Sina Bathaie

Sina Bathaie (SiːNɒː BæT hɒːiː Persian سینا بطحایی ) is an Iranian-Canadian multi-instrumentalist, producer and film score composer, mostly known for his contemporary style of playing santur and his fusion music. 
The WholeNote Magazine called him "One of Toronto's Best kept Secret" , and Prince Amyn Aga Khan quoted "It reminded me that good music is made of dreams and echoes of dreams" 
==Early life==
Sina was born into a musician family; his father Javad Bathaie is a santur maestro in Iran. He began playing at the age of seven and studied Persian classical repertoire (Radif) on the instrument Oud with Mohammad Firouzi. He later studied Composition and Orchestration for Films and TV at Berklee College of Music. 
==Career==
Bathaie received a warm recognition in the Canadian music scene after immigrating to Canada in 2009. He released his first album Sound of Silence in 2012, and had been featured at festivals like Luminato Festival , Pacific Contact , Folk Music Ontario , CINARS , Mundial Montreal , Prismatic Festival , Aga Khan Museum , Fete de la Musique Mont Tremblant , TD Niagara Jazz Festival , Small World Music also TV and radio appearances at CP24 and CBC Radio Metro Morning and artist talk at Dalhousie University. 
Sina developed his own style of music by incorporating Eastern melodies along with Western instrumentation and achieved a unique sound in world fusion music with his ensemble that includes cello, guitar, bass, percussion, drum and santur. He released his second album Ray of Hope on Windcatcher Records in 2017 , The album was nominated for Best World Beat Album of the Year in 16th annual Independent Music Award in NYC. 
Bathaie also scored movies such as Un royaume déménage, Ameno and Mr Settled Immigrant. 
==Awards and nominations==
His single "Summerdaze" was also nominated for Independent Music Award for Best Song - Dance or Electronica in 2019. 
==Discography==
 	 	 	 				Album	Release Year	Record Label	Note
Sound of Silence	2012	Independent 	Solo santur; Personal Interpretation from Persian contemporary music featuring guest musician William Kinard on Guitar				 	 	 	
Ray of Hope 	2017	Windcatcher Records	Nominated for Best world Beat Album of the Year at 16th Annual Independent Music Awards 				 	 	 	
==Singles==
 	 	 					Year	Single	Record Label	Note
2019	"Sahara" 	Windcatcher Records					 	 	 	
2019	"One Last Time" 	Windcatcher Records					 	 	 	
2018	"Summerdaze" 	Windcatcher Records					 	 	 	
2017	"Ray of Hope (Radio Edit)"	Windcatcher Records					 	 	 	
2017	"Rebirth" 	Windcatcher Records					 	 	 	
2016	"Into the Sky" 	Independent 					 	 	 	
==Filmography==
 	 	 					Year	Film	Director	Note
2020	Ameno 	Behzad Sedghi 					 	 	 	
2019	Mr Settled Immigrant	Behzad Sedghi 					 	 	 	
2013	Un royaume déménage 	Terence Chotard					 	 	 	
==In the media==
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==External links==
* Sina Bathaie on twitter
* Sina Bathaie on facebook
* Sina Bathaie on instagram
* Sina Bathaie's stream on SoundCloud
* Sina Bathaie on imdb
* Sina Bathaie on Spotify
 
==References==
Category:Musicians
Category:1986 births
Category:Multi-instrumentalists
Category:Berklee College of Music
Category:Dalhousie University
Category:Worldbeat albums
Category:Iranian composers
Category:Iranian Canadian
Category:Canadian composers