Ali Rahbari

Rahbari's career floors me. An Iranian born in Tehran, trained in Vienna, who went on to conduct more than 120 European orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic and the Mariinsky. Crossing such vast cultural and linguistic distances to command the world's great ensembles with nothing but a baton takes extraordinary nerve. Conducting is a brutal, lonely art: you produce no sound yourself yet answer for every note. The dual name, Ali and Alexander, seems to embody a life spent bridging East and West. I have deep admiration for these border-crossers, and Rahbari strikes me as one of the finest.

Name (English)

Ali Rahbari

Name (Japanese)

アレクサンダー・ラハバリ

Reading

あれくさんだー・らはばり

Born

January 1, 1948 (age 78)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Origin

Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Occupation

conductor / composer

University

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8F%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA

Tags

• Tehran Province
• conductor
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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