150-Word Biography

Canadian Composer, Iranian Composer, Michigan Composer

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Iman Habibi, D.M.A. (Michigan), is an Iranian-Canadian composer and pianist, and a founding member of the piano duo ensemble, Piano Pinnacle.

Hailed as “a giant in talent” (the Penticton Herald), "whose technical mastery is matched by his musical and cultural literacy" (Hudson-Housatonic Arts), Dr. Habibi has been commissioned by The Boston Symphony, The Philadelphia, and Toronto Symphony Orchestras, The Orchestra of St. Luke's and The Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, and has been programmed by The Carnegie Hall, The Tanglewood Music Festival, and The Canadian Opera Company, among others.

His Shāhīn-nāmeh is nominated for the 2024 JUNO Award for Classical Composition of the Year. He is a 2022 laureate of the Azrieli Music Prizes, and has received multiple SOCAN Foundation Awards and the Brehm Prize in Choral Music (2016), among numerous others.

For more, please visit: ImanHabibi.com