Lisière de la raison et de l'intuition

Shahriar Sharifpour was born in 1974 in Iran. He has been playing the Santour since 1989     and is a graduate of the University of Art in Tehran. He was trained by the greatest Iranian musicians (Farhad Fakhreddini, Ali Tajvidi...). After obtaining his university degree, he began a teaching career in various musical institutes in Iran. In 2002, he won the first prize in classical music and the second prize in Iranian orchestral music in the 2nd edition of the composition competition "University Music of Iran". He entered the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 2012 in the class of Daniel Capelletti, where he obtained a specialized Master's degree in composition with distinction. His passion for contemporary music, which allows him to promote intercultural musical dialogue through creative and innovative means, leads him to collaborate with several musicians from different cultures in various projects such as "Tapis volant" in 2016. In 2020, he won the 2nd prize in the international composition competition "ARTISTES EN HERBE" in Luxembourg and the 1st prize in the international composition competition "Prix Vedrarias" in France, of which he had already been a finalist the previous year; he is also a laureate of the International Composition Competition "Prof. Marin Goleminov" 2021 in Bulgaria.