Houshmand Ebādi
Ney player & instructor
Born in 1984, Hamedan
Studied under Rezā Jamshidiān, Abdolnaghi Afshārniā, Mohammad-rezā Lotfi, Hossein Alizādeh
Collaboration with Dāriūsh Talāi
Attended several courses by Mohammad-rezā Lotfi at the “Mirzā Abdollāh School of Music” (Maktab-khāneh-ye Mirzā Abdollāh).
Winner of the “Bārbad Award” in the field of “Instrumental Performance of Traditional Music” at the 36th “International Fajr Music Festival” for best solo performance in the album “Nayī.”
Ensemble and Group Memberships
• “Rohāb,” under the direction of Hādi Āzarpirā – 2014
• “Sarvestān,” under the direction of Peymān Nadimi-Far – 2018
• “Naqsh,” under the direction of Amir Sharifi – from 2018 to 2019
• “Hamnavāzān-e Shaydā” (Ensemble of Shaydā) and “Reconstruction of Shaydā” (Bāzsāzi-e Shaydā), under the direction of Mohammad-rezā Lotfi – from 2007 to 2010
• “Sepidār,” under the direction of Siāvash Imāni – from 2021 to present
• “Hamāvāyān,” under the direction of Hossein Alizādeh – since 2022
• “Ān” Ensemble, founding member, active to present
Live Performances in Iran
• “Hamnavāzān-e Shaydā” (Ensemble of Shaydā) and “Reconstruction of Shaydā” (Bazsazi-e Shaydā), ensemble performance under Mohammad-rezā Lotfi’s direction, featuring the “The Three Shaydā Ensembles;” Ministry of Interior Hall, Tehran, May 2008
• “Hamnavāzān-e Shaydā” (Ensemble of Shaydā) performance under Mohammad-rezā Lotfi’s direction; Fakhreddin As’ad Gorgāni Hall, Gorgan, December 2008
• “Hamnavāzān-e Shaydā” (Ensemble of Shaydā) performance under Mohammad-rezā Lotfi’s direction in performances of “Chāvūsh (6)” and “Chāvūsh (8)” at the 24th “International Fajr Music Festival;” Ministry of Interior Hall, Tehran, February 2009
• “Hamnavāzān-e Shaydā” (Ensemble of Shaydā) performance under Mohammad-rezā Lotfi’s direction; Main Hall of Milad Tower Conference Center, Tehran, June 2010
• “Hamnavāzān-e Shaydā” (Ensemble of Shaydā) performance under Mohammad-rezā Lotfi’s direction; Afifābād Garden, Shiraz, July 2010
• Solo performance in “An Evening of Iranian Instruments (3)” as part of the “An Evening of Iranian Instruments” (Shab-e Sāz-e Irāni) concert series; Rūdaki Hall, Tehran, February 2015
• “Ān” ensemble performance in the “Within your Absence, When Shall I last” (Ba Ferāqat Chand Sāzam) concert, composed by Sepideh Meshki; Niāvarān Cultural Center, Tehran, August 2017
• “Ān” ensemble performance in the “Bright Sun” (Āftāb-e Roshan) concert, composed by Āriā Mohāfez; Niāvarān Cultural Center, Tehran, July 2018
• Series of solo and ensemble performances in “Six Proses and A Rhyme” (Shesh Nasr va Yek Nazm), featuring chamber of soloists of “Naqsh” Ensemble based on a sketch by Amir Sharifi; Rūdaki Hall, Tehran, August 2018
• “Ān” ensemble performance in the “A Trace from Me” (Az Man Neshān) concert, composed by Sānāz Sattārzādeh; Niāvarān Cultural Center, Tehran, August 2019
International Live Performances
• Solo and ensemble performance with “Sarvestān” group led by Peymān Nadimi-Far at the concert “The Latent Joy”(Eysh-e Nahān); Waunifor and London (UK), July 2018
• Ensemble performance with Dāriūsh Talāi group at Bozar Hall, Brussels (Belgium), October 2018
• Ensemble performance in the concert “The Union Eve” (Shab-e Vasl) from the series “Old Roots, New Leaves” led by Dāriūsh Talāi; Purcell Hall at Southbank, London (UK), September 2019
• Performance of “Sepidār” Ensemble during their Swiss-French tour, and at the “ADEM – Les Nuits du Monde” festival, led by Siāvash Imāni; Geneva, Neuchâtel, Vevey, Lyon, 2021
Group Albums (as Performer)
• “My Motherland Iran” (Vatanam Irān); “In Memory of Āref Qazvini” (Yādvāre-ye Āref Qazvini); “Shadow of the Soul” (Sāye-ye Jān) – Performance of “Hamnavāzān-e Shaydā” under the direction of Mohammad-rezā Lotfi; published by “Āvā-ye Shaydā,” 2008 – 2010
• Visual album of the performance of “The Three Shaydā Ensembles” led by Mohammad-rezā Lotfi; published by “Āvā-ye Shaydā,” 2008
• “O! You wander both crooked and straight” (Hin, Kaj-o-Rāst Miravi) – Ensemble performance in “Rohāb” group led by Hādi Āzarpirā; published by “Sāz-o-Āvāz-e Kavir,” 2014
• “Within your Absence, When Shall I last” (Bā Ferāqat Chand Sāzam) – Performance by “Ān” Ensemble, composed by Sepideh Meshki; published by “Parde-ye Honar-e Mūsīqi,” 2017
• “Nayī” (Ney Performer) – Ney solo performance from “Personal States” (Ahvālāte-e Shakhsi) collection; published by “Khāne-ye Honar-e Kherad,” 2018
• “Ḥozzān” and “Entwined in Her Tresses” (Dar Gīsū-ye Ū Pichid) – Ensemble performance in “Naqsh” group composed by Amir Sharifi; published by “Māhūr Institute,” 2019
• “Tāsh” – Ensemble performance of “Sepidār” ensemble, composed and supervised by Siāvash Imāni; published by “Māhūr Institute,” 2021
• “The Five Gāh” (Panjgāh) – Ensemble performance in “Naqsh” group, a sequence of solo and ensemble performances based on a sketch by Amir Sharifi; published by “Māhūr Institute,” 2023
• “Bright Sun” (Āftāb-e Roshan) – Performance by “Ān” Ensemble, composed by Āriā Mohāfez; published by “Mahūr Institute,” 2023
• “Dastgāh System of Iranian Music, Hossein Alizādeh” (Dastgāh-hā-ye Mūsīqi-e Iran); published by “Karman”, 2024
• “A Trace” (Neshān) – Performance by “Ān” Ensemble, composed by Sānāz Sattārzādeh; published by “Navā Institute”(London), 2025
Educational and Research Activities
• Instructing at “Mirzā Abdollāh School of Music” (Maktab-khāneh-ye Mirzā Abdollāh) – Tehran, from 2009 to present
• Instructing at the “Bāgh-e Naghmeh-hā” Music Academy – Tehran, from 2016 to 2023
