Behzad Ranjbaran

Behzad Ranjbaran (Persian: بهزاد رنجبران; born 1955, in Tehran, Iran) is a Persian composer, known for his virtuosic concertos and colorful orchestral music.

He entered the Tehran Music Conservatory at the age of 9, studying the violin.

He studied at Indiana University, in Bloomington, and later at the Juilliard School in New York City where he obtained a DMA in music composition.

[3] His composition teachers at Juilliard were Vincent Persichetti, David Diamond, and Joseph Schwantner.

He has written compositions for, among others, Joshua Bell, Renée Fleming, and Yo-Yo Ma, as well as a piano concerto for Jean-Yves Thibaudet.