ARSHIA SAMSAMINIA
BIOGRAPHY

He studied contemporary composition at Sibelius Academy of Music in Finland, Gothenburg Academy of Music in Sweden, UDK University of Arts in Berlin, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and Tbilisi State Music Conservatory under the supervision of Helena Tulve, Malin Bång, Ole Lutzüow Holm and etc.
He has had the collaborations with Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, Slovenian Contemporary Philharmonic Orchestra, K!art Ensemble, EMTA Sinfonietta, HSM Symphonic and Opera Orchestra, Gothenburg Opera Academy Orchestra, GEPO Unesco orchestra in Paris, Sepia Ensemble Poland, Ensemble Garage Germany, Omnibus contemporary Ensemble and etc. His compositions have been selected and performed in numerous festivals such as Gaudeamus 2018 Netherlands, Sound and Images New York, Poznań Contemporary Music Festival Poland, Mixtur Barcelona, UNM Nordisk Iceland, Sound of Stockholm, Tehran contemporary music festival, Eufonija Festival in Serbia, Lerici Music Festival “Suoni Dal Golfo” Italy, and Siren Festival Gothenburg, Sweden and etc. He attended in masterclasses held by Tristan Murail, Georg Friedrich Haas, Kaja Saariaho, Rebecca Saunders, Karlheinz Essl Jr. , Pierluigi Billone ,Georg Hajdu ,Alexander Schubert ,John Chowning ,José María Sánchez-Verdú , Mauro Montalbetti , Klaus Lang , Dror Feiler , Michael Finnissy , Simon Steen-Andersen and etc. His music has been performed in Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Iceland, USA, Italy, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Serbia, Georgia, France, Armenia, Uzbekistan and Iran.

LIST OF WORKS

“A piece of Monologue by Samuel Beckett” for Drums-Set Solo, Transducers and Electronics, Garage Ensemble Project (2018)
“Gravity II” for Solo Prepared Piano and Electronics, Mixtur Festival (2018)
“Bālkāneh” Commissioned by Eufonija Festival for Accordion and Clarinet Duo (2018)
“In eternity” Commissioned by Lerici Festival Italy for Viola and Piano (2017)
“Constructive Imaginary” for Accordion Duo, Sibelius Academy (2017)
“Totally Enigmatic” Dedicated to Sepia Ensemble (Poland) (2017)
“4our” for Saxophone Quartet Dedicated to Stockholm Saxophone Quartet (2016)
“Blackout” for Violin and Cello Duo Dedicated to Nivak Ensemble(2016)
“Deactivating atomic bomb” for 1 Piano and 4 Performers (2015)
“From east to west” for Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass dedicated to Omnibus Ensmeble(2013)

Block 11 Concerto for Accordion and Large Orchestra (2019)
Premiered in Łòdź, Poland
Saba The Wind For Saxophone and Orchestra (2018)
Performed at Slovenian Philharmonic Hall
Rise from the Ashes for EAMT Chamber Orchestra (2018)
Estonian Music Days

Māntra for 5 speakers and Solo Tabla (2019)
Gothenburg Siren Festial
Railroading in the East Audio/Vusial stereo (2016)
ICMC Korea/Art and Science Days 2016 France

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