festival and competition. Naeim plays a Richard Bruné guitar.