Houman Dehlavi

Houman Dehlavi (; born 8 July 1971) is an Iranian musician and composer.

Biography Houman Dehlavi was born in 1971 in Tehran. He learned to play the santur from his mother, Susan Aslani, when he was a child. At the age of ten, he practiced playing the piano for five years with Farman Behboud. Meanwhile, along with his sister Haleh Dehlavi, he also learned to play the violin with musicians such as Manouchehr Ansari, Partow Pourafar, Behrouz Vahidiyeh Azar, and Siavash Zahir al-Dini. He first learned the fundamentals of music from his father Hossein Dehlavi and later with musicians such as Parviz Mansouri and Ahmad Pejman. After he finished high school with a graphics diploma from Tehran School of Visual Arts in 1993 and with the establishment of classical music courses in Azad University he started his major in playing the piano and benefited from the training of Rafael Minaskanian and Chista Gharib. As he was studying at the university, he started teaching music as well as composing music for theaters, and also attended open music courses by musicians such as Emanuel Malik Aslanian and Mehran Rouhani. He also benefited from the training of Thomas Christian David by participating in a master's course in music composition and conducting. Ardeshir Rouhani and Golriz Hashemi are also among his teachers. He chose the U.S. and Iran to live in and by establishing an orchestra, he performed Iranian music in the United States. He also participated in National Festival of Youth Music and was a member of jury in University of Arts Music Festival.

Artworks Some of Houman Dehlavi's works:

The music album "Lights and Shadows" composed and played by Houman Dehlavi on piano, played by Kourosh Babaei on the Shahkaman, mixed and mastered by Sadegh Nouri, and graphic designed by Mohammad Shahidi, 2025

The music album "Seven Skies" composed by Houman Dehlavi in the form of nineteen pieces for piano played by Houman Dehlavi, Vafa Vaghefi, and Kasra Faridi, 2025

The book Three Pieces by Hosein Dehlavi, arrangement for piano by Houman Dehlavi The book Seven Skies, 18 pieces for piano Daaman Keshan (based on the melody of Saari Galin), vocalist Bijan Bijani Symphonic Movement, for symphonic orchestra Dream of the plain, for ney, harp and string orchestra Dream, for piano Lullabies, for piano Adobe and Alas Music for Without Farewell (play), directed by Katayoun Feyz Marandi Music for Notebook (play), directed by Katayoun Feyz Marandi Music for Window (play), directed by Jaleh MohammadAli Music for Mother (play), directed by Shahrzad Abdehagh