2nd Tehran Contemporary Music Festival 2017

Festival Program

  • 12:00
  • 12:30
  • 13:00
  • 13:30
  • 14:00
  • 14:30
  • 15:00
  • 15:30
  • 16:00
  • 16:30
  • 17:00
  • 17:30
  • 18:00
  • 18:30
  • 19:00
  • 19:30
  • 20:00
  • 20:30
  • 21:00

Mohammad Sarir (Iranian Artist Forum): Roots of Iranian Pop Music
Mehdi Jalali (Yarava Music Group): Performing Experiences of Iranian Contemporary Composers
Navid Gohari (Nilper Orchestra): Evaluating the Performances of Contemporary Music
Sina Sedghi (Tehran Music Group): Necessity of “New Music” and Impossibility of “Contemporary Music”
Amirali Ghasemi (New Media Society): Iran, Making Space for New Media
Ali Panahi (TADAEX Festival): Presentation of New Media Art & Digital Art Art Experiences
Hooshyar Khayam (Tehran Records): Evaluating the Publishing of Contemporary Music

Azin Movahed(The School of Performing Arts & Music of the Tehran University): Academic Training and Contemporary Music
Hamidreza Dibazar (The Faculty of Music of Tehran University of Art): Critique of education in Iranian Contemporary Music
Hamidreza Ardalan (Trans-Modern Quartet): Theories of Modern Music and Trans-Modern Music
Mehdi Behboudi (Radical Tehran): Auditory Events
Peter Pirhosseinlou (House No.4): Indipendent Art – Experimental Sound
Saba Alziadeh (Noise Works): Noise Works as a Lab for Experimental Music
Rouzbeh Gharib: Conceptualizing Compositional Parameters of Music
Soheil Soheili: The Neural Control of Singing
Mojgan Chahian: The Effects of Ancient melodies on Modern Music

15:00

Non-Standard Ensemble (CMC.TMOCA)

Director: Navid Gohari

Music Director: Martyna Kosecka

- Pauline Oliveros: Tuning Meditation

- Non-Standard Improvisation No.1

- Spectro Duo: Pro/Contra

16:00

Zamyad Ensemble

Free Improvisation

17:00

Juho Laitinen, Violoncello (Finland)

- Juho Laitinen: Wulfie

- Phil Niblock: Disseminate

12:00

Rouzbeh Gharib

- Distracting Spirits

13:00

Farhan Mohajerani

- Transcendence

14:00

NUM Ensemble

- Mirrored

15:00

Kian Hossein/ Arman Moghadam/ Babak Lotfi

- Restricted Improvisation for Computer

16:00

Erik Drescher, Flute (Germany)

- Nicolaus A. Huber: SISTER SOUNDS

- Nicolaus A. Huber FIRST PLAYS MOZART

Michael Maierhof: Splitting 39 / Splitting 17

12:00

Renata Arlotti, Guitar (Italy)

- Shahrokh Khajenouri: Preludio No.1

- Goffredo Petrassi: NUNC

- Shahrokh Khajenouri: Preludio No.2

- Ardavan Vossoughi: La chute / Premiere

- Nadir Garofalo: Sakura-no Mai

- Toru Takemitsu: Equinox

- Franco Donatoni: Algo

13:00

Nazanin Ahmadzadeh, Oboe

- Amir-mahyar Tafreshipour: Pendar

- Kareh Keyhani: Only That Spark and Nothing More

- Paolo Longo: Monologue for Oboe

- Kaveh Mirhosseini: Nowrooz / Premiere

14:30

Nargessi Fallah-Pasand, Violoncello / Babak Kouhestani, Viola

- Armin Sanaei: The Bird and the Lonely Human

- - Iman Vaziri: Solo for Viola

12:00

Erik Drescher, Flute (Germany)

