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Dariush Dolat-Shahi (born 1947 in Tehran) is an Iranian-American composer and instrumentalist known for his work with the tar, a traditional Persian lute. He studied traditional Persian and Western music at a conservatory during his childhood and graduated from the Tehran Conservatory in 1968 under the guidance of Alireza Mashayekhi. Dolat-Shahi conducted a band in the Army before traveling to Amsterdam in 1970 to study and compose electronic music, including notable works such as Two Movements for String Orchestra and Mirage for orchestra and tape, both performed at the Shiraz Art Festival in Iran. After returning to Tehran in 1974, he moved to New York City to study at Columbia University, where he was influenced by composers from the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, including Vladimir Ussachevky and Milton Babbitt. He completed his doctorate at Columbia in 1981 and continued his compositional work at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where his works were released on a Folkways recording. Following the 1979 revolution, Dolat-Shahi turned to designing album covers due to the loss of Iranian government student subsidies. He later relocated to Portland, Oregon, where he taught at various universities and became a freelance performer and composer, drawing inspiration from a wide range of world cultural traditions.

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