Musicologist · Researcher · Guitar Instructor

Arash
Ahmadzadeh

Arash Ahmadzadeh

Researcher, translator, and guitar instructor specializing in the history of Baroque music and the Baroque guitar, with particular attention to the relationship between music and power. His work has been published in leading academic journals including Iranian Studies, Soundboard Scholar, Early Music, Music Analysis, and College Music Symposium.

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Publications

2025

Peer-Reviewed Article · Cambridge University Press

Music, Ideology, and Youth: A Case Study of the Song 'Salām Farmāndeh' and the Evolution of 'Soruds' in Contemporary Iran

Iranian Studies

→ doi.org/10.1017/irn.2025.10124
2025

Peer-Reviewed Article · College Music Society

Transcribing French Baroque Guitar for Classical Guitar: Semi Re-entrant Tuning in Robert de Visée's Suite in D Minor (1686)

College Music Symposium, Vol. 65, no. 2

→ doi.org/10.18177/sym.2025.65.sr.11691
2022

Book Chapter · PanjKhat Editions · In Persian

Serial Analysis of the Gavotte in French Baroque Opera

Collected Essays in Musicology. Tehran: PanjKhat Editions, pp. 74–88

ISBN: 979-0-802634-54-1

2023

Master's Thesis · Sorbonne University, Paris

From the Baroque Guitar to the Modern Guitar: Transcription of the A Minor Suite from "La Guitarre Royalle Dedicated to the King of Great Britain"

M.A. in Musicology (Research Track) — Final average: 15.1/20 (Distinction)

Supervised by Théodora Psychoyou (IReMus, Vice-President of the International Musicological Society). Examines Francesco Corbetta's La Guitarre Royalle (1671), dedicated to Charles II of England, with a critical transcription of its A minor suite for modern guitar.

→ View on ResearchGate
2025

Review Article · University of Denver

The Resurgence of Interest in Historically Informed Performance

Soundboard Scholar, Vol. 10(1)

Double review of Afshin Torabi Ardekani's Interpreting Baroque Music and Peter Croton's Performing Baroque Music on the Classical Guitar.

→ doi.org/10.56902/SBS.2025.10.12
2025

Conference Report · Oxford University Press

Birmingham's Biennial Baroque

Early Music (Oxford University Press)

Commissioned to report on the 21st Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music (ICBM) at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, July 2025.

→ doi.org/10.1093/em/caaf046
2024

Interview · Lute Society of America Quarterly

From Bartolotti to Sor — Interview with Lex Eisenhardt

LSA Quarterly, Vol. 58, No. 4 (Winter): 6–11

Extended interview with lutenist and Baroque guitarist Lex Eisenhardt on historical performance practice, lute and guitar repertories, and the challenges of transcription.

2024

Interview · University of Tehran · In Persian

Persian Language Facing Western Music — Interview with Dariush Ashuri

Farâhang Music Quarterly, Vol. 6 (9–10): 204–209

On the challenges of rendering Western music terminology in Persian — spelling conventions, neologism, and the cultural stakes of musical translation.

2026

Online Article · World History Encyclopedia

How Music and Politics Intertwined in the Time of Louis XIV

World History Encyclopedia

Published after editorial review. With images, on Francesco Corbetta, the Baroque guitar and music as an instrument of power at the court of Louis XIV.

→ worldhistory.org
2025

Research Blog · EarlyMuse COST Action · University of Glasgow

Early Music on Early Recordings: Toward a Sustainable, Co-Created Database

With Áurea Domínguez & Eva Moreda Rodríguez — EarlyMuse Blog, September 12, 2025

Outcome of a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) at the University of Glasgow, funded by COST. Initiated development of a co-created scholarly database connecting early music scholarship with early recordings.

→ earlymuse.eu/publications/blog
2024

Essay · La Lettre du Musicien · In French

Que Faire Après les Études Musicologiques?

La Lettre du Musicien, Vol. 582: 50–53

Reflective essay on careers and professional pathways after musicology studies, written for France's leading music professionals' magazine.

2023

Online Article · IranMusicology.com · In Persian & French

Mademoiselle Bocquet: the Forgotten Lutenist?

IranMusicology.com

→ iranmusicology.com/mlle-bocquet
2023

Online Article · IranMusicology.com · In Persian

Menstruation and the Feminine Voice

IranMusicology.com

→ iranmusicology.com
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Book Translations

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Essays & Criticism

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Press & Media

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Honors & Grants

2026

Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

French Ministry of Culture — Spring 2026 promotion

→ Official nomination, Ministère de la Culture
2025

COST Action Short-Term Scientific Mission

European Cooperation in Science & Technology — University of Glasgow

2021

Best Website in Art & Culture, for IranMusicology.com

14th Iran Web & Mobile Festival

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Research Interests

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Music & Power in the Baroque Era

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Music, Politics & Identity in Iran

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Translation & Transcription

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Baroque Guitar & Historical Performance

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Contact

Whether you are a scholar, performer, student, journalist or simply curious about Baroque music, I would be glad to hear from you. Questions, invitations to speak or play, translation projects, interviews and collaborations are all welcome. I reply in English, French or Persian.

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InstitutionBreuillet Conservatory, Paris, France

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Professional Memberships

Society for Seventeenth-Century Music
Royal Musical Association
Iranian Musicological Society
International Musicological Society