Behzad Abdi (born 1973, Tehran) is an Iranian composer of opera, film and television music.

He came to international attention in 2006 with his "Nuclear Symphony", commissioned by the government to celebrate Iran's nuclear achievements. [1][2]

The IMDb database cites film and television music for no less than 43 productions between 2010 and 2018.[3]

Abdi studied setar and Iranian traditional music and also Western classical music at the Tchaikovsky Academy in Ukraine, beginning his studies there in 2003.[4] He has been described as "the first composer to write Iranian traditional opera fusing Iranian traditional and Western classical music."[5]

His opera "Rumi" from 2009, based on the life of Rumi, with libretto by Behrouz Gharibourm, and with Mohammad Motamadi, has been released on a UK label, Naxos.[6]

Abdi is currently based in Kiev, Ukraine.[7] Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.