Babak Zarrin
بابک زرین
Birth nameAlireza Shabani Zarrinkafsh
(Persian: علیرضا شعبانی زرین‌کفش)
Born (1978-07-30) July 30, 1978[1]
OriginRasht, Iran
Genres
Occupation(s)composer, songwriter
Years active2001–present

Babak Zarrin (Persian: بابک زرین, romanized: Bābak Zarrin; Persian pronunciation: [bɒːˈbæk zæɾˈɾiːn]) (born 30 July 1978) is an Iranian composer and songwriter.[2][3]

Biography

Alireza Shabani Zarrinkafsh was born in 1978 in the city of Rasht, Guilan province. In adolescence, he began piano lessons with Azadeh Pourbayram[4] and Sohrab Falakangiz,[5] continuing to study the musical theory in his birthplace.

He is a graduate of the Tehran Conservatory in the field of composition, counterpoint, song music, and opera singing.[6]

Later, Zarrinkafsh became a pupil of Babak Bayat[7] and Mohsen Elhamian.[8] Babak Zarrinkafsh chose the artistic name of "Babak Zarrin".

Career

Zarrin has been collaborating with renowned Iranian singers in making over 20 musical albums, as songwriter, amont them, Moein, Aref Arefkia, Salar Aghili, Mohammad Esfahani, Reza Sadeghi, Farzad Farzin, Alireza Ghorbani, Mohammad-Reza Foroutan, Ava Bahram, Mohammad Alizadeh, Hamid Hami, Mani Rahnama, Reza Bahram and Shahab Mozaffari. He also has composed several film scores and theme music for TV series and movies such as Foggy Tabriz and The Enigma of the Shah.

Awards

  • Best Titles Award, 16th Hafez Festival, 2016[9]
  • Special Award of "Khane-ye Taraneh", in commemoration of Afshin Yadollahi,[10] 2017[11]

References and footnotes

  1. "بیوگرافی بابک زرین در وبگاه موزیک ترَک". Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  2. "بیوگرافی بابک زرین در وبگاه موزیک ترَک". Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  3. بیوگرافی بابک زرین در وبگاه رسانهٔ نوا
  4. آزاده پوربایرام
  5. سهراب فلک‌انگیز
  6. بیوگرافی بابک زرین در وبگاه رسانهٔ نوا
  7. بابک بیات
  8. محسن الهامیان
  9. "فهرست کامل نامزدهای شانزدهمین جشن سین". Archived from the original on 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  10. افشین یداللهی
  11. "معرفی برگزیدگان جایزهٔ ترانهٔ افشین یداللهی". Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2019-02-04.


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