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Artist
Aida Shirazi
3+ albums
ContemporarycomposeriranIranianfemalecomposer
about
Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Aida Shirazi is a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music. Shirazi’s music is described as ”unfolding with deliberation” by The New York Times, “well-made” and “affecting” by The New Yorker, and “unusually creative” by San Francisco Classical Voice. In her works for solo instruments, voice, ensemble, orchestra, and electronics, she mainly focuses on timbre for organizing structures inspired by Persian and English languages and literature. Shirazi’s music has been featured at festivals and concert series, including Manifeste, Wien Modern, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Mostly Mozart, OutHear New Music Week, MATA, Marlboro Music Festival, Direct Current, Taproot, and Tehran Contemporary Music Festival in venues such as Maison de la Radio France, Radialsystem Berlin, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Kennedy Center. Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Miranda Cuckson, International Contemporary Ensemble, Oerknal, Quince Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, Sarah Cahill, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Empyrean Ensemble, and Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, are among the performers of Shirazi’s music. Shirazi holds a Ph.D. in composition and music theory from the University of California, Davis. She has studied with Mika Pelo, Pablo Ortiz, Kurt Rohde, Yiğit Aydın, Tolga Yayalar, Onur Türkmen, and Hooshyar Khayam, and participated in workshops and masterclasses by Mark Andre, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Riccardo Piacentini, and Füsun Köks
top songs
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R.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N
432Albumblatt
153Orbis
104Sāniyā: Intermezzo. Intermezzo. yearning
95Sāniyā: IV. meditative, still, sensitive, gradually sounding more fragile
96Sāniyā: I. free, light, dreamy, like the spring breeze
87Sāniyā: Intermezzo. free and light-weight like the beginning of the piece but a little darker
78Sāniyā: II. with an urge to express something but sounding unsure and stammering
69Sāniyā: Intermezzo. bolder than before, moving forward, becoming more extrovert
510Sāniyā: III. restless, dark, shadowy
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