3.13 Thursday (Indie Rock) High Dive presents: PEYMAN SALIMI - LIVE Ft. Zoe Guigueno $28 - $35adv 8pm, 21+ High Dive 513 N 36th St highdiveseattle.com Peyman Salimi is a New York-based singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music producer with Iranian and Italian heritage. He blends his Persian roots with a passion for American indie-rock, while also drawing inspiration from the Italian singer-songwriters from the 70s. Growing up in Iran, Peyman first tinkered with piano keys at age six. However, it was the guitar that changed the course of his life, leading him to become a professional musician. After graduating from Alborz High School in Tehran, he pursued Classical Guitar Performance at the Faculty of Fine Art, University of Tehran. After graduating from high school Peyman moved to Florence, Italy, to study with guitarist Alfonso Borghese at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini and the Fiesole Music School. He later earned a Master’s in Contemporary Composition & Music Technology, graduating with top marks. Following his debut album “The Curtain,” Peyman kickstarted the indie-rock band The Allophones in Florence, snagging attention in Tuscany by winning the T-Rumors contest in 2011. They dropped their first EP, “Stalemate,” in 2013, with a hand from Antonio Aiazzi of the legendary New-Wave band Litfiba. Their debut album, “Muscle Memory,” followed in 2017, co-produced by Tiziano Borghi and Eduardo de la Paz. After nine years with The Allophones, Peyman flipped back to his solo career, releasing his second self-produced album, “Won Now,” in 2019, which included some of his Persian tunes for the first time.