Biography
Ali (Alexander) Rahbari (Persian: علی رهبری) is a Persian (Iranian) composer and conductor, who has worked with more than 120 European orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Born in Tehran in 1948, Rahbari studied violin and composition with Rahmatollah Badiee and Hossein Dehlavi at the Persian National Music Conservatory.
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From the age of 17 he was a violinist at the Fine Arts Administration Orchestra No. 1 (conducted by Hossein Dehlavi).
After receiving his violin diploma from the National Conservatory, he won a scholarship from the Persian Ministry of Culture and Art and moved to Austria. Rahabari continued his studies in composition and conducting at the Vienna Academy with Gottfried von Einem, Hans Swarovsky and Karl Österreicher.
Some months after his return to Persia (Iran), in 1973 he became director of the Persian National Music Conservatory and was director of the Tehran Conservatory of Music from 1974 - 1977.
During this time Rahbari, in co-operation with young Persian musicians, established Iran’s Jeunesse Musicale Orchestra where he was its music director and permanent conductor.
He also conducted the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, the National Iranian Radio and Television (NIRT) Chamber Orchestra and the Tehran Opera Orchestra as a guest conductor in Roudaki Hall.
In 1977 he emigrated to Europe.
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