Shahram Shiva

Shahram Shiva, (shah ram shiva, transl. king rama shiva) (AKA Valentino St. Germain), born in Mashhad, Khorasan Province, Iran is an author, writer, poet, recording artist and translator of the works of Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet and philosopher. Shiva is also the founder of Rumi Network.

Shahram Shiva taught Robert Downey Jr. the whirling movement in the movie Game 6 directed by Michael Hoffman.

Shahram Shiva began translating Rumi's poetry in 1988 and presented his first public performance four years later. From April 25 to May 5, 1998, Shiva's opera Until the Next Whirl was presented at La Mama in New York, with Shiva in the lead role.

Performances Since 1992, Shahram Shiva has been presenting concerts and readings at numerous venues, including the United Nations, the Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Joyce Theater, Kripalu Center, Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, New York Open Center, Yale University, Columbia University, and New York University, among many others.

From April 25 to May 5, 1998, Shiva performed in his own opera, Until the Next Whirl, at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.