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Hesam Naseri
12+ albums
Iranian
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Hesam Naseri (b. 1986, Qazvin) is an Iranian composer, music arranger and multi‑instrumentalist whose work bridges traditional Persian melodies and contemporary electronic soundscapes. He began his musical journey on guitar at age ten before focusing on classical flute studies under Naser Rahimi in Tehran. Over the past decade, Naseri has performed as a flutist with orchestras and ensembles across Iran and beyond, while also building a reputation as an electronic‑music composer and innovator of the “Moshtagh,” a newly invented plucked instrument. In 2016 he founded the Novak Ensemble to explore fresh directions in oriental music, and in 2018–19 he was awarded both the Odyssée Cultural Scholarship (France) and ACCR funding, becoming an official member of SAFPEM–FMICA for contemporary arts in Europe and the Middle East. A sought‑after collaborator and producer, Naseri has arranged and composed for leading artists such as Alireza Ghorbani and Alim Qasimov, and his project “Sing with Me” (2020), featuring Ghorbani’s vocals, blends classical Persian poetry with modern instrumental textures. His innovative arrangements earned him the Best Persian Arrangement award at the 2024 Hafez Music & Theater Awards for “Dar Zolfe To Avizam,” and his discography includes notable releases like Interlude (2020, with Coşkun Karademir), Agitation (2019, Novak Ensemble) and Bidel (2021). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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# Hesam Naseri This work merits attention for its genuine synthesis rather than superficial fusion. Naseri approaches the meeting of Persian modal traditions and electronic composition as an intellectual problem: how can ancient melodic thinking coexist with digital textures without either dominating? His training across classical flute, guitar, and invented instruments provides technical credibility often absent in cross-cultural projects. The Novak Ensemble's exploration reveals not nostalgia but curiosity—a serious investigation into what happens when you remove the hierarchy between "traditional" and "contemporary," allowing each to inform the other authentically. For listeners interested in how music negotiates cultural identity through sound rather than concept, this represents substantive artistic thinking