Kioomars Musayyebi was born in Teheran in 1977. He is an Iranian-German musician and composer, primarily playing the instrument Santur.
Kioomars Musayyebi began studying the santur at an early age with the Iranian Santur master Faramarz Payvar. He later studied music theory and composition with the film composers Farhad Fakhreddini and Kambiz Roshanravan.
In 2010, Musayyebi received a bachelor's degree in instrumental music from The University of Art in Tehran.
Since 2011, Musayyebi has been working as a composer and performing musician in Germany. He has played both as a soloist and with musicians from Europe, India, Africa, the Middle East and East Asia.He is active in the fields of world music, new improvisational music, new music, classical Iranian music and music for theatre and regularly gives concerts in Germany and internationally.
In 2015, Musayyebi completed a master's degree in Cultural Diversity in Music Education at the University of Hildesheim in the Department of World Music. Likewise he is a part of the Transorient Orchestra, the Nouruz Ensemble, Beyond the Roots, and duo with the world musician Andreas Heuser. While these ensembles also perform some of his compositions, the Kioomars Musayyebi Quartet.
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