Pedram Diba is an Iranian-American composer whose work investigates how sound, space, light, and gesture function as interrelated compositional materials to create works that unfold across multiple sensory dimensions. His music has been praised for its “powerful interaction and striking richness of components” (ResMusica, France) and for its “deep sense of musical energy and great attention to the organicity and morphological profiles of sound” (Pierre Jodlowski).

His music has been performed by TAK Ensemble, Icarus vs Muzak, and Duo Riso, and presented at international festivals including MA/IN Festival, the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), SEAMUS, the Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF), IRCAM Forum, Splice Festival, and New Music Gathering, with performances at venues including the DiMenna Center (New York), Le CENTQUATRE (Paris), Ehrbar Saal (Vienna), Teatro Francesco Stabile (Potenza), CKL Stage (Seoul), Constellation and Elastic Arts (Chicago), and Le Gesù (Montreal). Upcoming projects include a new work commissioned by Duo Aequalis and a residency at the Studio for Electroacoustic Music at the Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, Poland.

He is the recipient of the Residency Prix CIME (International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music, 2025), the William T. Faricy Award for Outstanding Composition from Northwestern University, and a Fulbright Fellowship, among other honors.

Diba earned a B.M. in Composition from the University of Oregon, an M.M. in Composition from McGill University, where he studied with Philippe Leroux, and completed the IRCAM Cursus in Paris with Pierre Jodlowski and Claudia Scroccaro. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate (ABD) in Composition and Music Technology at Northwestern University and is conducting dissertation research at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden as a Fulbright grantee.

His research on spatial composition has been published in Computer Music Journal (MIT Press). His scores are published by BabelScores.