Santurist

Ali Bahrami Fard was born in 1981 in Iran. He graduated in music (BA) from the University of Tehran and received a master’s in composition from the University of the Fine Arts in Tehran.

As a composer and soloist, he has worked with various ensembles, including the Kayhan Kalhor Ensemble, the Strad Kiev Symphony Orchestra, the Iranian National Orchestra, the Santurnavazan Ensemble and the Tehran Music Conservatory String Orchestra. His collaboration with Kayhan Kalhor I Will Not Stand Alone  is an improvisation in the style of Persian music and was released in 2012.

Bahrami-Fard currently teaches composition and Santur as a faculty member at the University of Shiraz.