Mehdi Hosseini was born in Tehran, Iran. He began his musical training in Iran, studying Persian music and the fundamentals of composition under the guidance of Farhad Fakhreddini. Hosseini finished his Master’s degree at the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory under Professor Alexander Minatsakanian, and his Doctor of Music degree (DMA) in Composition with composer, Sergei Slonimsky His music and style has demonstrated his creative capabilities as a composer and his research abilities as an ethnomusicologist and theorist. Hosseini has written symphonic music and chamber orchestra pieces for ensembles and soloists in various compositional genres. His works show a strong monodic music influence, originally interpreted and incorporated into a personal style. In the last few years, Mehdi Hosseini has been actively participating in contemporary music projects local to St. Petersburg, and the whole Russia. Mehdi Hosseini made an invaluable contribution to the development of the St. Petersburg cultural scene in 2011 when he opened the St. Petersburg Contemporary Music Center reMusik.org. In 2013, he founded and directed the inauguration of the St. Petersburg International New Music Festival.