Arshan Najafi Website Biography Arshan Najafi (b. 2001) is a Tehran based Composer, Photographer and Poet. His piece, “Transgression in Common City” for solo Flute was one of the selected pieces for Petrichor Records “Call for Young Iranian Composers” that led to some private lessons with Chaya Czernowin, Reza Vali, Arshia Samsaminia and Mohammad Amin…
Sohrab Motabar Website Biography Sohrab Motabar (1984) is a composer from Tehran. With regards to states of suspension and dazzled motion his music resonates like a maze for the listener. He composes with algorithms, chaotic functions, and non-standard synthesized sounds as a way to give rise to obscured dimensions and experimental modes of perceiving and…
Farzad Hosseinabadi Biography Farzad Hosseinabadi (Iran, 1989) is a composer and lecturer. First He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in engineering fields and then earned master’s degree in music composition at Tehran University of Art. Collaborations with Yarava As Composer RKC 2021 Farzad Hosseinabadi’s piece, Adaptation, for Oud and Live Electronics, was one of the…
Mohammad Sahebzamani Biography Mohammad Sahebzamani commenced his formal studies in classical music theory and composition under the guidance of Nima Gouran. He subsequently advanced his musical education through the mentorship of distinguished instructors, including Idin Samimi Mofakham, Kaveh Jodat, and Rozbeh Rafie. A graduate of Farhang va Honar University (Unit 46), Sahebzamani is currently focused…
Seyed Hossein Aalaei Mousavi Biography Seyed Hossein Alaei Mousavi, is from Tehran, graduated from Tehran University of Arts with a master’s degree in composition. His personal interest in music is in the field of noise art and he follows his personal system in music. He has also worked with Dr. Madjid Tahriri, Nader Mashayekhi, Dr.…
Vesal Javaheri Biography Vesal Javaheri was born in February 1997. He started playing the Classical Guitar with Karina Kimiaei at the age of 10 and continued with Pedram Falsafi, Babak Valipour, and Eileen Arjmand. Since 2018, he has been learning Electronic Composition with Kiavasch Saheb-Nasagh. Some of his activities include sound designing for the theaters…
Mehrnoosh Zolfaghari Website Biography Mehrnoosh Zolfaghari is a professional musician, composer, and Santoor player based in Finland. Although she is a multi-instrumentalist, her principal instrument is the Santoor, a traditional Persian instrument capable of playing numerous folk modes and ‘Dastgâhs.’ She has been playing the Santoor for over 20 years and teaching it for more…
Mahbod Shirvani Website Biography Soheil Zarrinpour (b. 1997) began his musical training at the age of ten, specializing in the piano. He later pursued professional studies at the Tehran University of Art, where he earned a degree in Piano Performance. Beyond his practice as a pianist, Zarrinpour has developed a portfolio as a composer, writing…
Mahbod Shirvani Biography Mahbod Shirvani (Tehran 1997) began music study at the age of 10 by learning to play the Persian instrument Tar. He studied under instrumentalists such as Dariush Talai and Dariush Pirniakan. At 15, he started composition and music theory classes. Karen Keyhani and Arshia Samsaminia are his main composition instructors. Ken Ueno,…
Farzan Salsabili Biography Farzan Salsabili (b. 1998) is an Iranian acoustic/electronic composer and Pianist. He has won several international and national competitions including “International Composer Competiton (New Music Generation)” in Kazakhstan, “XXVIII Concorso 2Agosto” in Italy, The “3rd K’Arts International Composition Competition” in South Korea, The “6th Reza Korourian Electroacoustic Competition Prize” in Iran, “Young…