Sahbaei, an oboe soloist, has a PhD in musicology from the University of Strasbourg.
He has played oboe solo for St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra and has also cooperated as the conductor of a number of European orchestras.
Sahbaei used to be conducting Tehran Symphony Orchestra between 2007 and 2010.
The Tehran Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1933, is Iran's oldest and largest symphony orchestra.
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