Parisa Badiyi was born in Tehran. As a daughter of a well-known violinist, Rahmatollah Badiyi,
she was exposed to different music styles from her early childhood. Although as a child
she began playing the piano at the age of nine she entered the Music Conservatory of
Tehran where she studied classical violin performance. In 1979, Parisa and her family
moved to the Netherlands, where she continued her education and graduated from
the Music Conservatory at north of Holland.
During her studies, she won a youth
violin competition and participated as a first violinist in different Symphony
Orchestras. Since 1989, she lives in Germany, and is now active as a music
educator for violin and piano, with her specialization in the Suzuki method.
Parisa
has studied classical Persian music (radif) on violin and traditional Persian
singing (áváz), under the guidance of her father and she has performed in many
parts of the world.