HAKIM RABET, Azad (Tabriz, 1965): 

   Learned playing the piano under the supervision of Farman Behbud. Azad also attended several courses in Harmony and Orchestration (Dr. Taghi Massoudie), Form, Analysis and Counterpoint (Mohammadreza Darvishi), Musical Performance (Sharif Lotfi), Contemporary Music (Alireza Mashayekhi) and Conducting essentials (Iraj Sahbaee). During Hossein Alizadeh’s presidency at the Tehran Music Conservatory, he also teached music.
   As a composer, he was awarded for the first prize of the Iranian Composition Contest in 2002 (for composing a String Quartet inspired by music from Turkmen region of Iran), Diploma for best composition from the 13^th International Fajr Music Festival as well as the first prize of the Biennale of Iranian Contemporary Music (for composing Degargoun  for Piano).

Released works (Hermes Records) : Piano Solo, Clouds