Dariush Dolat-Shahi

Dariush Dolat-Shahi is an Iranian-American composer and tar player whose work bridges traditional Persian music and electroacoustic composition. He studied classical Persian music at the Tehran Conservatory before pursuing advanced training in Europe and North America, eventually earning a doctorate from the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, where he studied under Mario Davidovsky, Vladimir Ussachevsky, and Alice Shields.

His compositions integrate electronic and computer music with traditional Persian instruments, exploring the timbral and microtonal properties of Iranian classical music alongside the possibilities of studio-based electroacoustic composition.