Born in Tehran/ Iran, Cieavash obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Health and Safety from Iran, but later found himself in an Iranian prison for protesting his political views. Cieavash later fled to Australia, some 31 years ago, as a refugee.
A short time after his arrival in Australia, Cieavash pursued learning traditional Persian classical instruments and within two years was performing professionally.
Cieavash is no stranger to the stage, a composer, musician and actor in a few short films, he also appeared in La Boite's critically acclaimed companion piece The Village in 2017.
Cieavash’s most recent performances have been in 2019 International Jazz Day, The Village La Boite theatre, directed by Todd McDonald, Travelers in GOMA, Refugee day, Luminous Festival, Parliament house and in south bank performing with Diaspora Ensemble. He has performed in Woodford Folk Festival, QPAC, Customs and Government House (playing with James Morrison), Brisbane Multicultural Festival, Brisbane Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse, Bundaberg Multicultural Festival.
He performed the music for theatrical plays Vikram and The Vampire and A beautiful life- by Michael and Hellen Futcher, composed and played music for a short film called FEARLESS by Tamucin Mostafa, and also played music for 1001 nights by Queensland Theatre Company and Queensland Music Festival.
