Niloofar Mohebbi
Multi Style violinist | Composer | 13 November 1987 – Tehran
Her academic music training began in 1998 when she entered Tehran Conservatory of Music for Girls, and began learning the violin under Siavash Zahiroldini. After completing her specialized modules under the guidance of the conservatory’s masters such as Mehrbanou Tofiq, Mehrazin Karandish, Minoo Oftade, Ms. Danaai, Akbar Mohammadi, Arman Nouroozi, Hooman Asaadi, she graduated in 2004 and was admitted to Tehran University of Art. Benefiting from professors such as Soheil Dehbasti, Siavash Beyzai, Ali Naqi Afsharnia, Taqi Zarrabi, Masoud Ebrahimi, Hooman Asaadi, and Javid Majlesi among others, she ultimately graduated in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts (Violin).
She has also attended a short master-class in 2004 taught by Roben Gasmian in Armenia.
Her first serious stage experience was in Fajr Music Festival 1999, in which she received an award in her age group.
As a violinist, she played in :
-Tehran Philharmonic Orchestra (principal of violin II) 2012-2016
-Iran National Orchestra (principal of violin II) 2010-2012
-Tehran Symphonic Orchestra 2015
-Iran National Broadcasting Orchestra 2005-2006
-Niavaraan Orchestra 2011
-Vaziri Orchestra 2006
-Bahman Cultural Center Orchestra 2005
-Tehran Municipality Orchestra 2005
-Navaak Quartet 2011-2013
-Eshtiaq Band –with Ali Qamsari as its composer 2012
-Miniature ensemble (supervised and composed for by Meysam Maroosti) 2016-present
-Kohan Kaman String Orchestra 2013
moreover, in various performances inside Iran and abroad, she has collaborated with notable conductors like Loris Tjeknovarian, Ali (Alexander) Rahbari, Manouchehr Sahbai, Nader Mashayekhi, Shahrdad Rouhani, Derek Gleeson, Nazanin Aqakhani, and the great Japanese soloist Noriko Ogawa performing with Tehran Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Arash Gouran.
She has collaborated with notable musicians such as Hossein Alizadeh and Alireza Ghorbani both during studio recordings of their albums and concerts. It is also worth mentioning that
she has collaborated with Peyman Yazdanian and Fardin Khalatbari as a violinist during the studio recordings of their works.
she has also great experience as a violinist with Kayhan kalhor and miniature quartet in silent city project tours around the Iran started in the 2019. This project is still ongoing
Niloofar Mohebbi has also composed film scores. Her first such experience was for the film “Masou” directed by Asghar Mohebbi, which was recorded in the winter of 2016.
Her second experience composed film score is for the short film “ inner self ” directed by Mohammad Hormozi which was recorded in the Fall of 2018.
Her first official album is entitled az Nahaan ta Bikaraan (from cocert to infinity ) which is based on a violin solo composed and arranged by herself. This album has an electro- pop aura which is very different from her musical education and contradicts the musical genre in which she has performed throughout her musical career. As such, this is a novel experience and a new discovery for her. She released her first official music video in Nov 2016 –with the official permission of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance– which was unprecedented in the history of Iranian music both in terms of its composition and arrangement in the electro-pop genre and its music video depicting a woman soloist and connoting women’s independence.
Other Activities:
Participation in Lagoon on the Roof (a theatrical performance) as singer, Mar 2014 –
Participation in Personal Revelations (a performance art) arranged by Davoud – Bani Ardalan to help head-of-
household women suffering from cancer, Jan 2017
