Hooman Khalatbari


Hooman Khalatbari is an Iranian-Austrian pianist and music conductor.
He started playing piano from age 6 and earned his B.Mus. from Tehran University of Arts in 1996. Between 1988 and 1996, he was the principal pianist of Tehran Symphony Orchestra and Bahman Cultural Centre and assistant conductor of Tehran Symphony Choir and Tehran Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.
Khalatbari moved to Austria in 1996 and entered Kunstuniversität Graz to study choral/orchestral conducting and graduate with honors in 2006.

Career

Principal Conductor and Honorary Conductor

Hooman Khalatbari was the principal conductor of "Prague Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra" in Prague-Czech for 2 years and since 2016 he is the Honorary Conductor of “ Virtuosi Brunenses “.

Founder, Music Director and Conductor

From 2001, Khalatbari is one of the founders, music director and conductor of Kirchstetten Castle International Music Festival in northern Austria.
since 1999.
He has conducted the following operas:
Since 1999, Hooman Khalatbari has performed as a Conductor, Soloist, Chamber musician, Accompanist and coordinator in several Europa’s Cities, the USA, Canada, and Asia. His most recent performances were given as guest Conductor in Austria/ Vienna & Graz & Salzburg & Linz & Kirchstetten - Hungarian/ Budapest & Szombathely - Czech Republic/ Prague, Brno & Olomouc - Slovenian/ Maribor – France/ Paris – UK/ London - Canada/ Vancouver & Calgary and USA/ Houston, San jose, Chicago and at last in Zurich and Göteborg.

Conducting Iranian Orchestral Music

Khalatbari's conducting repertoire spans a wide spectrum of musical traditions, ranging from classical opera and symphonic, to atonal and contemporary music. Conducting the Simorq musical project, the world premiere of Hamid Motebassem with Homayoun Shajarian's vocal, is one of the brightest points in this range.