Dâryuš Makâni - Composer

Dâryuš "Dar" Makâni is a composer, pianist, and music educator based in San Francisco, California. A multi-instrumentalist from a young age, he took to composition as soon as he could play piano, and cultivated his style under northern California composers Richard Cionco, Leo Eylar, and Elinor Armer at both Sacramento State University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Makâni strives to express emotional content above all else, and employs undulating rhythms, pointillistic textures, and pandiatonic harmonies to communicate a hopeful and  introspective experience to his audiences.

​On top of concert music, Makâni has written soundtrack for projects across varying mediums, working with Intel Corporation, United Way, the Smithsonian Institution, and the African Community & Conservation Foundation and Zambezi Partners.