Dâryuš Makâni grew up in Folsom California in a musical family. He spent his formative years studying piano with Jeannette Munro and Gorjana Zekic at the Folsom Piano Academy and composition with Richard Cionco and Leo Eylar. He cycled through multiple reed instruments, ultimately settling on bassoon, which he played in the Sacramento Youth Orchestra for 6 years. Starting in 2019, he studied composition at SFCM, receiving Bachelors in Music, Composition in 2024.

His classical genre is informed by minimalism, celtic and persian folk music, and French romanticism. His works consist of small chamber pieces, art song, operatic works, and soundtracks for plays and movies.

Dar has worked as a piano instructor at the Mid Peninsula Music Academy in Redwood City since late 2022, where he now heads the department.

In late 2024, he founded Tideland Records to produce and promote independent music in San Francisco. He is also a member of the Undergarden, a music collective based in SF’s Tenderloin neighborhood.