Kaveh Saidi has a Bachelor's of Music in Violin Performance from the
University of Texas at Austin (96) and a Masters of Music (99) in Violin
Performance from Boston University.
Kaveh performs as a freelance violinist in Philadelphia and has served as
a violin sub with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
and the Center
City Opera Theater
. He has been a  member of the Cape Cod Symphony
(MA) and Nashua Symphony (NH). Kaveh has also been a six year
member of the ALEA III Contemporary Music Ensemble in Boston.
He is a founding member of the Broad Street Quartet.
Kaveh's teachers include Burton Kaplan, Peter Zazofsky, and Vincent Frittelli.

Kaveh has performed with the rock band Pearl Jam as part of a string quartet in four
nights of performances at the Wachovia Spectrum in Philly. As an alternative
musician, Kaveh has worked with rock acts such as Jessi Teich, Jim Boggia, Fooling
April, Chris Farrell, and Stephen Tirpak at Larry Gold Studios. Kaveh performs as a
solo and collaborative artist in Philly at venues such as Chris' Jazz Cafe, the Tritone,
North Star Bar, Milkboy, and the Fig Lounge. You can find Kaveh performing around
Philly with the Rit Mo Collective!

Kaveh inpedendently wrote, arranged, performed, recorded, produced, and released
his 2007 solo album
Clear Light Parts the Haze at Kaveh Saidi Music in Philadelphia.
Look for a new album in 2010.

Kaveh currently teaches violin and strings in the School District of Philadelphia at
three schools including the arts magnet GAMP. He has been a faculty member at the
Settlement Music School and is an adjunct professor of violin at Immaculata
University.

Kaveh has worked with the Greater Boston Youth Symphony,  the Governor's School
of NC Youth Orchestra (performing entirely 20th century repertoire),
Music in The
Mountains(PA),
and Camp Encore/Coda. He has four years of experience teaching
private and group violin lessons in the Milton public school district (MA) and
continues to give seminars on home practice techniques for young musicians. Kaveh
has three years of experience as the String Orchestra Director at the Episcopal
Academy, where he taught group string lessons, group guitar, chamber music, and
conducted four String Orchestras. Kaveh has completed Massachusetts Music
Education Licensure through Boston University, and is also fully certified in
Pennsylvania in music, K-12. Kaveh is also a certified Suzuki violin instructor, and
includes some Suzuki elements in his teaching.

Kaveh's teaching philosophy is similar to his life philosophy: A personal commitment
to incremental improvement in all areas of life is essential to happy development, as
well as the mastery of challenges.

Kaveh lives in Philadelphia, PA and is 100% American.