Hamidreza Dibazar

Hamidreza Dibazar was born on 12 April 1971,Tehran. He graduated with the specialized French Horn instrument major under the supervision of Sharif Lotfi from Tehran Academy of Music. After entering the music faculty of the University of Arts, he studied Setar (Iranian instrument)with Mehrabano Tawfiq and also got acquainted with Iranian folk music. He completed his studies for bachelor’s degree in music composition (1997) under the supervision of Ahmad Pejman by composing a piece named Oruj (The Ascension) for the symphonic orchestra and for his master of composition(2001) by presenting a symphonic movement (chosen as the superior thesis of the Faculty of Music of the University of Arts).
He has created his personal style with a combination of all kinds of music using Iranian and non-Iranian acoustic and electronic instruments.
He has won awards such as first place in music composition at the Mehr Cultural Festival (2008) and song and sports composition award at the International Olympic Committee (2008 Beijing Olympics). Dibazar has been a member of the Music Faculty of Art University since 2007 and was the dean of the same faculty from 2013 to 2016. He is also the founder of Foozhan Orchestra (1997).