Dâryuš "Dar" Makâni is a composer, pianist, producer, and music educator based in San Francisco, California. A multi-instrumentalist from a young age, he took to composition as soon as he could play piano, and cultivated his style at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Makâni strives to express emotional content above all else, and employs undulating rhythms, pointillistic textures, and pandiatonic harmonies to communicate a hopeful and introspective experience to his audiences. ​

He has written soundtrack for projects across varying mediums, working with Intel Corporation, United Way, the Smithsonian Institution, and the African Community & Conservation Foundation and Zambezi Partners.

Makâni is the founder of 4Against Music, an international collective of singers, songwriters, musicians, and producers who work to bring new music to listeners, either though steaming or live on a stage.

He teaches piano at the Mid Peninsula Music Academy in Redwood City, California.