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Maestro Shardad
A b rillia n t and m ulti-faceted
writer/composer/arranger/conductor,
Serenity recording artist Shardad may
best be known as the maestro who
helped transform Yanni from a little -
know keyboard soloist into an over­
night platinum phenom.
Shardad began his collaboration
w ith Yanni when the new ager in ­
vited him to arrange the music fo r
“ One M an’ s Dream,” which appeared
on his album In M y T im e, an eventual
p la tin u m seller. W ith the track,
Shardad supplemented Y anni’ s o rig i­
nal keyboard composition w ith ar­
rangements fo r a 60 piece orchestra.
The results, a rich, more deeply la y­
ered sound, landed Shardad a jo b
creating arrangements fo r all thecom-
positions on that album as w ell as
conductor duties on Y anni’ s subse­
quent tw o m onth, 42 date tour. W ith
a different orchestra in each city to
rehearse and ju st three hours before
each show to do it, Shardad rose to the
challenge and Yanni enjoyed tremen­
dous c ritica l acclaim.
A sym biotic collaboration was
also cem ented-Y anni composes m u­
sic on solo piano, w ritin g as he plays
and the classically trained Shardad
annotates the music, fram ing Yanni
in an orchestral setting. M ost recently,
Shardad arranged, conducted and
played vio lin on all but two tracks o f
Y a n n i’ sTop 10 L iv e at the Acropolis
performance album, PBS special and
popular home video. Having earned
the luxury from his previous tour
experience, Shardad also hand-se­
lected and rehearsed a 40 piece trav­
eling orchestra fo r Y a n n i’ s ensuring
’ 94 tour, fo r w hich he is currently
conducting.
For Shardad, composing and ar­
ranging music has always been just
as im p o rta n t as p e rfo rm in g it.
Shardad'sown recordings draw form
the intoxicating textures o f classical
m usic, where his th rist fo r m usical
knowledge has taken him on a per­
sonal odyssey halfw ay around the
The Spirit of
Portland
The S p ir it o f P o rtla n d in tr o ­
duces its fir s t lu x u ry d in n e r boat
to the Rose C ity . T h is 400 passen­
ger vessel w ill have a w e e k ly ,
year ro u n d schedule o f p u b lic
lu n c h
c r u is e s ,
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b ru n c h e s , d in n e r c ru is e s , and
m o o n lig h t dance c ru is e s . E x ­
tended day cruises to A s to ria and
the C o lu m b ia R iv e r G orge w i ll be
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Septem ber. P riv a te re n ta l o f one
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ing is c o n v e n ie n t fro m o u r d o w n ­
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S p rin gs F o u n ta in and M c C a lls
resta u ra n t.
The S p ir it o f P o rtla n d is a
Writer/composer/arranger/conductor Shardad
three le v e l vessel. T w o levels are
w orld
emy o f M usic in Vienna, Austria, f u l l e n clo se d and te m p e ra tu re
Bom in Tehran, Iran, Shardad where hereceived the Scholarship fo r c o n tro lle d , each w ith a p ia n o and
was raised in a musical fam ily. H is Young composers and earned a mas- f u ll se rvice beverage bar. T he
S ta rlig h t deck is an open a ir v ie w ­
father was a vio lin is t, his mother ter o f A rts degree w ith honors,
ing d eck. A n on board fu ll service
played the guitar-like Persian tar and
his three brothers were all pianists. A t
age 10, already a gifted v io lin is t and
pianist him self, Shardad entered the
Friday &
Tehran Conservatory o f Music, where
Saturday
he spent a decade studying classical
8pm-Midnight
music, playing v io lin in the Conser­
Janice Scroggins
with Mario De Priest
vatory Symphony Orchestra, perform­
ing w ith various traveling orchestras
and absorbing influences from popu­
Wednesday
lar bands such as The Beatles. S hardad
Jam Session
also began experimenting w ith film
with Ron Steen
7pm to llpm
scoring-shooting hours o f footage
w ith a super-8 camera he received for
featuring Louisiana style
his fourteenth birthday, then compos­
cuisine a t its finest
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freshest seafood, delicious fettucini and blackened
becoming one o f the top classical
dishes. Enjoy the big screen TV in our lounge.
music students in his country, Shardad
accepted a scholarship to jo in the
w o rld ’s foremost classical musicians
and professors at the prestigious Acad-
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