Kambiz Roshanravan (Persian: کامبیز روشن‌روان, born 9 June 1949) is an Iranian performing musician, composer, conductor and music teacher.

Kambiz Roshanrovan was born on June 9, 1949, in Tehran,[1][2] Kashanchi Alley, in front of the "Municipal Cafe" (the location of the student park and theater of the current city), in religious families with moderate financial situation.

Most of his lessons, except math, were low-grade, and most of the time, when he returned home, his clothes were torn and his mother had to sew them to be ready for school the next day.

The father initially objected, but eventually, at Kasravi's urging, agreed to enroll his son in the conservatory, provided he only played the violin.

After witnessing the success of his students for some time, Esmaili formed a group of five Tombak musicians under his leadership and held several concerts throughout the cities of Iran.

While teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in his final year, he eventually graduated for the first time in the conservatory's history with two diplomas in Santur and Flute.

[14][15] After assuming responsibility, Kambiz Roshanvarvan expressed his dissatisfaction with the state of the military orchestras and decided to begin the professional training of soldiers by writing etudes and rehearsals for each instrument.

The request was granted, but the Roshanarvan one, who had worked hard for the soldiers and orchestras, did not see the students' departure in their favor, Therefore, after receiving the transfer letter, which he had 48 hours to introduce himself to Tehran, he ignored it and did not leave.

[18] Earlier, his composition teacher (Thomas Christian David) at the University of Tehran had advised him to go to Austria with him and continued his studies at the Vienna Academy of Music.

But Roshanarvan knew that the level of education at the Vienna School was in the 18th and 19th centuries, and because he wanted to study contemporary and twentieth-century music, he believed that American or French universities were a better place to learn the style.

Thus, Roshanvarvan lost the academic year, and when he became aware of the actions of the directors of the conservatory, he finally succeeded in obtaining a permit to leave the country by receiving a termination card, and after a six-month trip to London to learn English and return to Iran left the country for the United States to study at the University of Southern California (USC) a year late without informing the conservatory.

He also taught at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Persian Music for a time, teaching students Radif, Santur, and Tombak.

[27] In the same year, he entered the world of cinema by composing the first soundtrack for the short film Passenger, made by Abbas Kiarostami.

[28] In 1975, he wrote, prepared, supervised, performed and published ten phonograph disc records of Radif's sung by Mohammad Reza Shajarian and famous traditional musicians of that time, based on the row of Musa Maroofi.

[29][30][31] He also collaborated with other filmmakers in 1975 and 1976, including Nafiseh Riahi (Purple Pencil), Amir Naderi (elegy) and Khosrow Haritash (Kingdom), and was able to establish himself as a composer.

Influenced by the events in Iran, he decided to compose his dissertation with the name and theme of Bloody Friday (Lament for the Martyrs of September 8) in the style of avant-garde music.

He says about this: "... Because I had nothing to do, I would go around the university every day curiously to see what would happen and where the work would end up … What currents and events I did not witness… I witnessed the book burning festival…They broke the glass of bookstores…This was not something I returned to Iran for, and it was really impossible for me to believe it."

Now all avenues for his work had come to a standstill; So, in consultation with his wife, they decided to leave Iran and go back to the United States to continue their education and teaching there, but the closure of the US embassy delayed obtaining a visa for three months.

[37][38] With the start of the war and the beginning of a new era in the life of Kambiz Roshanravan by staying in Iran, he wanted to improve and prosper music production in any way.

In 1980, he first turned to film music and composed the first post-revolutionary soundtrack for Storm Wave and then Bloody Rice, for which he did not receive a salary.

The use of rhythms such as six and eight and forms such as color, four beats and the making of any dance and joyful song were prohibited in these productions and the choice of poetry was also censored.

However, despite many difficulties, he finally managed to release his first exclusive and orchestral album after the revolution, in 1983–84, under the name of Yadegare Doost with the voice of Shahram Nazeri.

[44][45] In the following years, in addition to collaborating with Mohammad Reza Shajarian and Shahram Nazeri, he has composed or arranged songs for other singers such as: Alireza Eftekhari, Bijan Bijani, Mohammad Esfahani, Alireza Ghorbani and...[46][47] With the passage of time and the establishment of educational centers, the production of albums, films and serials was added to the activities of Kambiz Roshanvarvan.

He has made continuous efforts in the field of education and composition, and has been praised many times during his artistic life and has won numerous awards from various domestic and foreign festivals.

Because of his years of experience in teaching, writing books, publishing pamphlets, articles, and scientific lectures, he is referred to as an expert musician in theoretical and harmonious discourses.

At this time, in the early 1990s, he felt that the conservatories were not responding to the large number of new music applicants and students, and that new private schools needed to be established.

In his personal life, he has been composing after midnight due to his intense daily activities in education, playing and recording music.

For this reason, to stay awake, by drinking too much coffee and taking a cold shower, he contracted various diseases such as headache, high fever, sinusitis, and then diabetes, which is still ongoing.

I have sought with all my might the love that has been in my heart and soul since I was a child and has followed me to this day… It is a long, hard, ups and downs… I did not have the joys and pleasures of my youth… Excessive work and effort and not having a normal life have endangered my health, but in return for what I have gained, I am satisfied...