Reza Moghaddas (Musician, Producer, Sound Engineer)

Reza Moghaddas is a Toronto-based record producer, sound engineer and musician who started to play piano at age 8 before picking up the bass guitar. Through his teenage years, he was involved with Western classical and Persian traditional music, but by age 18, he turned his efforts to jazz, fusion, and world music. When Reza moved to Canada in 2005, he brought his renowned Tehran-based Bamahang Studios with him and has since been a key member of Toronto's vibrant music scene. He's worked as the lead technician at many of Toronto's major events and venues, including Tirgan Festival, Harbourfront Centre, the Aga Khan Museum, and many more, and with internationally-renowned artists including Zakir Hussain, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Angelique Kidjo, Tory Lanez, Kayhan Kalhor, Wally Bardou and more. In addition to writing scores and designing sound for over 50 film and theatre projects, he worked with directors such as Bahram Beizaei, Helena Waldmann and Soheil Parsa. He was nominated for Dora Mavor Moore Awards for outstanding sound design and composition for "Homeland," directed by Setareh Delzendeh. Over the last nearly three decades, he has produced, recorded and mixed over 1200 albums and singles. He is currently venue manager at the Small World Centre, a cultural hub, venue, and studio space.