page_title: Rob Shirakbari
hierarchical_section_title: Rob Shirakbari
caption_attribution_description: English: Less red version of Rob Shrock
context_page_description: Rob Shirakbari is an American musician, composer, record producer, and arranger, best known for being long-time music director for Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach and as producer, co-writer, and music director for Rumer.
  Shirakbari has worked with Aretha Franklin, Adele, Sheryl Crow, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Elvis Costello, Wynonna Judd, Duffy, Ronald Isley, Peabo Bryson, Chris Botti, and Whitney Houston among other successful recording artists. He served on the NARAS Board of Governors for the Texas Chapter from 1998-2000.
context_section_description: Rob (Shrock) Shirakbari is an American musician, composer, record producer, and arranger, best known for being long-time music director for Dionne Warwick (1985–present) and Burt Bacharach (1996 - 2010)  and as producer, co-writer, and music director for  Rumer (musician) (2013–present).
  Shirakbari has worked with Aretha Franklin, Adele, Sheryl Crow, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Elvis Costello, Wynonna Judd, Duffy, Ronald Isley, Peabo Bryson, Chris Botti, and Whitney Houston among other successful recording artists. He served on the NARAS Board of Governors for the Texas Chapter from 1998-2000.
caption: Shirakbari at Capitol Studios in 2016
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