in march 2008 he performed the first persian piano recital in amsterdam. the sold-out concert at bethanienklooster resulted in further invitations to perform in germany and canada. in august 2008 pejman dedicated his recital at the university of cologne to ahmad batebi, symbol of pro-democracy movement of tehran university students, who fled to the united states after nine years of imprisonment in the same year. in 2012 he performed at royal concertgebouw in amsterdam.