Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Aida Shirazi is a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music. Shirazi’s music is described as ”unfolding with deliberation” by The New York Times, “well-made” and “affecting” by The New Yorker, and “unusually creative” by San Francisco Classical Voice. In her works for solo instruments, voice, ensemble, orchestra, and electronics, she mainly focuses on timbre for organizing structures inspired by Persian and English languages and literature. Shirazi’s music has been performed by Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Miranda Cuckson, International Contemporary Ensemble, Oerknal, Quince Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, Sarah Cahill, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, and Empyrean Ensemble, among others. She has been featured at festivals and concert series such as Manifeste, Wien Modern, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Mostly Mozart, OutHear New Music Week, MATA, Marlboro Music Festival, Direct Current, Taproot, and Tehran Contemporary Music Festival at Maison de la Radio France, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, and Carnegie Hall. Shirazi holds a Ph.D. in composition and music theory from the University of California, Davis. She is a 2022 graduate of IRCAM’s “Cursus Program in Composition and Computer Music.” 

Shirazi is the co-founder and co-artistic director of the Iranian Female Composers Association (IFCA).