The music of Iranian composer/sound designer Bahar Royaee has been acclaimed as “succeed(ing) as a poetic incantation, brimming with ideas and colors” (Classical Voice North America) and “haunting” (Boston Arts Review). Working in NYC and Boston, Bahar has received a Fromm Music Foundation Commission (2022), as well as honors such as the Pnea, National Sawdust Hildegard, the Roger Session Memorial Composition and Korourian Electroacoustic Music Awards. 

Bahar writes music for various genres from opera, theater and film to chamber music. Significant chamber music performances include Ultraschall Berlin with Muriel Razavi (2023), ICE Festival Germany with ensemble Tempus Konnex (2022), Berlin Prize for Young Artists with Adam Woodward (2023), Tehran Electroacoustic Music Festival (2022) and Time:Spans Festival (2020) with International Contemporary Ensemble and Suzanne Farrin. Royaee’s work has been performed by luminaries such as Claire Chase, Suzanne Farrin, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble der gelbe Klang, Jack Quartet, Loadbang, Contemporary Insights of Leipzig, Guerrilla Opera, Longleash, Kimia Hesabi, and Splice Ensemble. 

Royaee is an adjunct lecturer at Baruch College and Artist-in-Residence at Longy School of Music. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in composition from CUNY, having studied with Suzanne Farrin and Jason Eckardt.