Kaveh Yaghmaei was born in Tehran in 1968. At the age of 8, he attended music school and began his classical piano training with Ms. Novinafrooz. At the same time, he started playing the guitar in his favorite style (Rock) and learning to compose music from his father and two uncles (Kamran and Kambiz Yaghmaei).

In 1981, the music school was closed following the Islamic Revolution in Iran. It was later re-opened and Kaveh graduated, while playing the flute by force, from the boy's music school. He then began his professional career of composing and recording music in 1984 and in 1993, Kaveh played his first concert, collaborating with Babak Amini at Bahman Hall. In 1996, Kaveh entered the Islamic Azad University, during which he started playing classical guitar