- Peter Abliner: ss Giovanni & Paolo

- - Idin Samimi Mofakham: new work / Premiere

- Arash Yazdani: new work / Premiere

- Alvin Lucier: Double Himalaya

- Phill Niblock: DreGliss

13:30

Amirhossein Mohamadian, Basson

- Robert Ronnes: 4 Movements for Bassoon Solo

- Robert Ronnes: An English Garden with Strings

- Kaveh Mirhosseini: Canyon

14:30

Roham Irankhah, Clarinet / Farmehr Beyglou, Violin

- Armin Sanayee: A Poem for solo Bass Clarinet

- Mercedeh Gholami: A Sketch for solo Clarinet / Premiere

- Nima Atrkar Rowshan: Non Compositional Experiment / Premiere

17:30

Sepia Ensemble (Poland)

- Krzysztof Penderecki: Duo Concertante for violin and double bass

- François Sarhan: Home Work

- Witold Lutosławski: Subito for violin and piano

- Artur Kroschel: New piece for viola and double bass / Premiere

- Martyna Kosecka: Passaggio II for double bass / Premiere

- Agnieszka Zdrojek-Suchodolska: Inter-actions for piano, viola and double bass

- Tomasz Sikorski: Bez tytułu for piano and three instruments

- Kaveh Djodat: New piece for percussion, piano, violin, viola, double bass / Premiere

- Arshia Samsaminia: New piece for percussion, piano, violin, viola, double bass / Premiere

- Idin Samimi Mofakham: New piece for percussion, piano, violin, viola, double bass / Premiere

21:00

Zarvan Ensemble

Iman Vaziri: Somnambular / Hedayat

- Karan Salajegheh: Shahnazi’s Style / Premiere – dedicated to Zarvan Ensemble

- Hamid Moradian: Duet for Violin and Cello / Premiere – dedicated to Zarvan Ensemble

- Idin Samimi Mofakham: Hommage to Abolhassan Saba

- Nima Atrkar-Rowshan: Contra-Versus / Premiere – dedicated to Zarvan Ensemble

- Mina Arisian Duet for Violin and Cello / Premiere – dedicated to Zarvan Ensemble

- Hooshyar Khayam Pauzes / Premiere – dedicated to Zarvan Ensemble

12:00

Sepia Ensemble Workshop

“Ensemble Techniques”

14:00

Renata Arlotti Master Class

“Guitar Techniques”

17:00

Nilper Orchestra

Renata Arlotti, Guitar

Arman Nasiri, Piano

Navid Gohari, Conductor

- John Adams: Shaker Loops

- Ardavan Vosoughi: Concerto for Guitar and String Orchestra / Premiere

- Peteris Vasks: Cantabile for String Orchestra

Henryk Gorecki: Piano Concerto Op.40

21:00

Juho Laitinen, Violoncello (Finland)

- Trad Dream: chart

- Giacinto Scelsi: Maknongan

- Juho Laitinen: Study in multiphonics

- Iraj Sahbai: Le chant persan

- Juho Laitinen: Music in parentheses / A song of being there

12:00

Juho Laitinen Workshop

“Finnish Contemporary Music”

14:00

Erik Drescher Master Class

“Glissando Flute & Techniques”

17:00

Tehran Flute Choir

Niloufar Badrekouhi, Piano

Farzin Tehranian, Guitar

- Parviz Davoudi: 7 second to the Bampour / Premiere

- Sofia Gubaidulina: Flute Quartet

- Vedad Famour Zadeh: Thou hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me / Premiere

- Reza Najfar: A Persian poem

- Shervin Abbasi: Void 1 and void 2 for flute solo

- Mehran Rouhani: Sonata for flute and guitar

- Mohammadsaeed Sharifian: Nocturne for flute and piano

- Hossein Alizadeh: Trauma for flute and piano

- Mohammad Reza Taffazzoli: Ballade for flute and piano

21:00

Maraton: Pooneh Zarei / Arshia Ghasri / Mania Ensemble / Chromatic Santoor

- Ali Balighi: A little Piece for Persian Santoor

- Alireza Mashayekhi: Piano Sonata No.7, Op. 248 (2015) / Premiere

- Charles Ives: Largo for clarinet, violin and piano

- Adib Ghorbani: Four pieces for clarinet, violin and piano / Premiere

- Ardavan Vosoughi: Monologue for Clarinet / Premiere

- Mirsaeed Hosseiny Panah: Trio No.1 – 3

12:00

Erik Drescher Workshop

“Introduction for Glissando Flute”

