Pedram Diba is an Iranian-American composer whose work investigates how sound, space, light, and gesture function as interrelated compositional materials. He approaches these elements as dynamic agents within a unified expressive system, crafting works that unfold across multiple sensory dimensions.

His music has been praised for its “powerful interaction and striking richness of components” (ResMusica, France) and described as “showing a deep sense of musical energy and great attention to the organicity and morphological profiles of sound” (Pierre Jodlowski).

Diba's artistic activities include collaborations with musicians such as David Kalhause, Ben Roidl-Ward, Julie Michael, Charles-Éric Fontaine, Zaira Castillo, and Jeanne Côté among others. He is the recipient of several awards and distinctions, including the William T. Faricy Award for Outstanding Composition from Northwestern University (2025), a Research-Creation Grant from the ACTOR Project (2021–2022), the Max Stern Fellowship in Music from McGill University (2018–2020), and the Outstanding Scholar in Composition award from the University of Oregon (2017), among others.

His works have been featured at festivals and conferences including SEAMUS, IRCAM Forum, ICMC, Splice, SICMF, and New Music Gathering, and performed at prominent venues such as the DiMenna Center (New York), Le CENTQUATRE (Paris), Constellation (Chicago), CKL Stage (Seoul), and Le Gesù (Montreal).

Since 2019, Diba has been a member of the Analysis, Creation, and Teaching of Orchestration (ACTOR) Project, an international partnership that advances research and practice in timbre and orchestration through interdisciplinary collaboration. Within ACTOR, he has contributed to projects such as the CORE Ensemble Project, Musicians Auditory Perception (MAP), and Space As Timbre (SAT). 

He earned his B.M. in composition from the University of Oregon and later pursued his M.M. at McGill University under the mentorship of Philippe Leroux. He then completed the Cursus de composition et d’informatique musicale at IRCAM in Paris, working with Pierre Jodlowski and Claudia Scroccaro. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in composition and music technology at Northwestern University, working with Alex Mincek, Hans Thomalla, and Jay Alan Yim. He has also participated in masterclasses and seminars with Franck Bedrossian, Stefan Prins, Christine Groult, Aaron Holloway-Nahum, Fabien Lévy, and Miguel Azguime.

Diba's music is published by BabelScores.