Ashkan Layegh is an Iranian composer/improviser/multi-instrumentalist and visual artist concerned with self-reflexive structures. His music has been performed by his own ensembles, including the Phemo Quartet, at such venues as Kings Place, Southbank Centre and Wigmore Hall as well as by the Amsterdam Sinfonietta and Septura Brass, Chroma Ensemble, Temporal Harmonies Inc and an upcoming project with London Sinfonietta.

He is currently studying for a Doctorate degree in composition at the Royal Academy of Music, where he gained his Master’s degree as composer and Bachelor’s degree as a pianist — the first Iranian to do so since the 1979 Revolution.