Composer of concert, film, and interdisciplinary music exploring memory, identity, and intercultural narratives.

Recent highlights include Papa Sierra (2025), Music on the Borderland (2024), Kian in Rainbows (2023), and the JUNO-nominated The Black Fish (2022).


Selected Work

The Black Fish

for narrator, chamber ensemble, and electronics

Commissioned by Ton Beau String Quartet

Nominated for Classical Composition of the Year at the JUNO Awards

Apple Music · Spotify · Bandcamp · Score Excerpt · Film Highlights · Wikipedia


Kian in Rainbows

for narrator and chamber ensemble

Commissioned by ICOT Orchestra

A meditative memorial work where memory, innocence, and transformation unfold through sustained tones and recurring textures

Apple Music · Spotify · Score


5 Pieces for Piano

for solo piano

Commissioned by ICOT

A five-part piano cycle shaped by memory, loss, and collective struggle, weaving Iranian melodic fragments into a shifting emotional landscape

Apple Music · Spotify


Composition Catalogue

Score Orders and Rentals

Scores and performance materials are available through Ficks Music and Theodore Front Musical Literature. Selected titles may also be obtained directly from the composer.

Orchestral and chamber materials are available on rental upon request.

Film and Media

  • Papa Sierra (2025) | 94'
    Format: Feature Film Score
    Director: Arash Sajadi Hoseini

  • The Black Fish (2024) | 38'
    Format: Short Film Score
    Director: Hadi Dinevari

  • A Naked Mind (2023) | 80'
    Format: Feature Film Score
    Directors: Nasim Naghavi, Amir Ganjavie

  • Theme Music (2020) | 10'
    Format: Media Composition
    Commission: Bell Media

  • Pendulum (2019) | 79'
    Format: Feature Film Score
    Directors: Amir Ganjavie, Mostafa Azizi

  • Possession (2018) | 5'
    Format: Video Game Music Composition
    Game Designer: Justin Li

  • Theme Music (2009) | 1'
    Format: Television Score
    Commission: Persian Cultural Heritage TV

  • Shirin and Farhad (2009) | 4'
    Format: Opening Credit Score

  • Death of Yazdgerd (2008) | 32'
    Format: Theatrical Score
    Director: Pantea Bahram

Orchestra and Large Ensemble

  • Journey Inwards (2020) | 10'
    Instrumentation: 2(II=Picc).2(II=EH).2(II=BsCl).2(II=Cbn) / 4.2.3.1 / timp+2perc / pno / hp / strings

  • Apprehension (2014) | 2'
    Instrumentation: 2(II=Picc).2.2.2 / 4.2.3.1 / timp+2perc / strings
    Commission: The National Ballet of Canada

  • Symphony in Three Movements (2007) | 33'
    Instrumentation: 2+Picc.2+EH.2+BsCl.2+Cbn / 4.2.3.1 / timp+2perc / pno / hp / strings
    Accolade: Awarded the Best Master’s Thesis Prize | Audio

  • Scherzo (2004) | 4'
    Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2 / 4.2.3.1 / timp+2perc / strings

Vocal and Choral

  • Elegy for Reera (2019) | 5'
    Instrumentation: Mixed choir, narrator, tār, piano
    Commission: Sarv Choir | Video

  • The Journey: Act III, Identity (2018) | 11'
    Instrumentation: Soprano, chamber ensemble
    Commission: ICOT Orchestra | Video

  • Recall the Eden (2017) | 17'
    Instrumentation: Soprano, narrator, tār, tombak, strings
    Commission: Orchestra Toronto & Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra

  • Towards the Darkness (2016) | 7'
    Instrumentation: Soprano, clarinet, violin, piano | Video · Score

  • Roots (2015) | 8'
    Instrumentation: Soprano, flute, violin, piano | Video

  • In the Shadow of Rob Ford (Second Version, 2014) | 11'
    Instrumentation: Soprano, 2 tenors, female chorus, fl, bar sax (ten sax), timp, 2 perc, pno, 2 vln, vla, vcl
    Commission: Fountain School of Performing Arts, Dalhousie University | Video

  • Star (2014) | 7'
    Instrumentation: Soprano, fl, ob, cl, bsn, 2 tpt, tbn, 2 perc, hp, pno, acc, 2 vln, vla, vcl, db
    Commission: ICOT Orchestra | Video

  • In the Shadow of Rob Ford (First Version, 2013) | 9'
    Instrumentation: Soprano, 2 tenors, female chorus, 3 fl, 2 cl, bsn, bar sax, 2 tpt, tbn, timp, 3perc, pno, hp, 2 vln | Video

