Sina Fani Sani (Esfahan, Iran) is an award-winning composer with a special affinity for fairy tales, opera, and music theatre. He lives and works in Hamburg, Germany.

He studied classical guitar and composition with Golfam Khayam and Kiawasch Sahebnassagh at the University of the Arts in Tehran, and from 2017 onwards, composition with Claus Kühnl and electronic composition with Annesley Black, as well as guitar with Thomas Bittermann at Dr. Hoch’s Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main. In 2023, he completed his master’s degree in composition in the class of Gordon Kampe and also qualified in multimedia composition at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre.

His works are imbued with irony and ambiguity, drawing on the layered richness of Persian literature. The interplay of sound, language, and memory often creates a multidimensional space of perception in his compositions. Microtonality and the relationship between acoustic and electronic sound are also central areas of exploration in his music.

He is a recipient of the Rome Prize from the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo and has been awarded, among others, the Bach-Preis-Stipendium of the City of Hamburg, the "Neue Szenen VI" Opera Prize of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, scholarships from the Deutsche Bank Stiftung and the Deutsche Musikrat, as well as a residency at the Künstlerhof Schreyahn. His music has been performed by the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Resonanz, Ensemble KNM Berlin and the Zöllner-Roche Duo.

He has participated in masterclasses, workshops, and seminars with, among others, Wolfgang Rihm, Alexander Schubert, Orm Finnendahl, Stefano Gervasoni, Ulrich Kreppein, and Rama Gottfried.