Born in the Iranian capital Tehran, Azin Zahedi began playing flute at the age of seven, and took up the santour (Persian dulcimer) four years later, winning first prize at Iran’s National Festival of Youth Music in 2007. She moved to Germany in 2010 to continue her music education – first at the Folkwang University of Arts and later at Berlin University of the Arts. In addition to teaching, and playing in various professional orchestras in Germany, she is a member or several music projects including the wind quintet Solhmido and the Middle Eastern music ensemble, Babylon Orchestra (Berlin), whose aim is to promote artistic exchange between the musical cultures of the Near and Middle East and Europe.