< At the age of 15, Pejman started to research the artistic activities of 20th century Persian (Iranian) musicians. In 1998, he finished the first volume of his research on Persian composers and conductors, which was published by Navid-e Shiraz Publications in 2000. The book was dubbed the "honor of Persian musicological circles" by Maryland-based Iranian Musicology Quarterly and became a source of reference for various publications such as the Encyclopedia Iranica (the most prestigious Persian studies encyclopedia, published in New York).
  

      In the years 2001-2005, Pejman Akbarzadeh worked with various reformist Persian-language newspapers in Tehran such as "Yas-e No" and "Shargh," both of which were banned by the Iranian government. Some of his articles (mostly on music) were published in the U.S.-based "Persian Heritage" magazine, Payvand News, etc. He briefly freelanced for the BBC Persian Service.

     From 2002 to 2006, Pejman was the representative of "Persian Gulf Online" organization in Tehran. As the youngest lecturer, he gave a few lectures in the field of Persian Gulf studies at the Persian Studies Foundation's Conference in Shiraz and the Iranian Artists' Forum in Tehran.

      In July 2006, due to the critical situation of the media, growing restrictions in Iran, and in order to continue his music activities, Pejman moved to the Netherlands; currently, he is the music producer at Radio Zamaneh in Amsterdam.
 

       He performed the first Persian piano recital in the Dutch capital in March 2008; The sold-out concert at Bethanienklooster resulted in further invitations to perform in Germany and Canada.

In the coming months Pejman will release a 90-minute documentary about the late Persian singer Hayedeh.

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