Profile
Composer, researcher, spectral artist, interdisciplinary practitioner, and creator of Spectral Lab.
Habib Rahimi is a composer, researcher, and university lecturer whose work moves between contemporary composition,persian traditions, spectral music, psychoacoustic thought, electroacoustic practice, and interactive audio systems.
His current research centers on spectral composition and the perceptual tension between harmonicity and inharmonicity, with case studies in works by Gerard Grisey, Tristan Murail, and Kaija Saariaho.
Alongside instrumental and fixed-media works, Rahimi develops research-oriented tools and editorial platforms that connect listening, analysis, pedagogy, and contemporary Iranian music.
Statement
Rahimi treats sound as material, evidence, and perceptual event. His work follows the thresholds where resonance, distortion, instrumental resistance, and cognitive listening become compositional structure.
This website frames that practice as a contemporary artistic research platform: part portfolio, part archive, and part laboratory for spectral listening.
Education
Academic formation in music composition and computer engineering.
Iran University of Art, Faculty of Music
Graduate study in music composition with coursework in contemporary composition, instrumentation, Iranian folk music analysis, and research methodology.
Graduated with distinction in Computer Engineering; degree awarded on 6 July 2022 and verified by MSRT.
Experience
Selected academic, editorial, teaching, and organizational activity from the attached CV.
Iran's National University of Skill
Full-time lecturer teaching composition, theory, orchestration, and music for animation while supervising creative and academic projects.
Tehran School of Broadcasting
Part-time instructor for theoretical and practical courses in music theory, organology, sound editing, and sound design.
Iranian Musicology Association
Contributes to academic strategy, research initiatives, and contemporary music programs.
Iranian Musicological Society
Organizes academic sessions and workshops on composition and performance and coordinates research and archival activity in contemporary Iranian music.
Sarayesh Music Journal, Iran University of Art
Oversees editorial policy, peer review, publication strategy, and research initiatives in musicology, composition, and sonic arts.
Iran University of Art
Served as music director and curator for the Monologue Student Festival, Saba Music Festival, and Masir-e-Iran Festival.
Honors
Awards, selections, scholarships, and recognitions listed in the CV.
18th National Festival of Youth Music
Awarded 3rd place in the Classic/Contemporary section.
Kariz Project and Quater Ensemble Open Call for Iranian Composers
Selected through the Iran-Germany-Portugal collaboration open call.
3rd Saba Music Festival
Selected by Saba Music Festival at Iran University of Art.
International Vibraphone Project, Amplification Category
Selected through the International Vibraphone Project call for scores.
School of Sonic Arts, Honar-e-Novin Art House
Received scholarship support for electroacoustic and sonic arts study.
MOAASER, Contemporary Music Project
Selected for the one-year contemporary music program.
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