Mahbod Shirvani

Mahbod Shirvani is an Iranian electroacoustic composer and tar player based in the US. He studied Persian music performance at the University of Tehran under masters like Hossein Alizadeh, and later trained with composers including Chaya Czernowin and Ken Ueno. Shirvani has collaborated with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (2024), contributed to compilations like Vision of Darkness (2023), and currently pursues a Master of Music in Composition at the University of Missouri under Stefan Freund and Utku Asuroglu. His work Sounds for Nothing premieres soon with Alarm Will Sound at MICF.