Endowed with a luminous voice, remarkable agility and great freedom in the high register, Reza Fekri has the characteristic qualities of the most sought-after light tenors. The flexibility of his voice, his musicality and the elegance of his singing line particularly orient him towards the Rossinian repertoire and bel canto. Invited three times as a soloist at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, he also performed with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded for Naxos Records.
Born in Tehran in 1992, Reza Fekri began his musical and vocal training as a teenager. After several years of study in Iran and Turkey, he took his first steps as a soloist in 2015 with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, performing Carmina Burana by Carl Orff and Alamdar under the direction of conductor and composer Alexander Rahbari. This meeting marks the beginning of an artistic collaboration that will sustainably accompany his journey.
From 2018, this collaboration takes on an international dimension with the creation of My Mother Persia in Antalya and several recording projects. In 2019, he performed Antonín Dvořák's Requiem as a tenor soloist with the Iran Philharmonic Choir in Tehran. In 2020, he made his international recording debut at Naxos Records with Morshed – My Mother Persia 3 by Alexander Rahbari.
The year 2022 marks a turning point in his career. In March, he was invited as a tenor soloist by the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra for the world premiere of So Spoke Zarathustra Spitama by Alexander Rahbari at the Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb. In September, he made his debut at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, where he performed the work again with the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra, under the composer's direction. The same year, he was also invited to the Helikon Opera in Moscow for the Opera Stars of the Caspian Sea Countries gala.
Based in Croatia since 2022, Reza Fekri continues his training at the Music Academy of the University of Zagreb with the mezzo-soprano Renata Pokupić, alongside the development of his career as a soloist.
In 2024, he is once again invited to the Mariinsky Theater as a tenor soloist in My Mother Persia. In Zagreb, the same year, he performed Davide penitente by Mozart with the Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of the Academy of Music, under the direction of Pavao Mašić.
In 2025, he returned for the third time to the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra in Saint Petersburg in So Spoke Zarathustra, thus continuing a collaboration with Alexander Rahbari begun ten years earlier in Tehran. That same year, he tackled the French baroque repertoire with the Première Parque in Hippolyte et Aricie by Rameau, then sang the Te Deum by Charpentier under the direction of Hervé Niquet.
In 2026, Reza Fekri performed the Requiem by Mozart with the Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the Zagreb Music Academy under the direction of Mladen Tarbuk, as well as the Stabat Mater by Rossini with the Varaždin Chamber Orchestra. He also played Sohrab in the opera Kherad by Ebrahim Bazrafkan in Shiraz and performed at the opening of the KotorArt International Festival, in Montenegro, in Triptihon by Ivan Brkanović under the direction of Mladen Tarbuk.
That same year Reza Fekri appeared at the Croatian National Zagreb Theater (HNK) the role of Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini, an emblematic role in the light tenor repertoire. His next announced engagements also include the Chevalier in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites and the tenor solo part in Carmina Burana by Carl Orff with the HRT Choir and Orchestra.
Biography
Endowed with a luminous voice, remarkable agility and great freedom in the high register, Reza Fekri has the characteristic qualities of the most sought-after light tenors. The flexibility of his voice, his musicality and the elegance of his singing line particularly orient him towards the Rossinian repertoire and bel canto. Invited three times as a soloist at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, he also performed with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded for Naxos Records.
Born in Tehran in 1992, Reza Fekri began his musical and vocal training as a teenager. After several years of study in Iran and Turkey, he took his first steps as a soloist in 2015 with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, performing Carmina Burana by Carl Orff and Alamdar under the direction of conductor and composer Alexander Rahbari. This meeting marks the beginning of an artistic collaboration that will sustainably accompany his journey.
From 2018, this collaboration takes on an international dimension with the creation of My Mother Persia in Antalya and several recording projects. In 2019, he performed Antonín Dvořák's Requiem as a tenor soloist with the Iran Philharmonic Choir in Tehran. In 2020, he made his international recording debut at Naxos Records with Morshed – My Mother Persia 3 by Alexander Rahbari.
The year 2022 marks a turning point in his career. In March, he was invited as a tenor soloist by the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra for the world premiere of So Spoke Zarathustra Spitama by Alexander Rahbari at the Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb. In September, he made his debut at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, where he performed the work again with the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra, under the composer's direction. The same year, he was also invited to the Helikon Opera in Moscow for the Opera Stars of the Caspian Sea Countries gala. Based in Croatia since 2022, Reza Fekri continues his training at the Music Academy of the University of Zagreb with the mezzo-soprano Renata Pokupić, alongside the development of his career as a soloist.
In 2024, he is once again invited to the Mariinsky Theater as a tenor soloist in My Mother Persia. In Zagreb, the same year, he performed Davide penitente by Mozart with the Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of the Academy of Music, under the direction of Pavao Mašić.
In 2025, he returned for the third time to the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra in Saint Petersburg in So Spoke Zarathustra, thus continuing a collaboration with Alexander Rahbari begun ten years earlier in Tehran. That same year, he tackled the French baroque repertoire with the Première Parque in Hippolyte et Aricie by Rameau, then sang the Te Deum by Charpentier under the direction of Hervé Niquet.
In 2026, Reza Fekri performed the Requiem by Mozart with the Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the Zagreb Music Academy under the direction of Mladen Tarbuk, as well as the Stabat Mater by Rossini with the Varaždin Chamber Orchestra. He also played Sohrab in the opera Kherad by Ebrahim Bazrafkan in Shiraz and performed at the opening of the KotorArt International Festival, in Montenegro, in Triptihon by Ivan Brkanović under the direction of Mladen Tarbuk.
That same year, Reza Fekri appeared at the Croatian Zagreb National Theater (HNK) the role of Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini, an emblematic role in the light tenor repertoire. His next announced engagements also include the Chevalier in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites and the tenor solo part in Carmina Burana by Carl Orff with the HRT Choir and Orchestra.
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