Personal InfoRmation
Date of Birth: 09 December 1968
Place of Birth: Tehran – IRAN
Residence: Graz – AUSTRIA
EDUCATIONAl Background
Oct. 2002 – Present
Doctorate Study of Elctronic Music and Ethnomusicology ,
Institute of Electonic Music and Acoustics/Institute of Ethnomusicology
University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz | Austria
Adviser: Dr. Robert Höldrich
Oct. 1995 – Jul. 2002
M.A., Composition and Music theory
University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz | Austria
Adviser: Prof. Beat Furrer
honors and activities
1995 | · Honoured memeber of “Die Andere Saite”, Concert Cycle of Modern Music from Graz, Association for Funding and Distribution of Contemporary Musik of Young Composer Generation in Graz· GrazMusic Schloarschip reward· Austrian State Scholarship Award in Composition· Founder and President of Nava – Persian Music in Austria· Founding Member of Ensemble Zeitfluss – Ensemble for the Contemporary Music in Graz· Honorured Member of Culture Counsellor Graz-Austria | ||
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Selected Works
| 1995 | The Night , for alto and pianoKereshme , String quartetThe lullaby under the Ruins” , for Orchester, alto Voice and TapeNasusch , for 3 percussionsZRWAN, for Saxophone quartetZA-AR-WA-AN II , for flute and PercussionZA-AR-WA-AN III (ZRWAN) for Ensemble und Alto VoiceWARAN (2000),for String QuartetMENIDAN , for solo VioloncelloJEH , for 2 Guitars | ||
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Selected Projects
| 1999 | · music for OUTER SPACE produced by Peter Tscherkassky· Trailer music for Viennale 1999-internatiolnal Film Festival (get ready) produced by Peter Tscherkassky· music for Pavilion at World Expo Exhibition 2000 Hanover, Germany· Multimedia project “Moment Gelée” for Music Protokoll 2000 in Graz, Austria· music for “Dreamwork” produced by Peter Tscherkassky · Memento for Ensemble –Hörgänge 2002 – Konzerthaus Vienna · Grazer Osterfestival – Wordsound Ewig Tag. Ein Zirkel Music for Speaker, Saxophon und Tape Text: Monika Wogrolly Schizophren Music for speaker, Violin and Tape Text: Birgit Pölzl· memento- Ia for Ensemble -12 Instrumente Musik for flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Trompet, Trombone, Piano, Perccusion and String Quartet Project Klangwege – a Coproduction Graz 2003 – cultural capital of Europe and the university of Music and dramaric Arts Graz -Austria in co-operation With steirischer herbst – The Festival of New Arts, 11 November 2003, Ensemble Klangforum Wien 2003· ….Im ringen mit dem Schweigen 2003 for Speaker, Clarinet, Horn, Trompet, Piano and String Quartet Text: AHMAD SHAMLU – 17 Dezember 2003· HESAAR For Alto Saxophone and Ensemble Music for Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Percussion, Cembalo, Piano and String Quintet· Deja-Vu for Oboe Solo Premiere: 21. May 2004 in Graz, „die andere saite“ : Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Oboe : Markus Deuter (Klangforum Wien) | ||
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Lectures and seminars
· “Composition in the Century that gone by” – Part I: Lecture, Seminar and Workshops,
about Contemporay Music in 20th. centuryNiyavaran Cultural Centrum Tehran-Iran 2002-03
· “Composition in the Century that gone by” – Part II: Lecture, Seminar and Workshops,about Contemporay Music in 20th. centuryUniversity of Music and Fine Arts Tehran-Iran winter 2004-05
LANGuAGES
Persian | Mother tongue
German| Fluent
English | Good
COMPUTER SKILLS
· Operating Systems: WindowsXP/NT/2000, MS-DOS, Mac OSx, Linux
· Computer Languages: LISP, HTML, Quick Basic
· Music Programs:
Sequencers and Audio editors: Logic Audio,Nuendo, Samplitude, Ableton live
and Melodyne /Cool Pro and WaveLab
Signal Processing: Pure Date (PD), Max/MSP
Notation: Finale, Sibelius
SPECIAL INTERESTS
· Microtonality in persian Music
· Audio Morphing
· Aleatoric Conceptions in Compositon
· Filtration as primer composing technik
· Piano Improvision