Shahram Shiva


Shahram Shiva is an author, writer, poet, recording artist and translator of the works of Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet and philosopher.
Shahram Shiva was born in Iran to a family of Jewish heritage and migrated to the US in his mid teens. He began translating Rumi's poetry in 1988. Since 2009 Shahram Shiva has expanded his repertoire to include new original lyrics and songs.
He has written numerous articles for The Huffington Post.and other publications.
Shahram Shiva taught Robert Downey Jr. the whirling movement in the movie Game 6 directed by Michael Hoffman.

Performances

Since 1992, Shahram Shiva has been presenting concerts and readings at numerous venues, including the United Nations, the Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Joyce Theater, Kripalu Center, Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, New York Open Center, Yale University, Columbia University, and New York University, among many others.
From April 25 to May 5, 1998, Shiva performed in his own opera, Until the Next Whirl, at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Discography