Babak Babaie was born in 1987 in Tehran, Iran. He started his formation with Alireza Tafaghodi and later on with Mehrdad Pakbaz. His professional career in classical guitar started after he won First Prize at the fi rst Soloist Competition of Tehran in 2008. He graduated in Guitar Performance with Paolo Pegoraro at Kunstuniversität Graz and continued his studies in Switzerland under the supervision of Paul Galbraith at Musikakademie Basel and, later on, he graduated in Music Pedagogy with Andreas von Wangenheim at the Musikhochschule in Lucerne. He has participated in several masterclasses, such as Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena in the class of Oscar Ghiglia. He has given concerts regularly in Iran, Europe and Canada, as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles, not only with this duo project, but also with ‘A musical theatre for children’ and ‘Lachrimae: Songs and Fantasies by John Dowland’ with soprano Lena Tschinderle. Since 2016 Babak has lived in Basel and works as a freelance guitarist and guitar teacher at the Freie Musikschule in Basel and Musikschule Lucerne.
