Biography

Masoud Hedayati, born in 1369 in Bojnurd, North Khorasan Province of Iran, is still living in his home town. He started playing Tar and Setar -Iranian traditional music instruments- from the age of 9. He got interested in learning and experiencing Iranian and classical music composition from the age of 18. In 2014, he got the first rank of the entrance examination of the master course of Music in the Department of Fine Arts in Tehran University. So far, he has been honored to study music composition with many composers like Nader Mashayekhi, Reza Mortazavi, Professor Shahin Farhat, Professor Amin Honarmand etc. He has also composed about 70 pieces of Iranian traditional music and classical music with the taste of contemporary music, most of which were influenced by the idea of combining Iranian traditional music with Western classical music.

Masoud Hedayati’s piece, Sazo Avaze Nava, was one of the selected pieces in the 5th RKC (2020). This piece, alongside other selected pieces, were released on a CD titled Piece for Two or Three Channels by YMG Records.