Nami Nazar

An Iranian composer and instrumentalist based in New York, he won the NY Theater Festival’s Best Music Score in 2025 for the play SPEAK, SAHARA, SPEAK. He is currently studying violin at the college division of the Juilliard School as a student in Naoko Tanaka's studio. Nami is a prize winner of various competitions, including the National Youth Music Festival in Iran. He has given numerous performances as a soloist and chamber musician in venues such as the Alice Tully Hall (Lincoln Center), the Peter Jay Sharp, the Paul Hall, and the Wilson Theater (The Juilliard School), the Vahdat Hall, and the Niavaran Cultural Center (Tehran, Iran).

As a multifaceted musician, Nami pursues a strong interest in composing and conducting. He has had the privilege of composing for and conducting the Pars Symphony Orchestra in Iran and has participated in conducting masterclasses with distinguished conductors such as Shahrdad Rohani (Former Tehran Symphony Orchestra director). In addition to composing and arranging, he also creates music for visual media. Growing up in a musical environment, Nami has learned to play different instruments such as the piano, accordion, ney, and tombak (Iranian instruments), euphonium, trumpet, and saxophone.

He aims to represent Iranian-born artists in Hollywood through his work as a film composer.