BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Jamshied Sharifi, who won a Tony Award in 2018 for orchestrating The Band's Visit on Broadway, has died at age 64 after a battle with cancer. Sharifi was an American Tony Award-winning composer, conductor, musician and record producer. From 1985"1992, Sharifi led the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, and under his leadership, the group recorded two CDs, performed twenty of his compo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AM on August 25, 2025