Sam Esfahani is a composer, pianist, and university lecturer born on October 27, 1984, in Tehran. He graduated with a BA in music (performance) and a MA in music (composition) from Tehran University of Art. He started playing the piano as a child with well-known music teachers such as Farzaneh, Dabiri, Goli, and completed his postgraduate studies with Professor Clara Bokuchava. In composing and other specialized music lessons, he has benefited from professors such as Farid Omran, Ahmad Pejman, Hossein Dehlavi, Hassan Riahi, Kambiz Roshanravan, Amir Eslami, Masoud Ebrahimi.
Activities, Honors, and Awards:
- Nominated for best film music at the Nahal Film Festival for the film, Side Road (2012), Iran
-Participation as Composer in "International Festival of Classical Art ,Caspian seasons - (2023), Russia
- Participation as Composer in "dinamiz-artj" Music festival (2023), Spain
- Participation in the HilbertRaum exhibition in Berlin, under the artistic direction of Ruth Wiensfied (2021), Berlin
- Participation as Composer in "Contemporary music magazine festival". (2022), Iran
- Attended the Austrian Book and Music Vienna Exhibition in 2016 with the Mandala Within album. (2016), Vienna
- Nominated for best film music at the Nahal Film Festival for the film, Side Road (2012), Iran
- Participation in Tehran Classical to Contemporary Festival (2010), Iran
- Winning the second place of the field of playing the piano in the first period of the National Young Music Festival (2010), Iran
- Composing and playing the piano in the Mandala Within Album (published by Mahour Cultural and Artistic Institute in 2015)
- Composing and playing the piano of Mantra album (published by Mahour Cultural and Artistic Institute in 2019)
- Composing "Sutra" music Album for String quartet 2023
- Composing "Page 35" music Album (2024)
[12:13, 02/11/2025] Sornasms.net: - Performing piano recital in Roudaki Hall, Niavaran Cultural Center, Avini Hall, University of Tehran, Radio and Television University, Embassy of Ukraine, Tehran Conservatory, Russian Church in Tehran, German-speaking Church in Tehran, etc.
- Performing a joint concert with the students of "R. Glier Kyiv Institute of Music" Conservatory in Ukraine (2008), Ukraine
- Holding master classes and conducting research concerts for music students in Tehran and other cities
- Making more than eight titles of short film and documentary music from 2007 to 2013
- More than 16 years of teaching experience in formal schools and universities in the field of Piano, Solfège, and Basics of Composition.
- Participation in the master class of pedagogy and piano playing by Professor Clara Bokuchava from Georgia.
- Participation in the master class of pedagogy and playing of Professor Delbar Hakimava from Tajikistan.
- Participation in the master class of music composition of Professor Vahram Babayan from Armenia.
- Participation in the master class of music composition and orchestration of Professor Mahdi Hosseini, professor at St. Petersburg University, Russia.
- Participation in the conduction master class of Sohrab Kashef Orchestra, conductor and professor of the University of Vienna.