Golnuš Xâleqi (6 January 1941 – 14 February 2021; گلنوش خالقی) was a Persian-American musician and conductor.

[1] Xâleqi was born in Tehran and studied at the Persian National Music Conservatory, Mozarteum Salzburg and the University of Wisconsin.

In 1985 she founded Ruhollâh Xâleqi Orchestra to preserve Persian music in the United States.

[3] Golnuš Xâleqi died in Washington, D.C., United States on 15 February 2021.

Xâleqi is survived by her husband, American organist Stephen Ackert and two sons, Râmin (David) and Julian.