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Siamak Barghi is an Iranian musician, composer, researcher, and educator currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in music composition at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He previously earned an M.A. in ethnomusicology from the University of Tehran in 2021.

Siamak began his musical journey at the age of five under the guidance of his father, Asad Barghi. Over the years, he has studied with a range of distinguished musicians and scholars, including Bahman Rajabi, Mohammadreza Lotfi, Navid Afghah, Hooman Asadi, Sasan Fatemi, Babak Khazrai, Tanya Merchant, Ben Leeds Carson, Hi Kyung Kim, Matthew Schumaker, and Karlton Hester.

A multi-instrumentalist specializing in tombak, violin, and kamancheh, he is also experienced with several other Iranian instruments, including setār, daf, oud, ney, and ghichak.

Since 2006, Siamak has performed extensively in Iran, Azerbaijan, Italy, and the United States. He has collaborated in concert with renowned Iranian musicians such as Aliakbar Shekarchi, Shahram Mirjalali, and Ardeshir Kamkar.

In 2010, he co-founded the Saba Orchestra in Mashhad with his brother, Samad Barghi. Until 2020, he appeared with the ensemble in numerous performances across Iran as a violinist and composer.

From 2016 to 2024, Siamak served as a faculty member and lecturer in the Music Department of Ferdows Institute of Higher Education, where he taught a wide range of courses and supervised student theses. In 2018, he founded Arqanon, a music institute in Mashhad, his hometown.

His compositional practice consistently draws on the rich sonic, rhythmic, and modal traditions of Iranian music. His works have been presented at several festivals, including the Korean Experimental Music Festival (2025), organized in collaboration with Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, and the National Gugak Center, as well as AprSC (April Festival of New Music in Santa Cruz). Acclaimed artists and ensembles, including the Del Sol Quartet, Palaver Strings, and distinguished musicians from the National Gugak Center, have performed his compositions.

As a researcher, Siamak has conducted extensive fieldwork on the folk music traditions of Iran, with a particular focus on Eastern Khorāsān, Kermān, and Balouchestān. He has also carried out in-depth research on stylistic approaches to tombak performance and published the book Awāye Khiāl in 2024. In addition, he has presented his scholarly work at numerous academic conferences. His research explores regional musical practices, oral traditions, and performance cultures, and several of his publications are available on Google Scholar.

Beyond his work in music, Siamak also brings a strong background in STEM. He holds an M.Sc. from K. N. Toosi University of Technology (2011) and a B.Sc. from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (2008), both in electrical engineering. His scholarly output includes multiple articles and published books. This interdisciplinary background informs his artistic and academic work, creating a distinctive bridge between engineering, music, and creative inquiry.