Amir Eslami Mirabadi was born in Iran and immigrated to Vancouver in 2015. He studied at the Tehran University of Art, receiving a BA in music in 1996 and an MA in music composition in 2002. He later served as a faculty member at the university, including as Head of the Iranian Music Department and Dean of Administration for the Music Faculty.

Amir has won multiple Iranian and international prizes (Italy, Australia and Netherlands) in music composition. He has released four music albums as a composer and more than ten music albums as a Persian Ney (Persian Traditional Flute) player. His pieces have been performed in Iran, Italy, Australia, the US, and the Netherlands. Amir recently published “Montazem Al-Hokama’s Radif” (The oldest Persian music repertoire) by Art University in Tehran.