Hamidreza Dibazar
Hamidreza Dibazar (Born in 1971, Tehran) is iranian Composer, Conductor and lecturer at Art University. Guided by his father, he became familiar with the world of music during childhood and began to play the piano with Mary Yousef at the age of fourteen. He entered the Tehran Conservatory of Music in 1987 during which he started his composing career with a duet for the French horns. He graduated from the conservatory in 1991 after specializing in the French horn, under the supervision of Sharif Lotfi.
He learned to play the Radif (Iranian traditional music) on the Setaar trained by Mehrbaanoo Tofigh and started familiarizing himself with Iranian folk music.
Instructed by Ahmad Pejman, he received his bachelor’s degree after composing a piece called “Ascent” for symphonic orchestra and for his Master’s he submitted a symphonic movement (nominated as the superior thesis of the university) in 2000.
He has benefitted from Christian David’s composition and conducting and Iraj Sahbaai’s conducting master class workshop. He is now serving on the academic board of Art University.
His works include symphonic, choral, chamber and electronic music and also scores for short and feature-length films and TV series.
He developed his personal style by combining various genres of music utilizing electronic and Iranian and non-Iranian acoustic instruments (as a sound source).
He was awarded the best musician by Mehr Cultured Festival (2001).