  • Nocturnal (2013) | 5'
    Instrumentation: Soprano, chorus, 2.1.2.1 / 2.1.1.0 / timp+perc / pno / strings
    Commission: Tirgan Festival | Video

Chamber Music

  • Kian in Rainbows (2023) | 9'
    Instrumentation: Narrator, flute, bass clarinet, 2 percussion, piano, string quartet, double bass
    Commission: ICOT Orchestra | Spotify · Apple Music · Score

  • Streams of the Unconscious (2023) | 16'
    Instrumentation: Electric guitar, 4 percussion
    Commission: ICOT Collective | Video

  • Nah (2023) | 4'
    Instrumentation: Violin, piano
    Commission: The Rogue Duo | Video · Score

  • The Black Fish (2022) | 40'
    Instrumentation: Tape, narrator, clarinet, double bass, 2 percussion, string quartet
    Commission: Ton Beau String Quartet | Spotify · Apple Music

  • Canebrake (2022) | 2'
    Instrumentation: Clarinet, cello
    Commission: Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra | Apple Music · Score

  • Oasis II (2022) | 3'
    Instrumentation: Tape, string quartet
    Commission: Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra | Video

  • Desperate in Darkness (2021) | 3'
    Instrumentation: Viola, piano
    Commission: The Rogue Duo | Video

  • Ecstatic (2021) | 4'
    Instrumentation: Violin, piano
    Commission: The Rogue Duo | Video

  • Caravan Rhapsody (2019) | 7'
    Instrumentation: Clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass
    Commission: Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra | Video

  • Rumi Fables (2018) | 50'
    Instrumentation: Narrator, accordion, piano, percussion, cello
    Commission: Ladom Ensemble | Watch Excerpt

  • Improvisation No. 1 (2017) | 5'
    Instrumentation: Tape, clarinet, cello, piano

  • Pinball: An Unfinished Game (2016) | 7'
    Instrumentation: Clarinet, violin, piano | Video

  • Swimming in Darkness (2016) | 10'
    Instrumentation: Clarinet, piano

  • Severed (2016) | 6'
    Instrumentation: Three drums | Video

  • In the Waves (2016) | 9'
    Instrumentation: Piano duet (1 piano, 4 hands) | Video

  • Dances on the Snow of Damavand (2016) | 6'
    Instrumentation: Accordion, piano, percussion, cello
    Commission: Ladom Ensemble | Audio

  • Open Fist (2015) | 11'
    Instrumentation: String quartet
    Commission: Ton Beau String Quartet | Video

  • Chahargah (2014) | 3'
    Instrumentation: Tār, piano, tombak, daf
    Commission: The National Ballet of Canada | Audio

  • Lament (2014) | 4'
    Instrumentation: Santoor, piano, daf, 2 violins, viola, cello

  • Hey Humans (2012) | 9'
    Instrumentation: 4 narrators, 2 violins, viola, cello
    Commission: Ton Beau String Quartet | Video

  • String Quartet No. 2 "Tehran" (Second Version, 2011) | 14'
    Instrumentation: Two violins, viola, cello

  • String Quartet No. 2 (First Version, 2006) | 11'
    Instrumentation: Two violins, viola, cello

  • String Quartet No. 1 (2005) | 8'
    Instrumentation: Two violins, viola, cello

Solo Works

  • Sadness in the FACE (2012) | 5'
    Instrumentation: Violin
    Commission: U of T Strings | Score

  • Five Pieces for Piano (2011) | 14'
    Instrumentation: Piano | Spotify · Apple Music

  • Arbitrary Motion (2007) | 3'
    Instrumentation: Piano

  • Invention (2004) | 3'
    Instrumentation: Piano


Discography

The Black Fish (2022)

Recurrence: Kian in Rainbows (2023)

Persian Piano Night: 5 Pieces for Piano (2017)


Publications

Music on the Borderland

  • Publisher: Commissioned and published by Asemana Books

  • Concept: A compelling blend of academic inquiry, auto-ethnography, and history. This work illuminates the sociopolitical landscape of Iranian music, charting the profound struggles, resilience, and triumphs of contemporary composers under censorship.

  • Read:Book Sample · Lulu · Amazon · Kindle

  • Media:Book Launch Video · Radio Zamaneh Interview

Form and Design

  • Publisher: Commissioned and published by Mahoor Institute of Culture and Arts. Originally published by Cambridge University Press.

  • Concept: A meticulous, comprehensive translation introducing the core fundamentals of musical structures and forms tailored specifically for Persian conservatory students and academics.

  • Media:‍ Preview Book Sample