Hooman Rafraf Biography Hooman Rafraf (Tehran, 1985) received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and Master’s degree in Music Composition from University of Tehran and is currently a Ph.D. student of Music Composition in the University of Florida. Hooman’s compositional output includes works for orchestra, electronics, chamber music, soloists, and collective projects with arts museums…
Mohammad Amin Sharifi Website Biography Mohammad Amin Sharifi (Tehran, 1993) studied Composition at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and currently holds a PhD fellowship in Composition at Duke University in the United States. Sharifi’s works have been performed by such new-music groups as JACK Quartet, Hypercube, Ensemble Paramirabo, A&C String Quartet, Imani Winds, S.E.M.,…
Maryam Sirvan Biography Maryam Sirvan (Roudsar, 1986) is graduated from Gilan University with a degree in law and is a singer and a flute player. Maryam started her electronic music experiments in Rasht, 2010. She and Milad Bagheri founded the music group “Nam” which is an experimental electronic music group. Their group’s music is a…
Milad Bagheri Biography Milad Bagheri (Bandar-e Anzali, 1984) is graduated from Gilan University with a bachelor of science in Electronic engineering. He and Maryam Sirvan founded the music group “Nam” which is an experimental electronic music group. Their group’s music is a combination of human’s voice, ambience sounds and electronic sounds and an exposition of…
Ehsan Banitaba Website Biography Ehsan Bani Taba is an independent, interdisciplinary artist residing in Tehran, Iran, who works as a composer, sound artist, and music producer who has been working in the field of architecture and research in various areas of cognitive sciences, psychology, and philosophy in addition to producing musical projects in relatively long…
Arash Asadi Khomami Biography Arash Assadi Khomami (Rasht, 1994) started music by learning Piano when he was six years old but after three years he took a interest in learning Setar (Iranian traditional instrument). The desire of becoming a composer in his early seventeen motivated him to learn classical music composition. To him, the charm…
Ali Balighi Website Biography Ali Balighi, a composer, sound designer, and sound engineer, was born in Tehran, Iran. He graduated from The University of Art in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance. A passion for composition led him to pursue a Master’s degree in Composition at Texas Tech University, where he is currently…
Farhad Shirinzadeh was born in Tehran in 1988 and started the acquirement of violin with Reza Aalami and he learnt music composition in the presence of these honorable masters: Reza Mortazavi, Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli and Dr. Amin Honarmand. He is now studying for a Master’s degree in Composition at Tehran University of Art and at…
Amin Khoshsabk Website Biography Amin Khoshsabk was born in 1988 in Mashhad, Iran. He began his musical journey as a teenager by learning the piano under Flora Sarraf and later continued his studies with Yaghoub Sahhaf, focusing on Solfeggio and the fundamentals of harmony. After completing his undergraduate degree in physics at Ferdowsi University of…
Parham Izadyar WebsiteDirector of Yarava Electronic Studio Since 2023 Biography Parham Izadyar is a contemporary artist and audio programmer. Most of her works are electronic music which are inspired by Iranian traditional music. she is also interested in sound designing for visual arts. her main goal is to find a balance between intuition and logic…