14:00

Juho Laitinen Master class

“Violoncello Techniques”

17:00

1695 Project

Nader Mashayekhi, Conductor

- Sina Fallah zadeh: Abgineh

- Alireza Farhang: Sketch

- Mehdi Kazerouni: 12

- Arsalan Abedian: Emruz

- Anahita Abbasi: Sympathy -24

- Ehsan Ebrahimi: Dar Astaneh

- Ali Radman: Threnody of Desolate Land

- Sahand Shokrzadeh: Taraneh Tarik

21:00

Nivak Ensemble

- Rouzbeh Rafie: Five Haiku for Violin and Cello (2016) / Premiere - Dedicated to Nivak Ensemble

- Karen Keyhani: The Last Drop of Sound (2016) / Premiere - Dedicated to Nivak Ensemble

- Mehdi Khayami: Canto della pace (2016) / Premiere - Commissioned by Nivak Ensemble

- Arsalan Abedian: Aequilibrium (2017) / Premiere - Dedicated to Nivak Ensemble

- Idin Samimi Mofakham: Holography I (2016) / Premiere - Dedicated to Nivak Ensemble

- Alireza Farhang: Hara (2016) / Premiere - Dedicated to Nivak Ensemble

- Kiawasch Sahebnassagh: Die Achse ohne Schatten (2016) / Premiere - Dedicated to Nivak Ensemble

- Fozie Majd: Faraghi (2017) / Premiere - Commissioned by Nivak Ensemble

- Arshia Samsaminia: Blackout (2016) / Premiere - Dedicated to Nivak Ensemble

17:00

Cantus Ensemble

Arash Asadnejhad, Violin

Gökçe Bahar Oytun, Violoncello

Kaveh Mirhosseini, Conductor

- Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No.2 “American four Season”

- Kaveh Mirhosseini: Cello Concerto “Illumination”

21:00

UMEDUO (Sweden)

- Elena Rykova: You exist, I am an illusion

- Mehdi Khayami: New work / Premiere

- Ulrike Mayer-Spohn: fCuV

- Ricardo Eizirik: Re/wind/re/write (fast forward-version, 2014)

- Alireza Farhang: Zamyad

- Leilei Tian: Never-ending Journey

- Anahita Abbasi: New work / Premiere

- Simon steen-Andersen: Next to beside besides 4+0#

- Esaias Jarnegard : Stone-Ash

Participants

Lecture

Saba Alizadeh

Mehdi Behboudi

Mojgan Chahian

Hamidreza Dibazar

Rouzbeh Gharib

Navid Gohari

Amirali Ghasemi

Mehdi Jalali

Hooshyar Khayam

Azin Movahed

Ali Panahi

Peter Pirhosseinlou

Mohammad Sarir

Sina Sedghi

Soheil Soheili

Conductors

Navid Gohari

Martyna Kosecka

Nader Mashayekhi

Kaveh Mirhosseini

Soloists

Nazanin Ahmadzadeh, Oboe

Renata Arlotti, Guitar (Italy)

Farmehr Beyglou, Violin

Erik Drescher, Glissando Flute (Germany)

Nargessi Fallah-Pasand, Violoncello

Arshia Ghasri, Piano

Roham Irankhah, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet

Babak Kouhestani, Viola

Juho Laitinen, Violoncello (Finland)

Amirhossein Mohamadian, Bassoon

Pouneh Zarei, Persian Santoor

Orchestras & Ensembles

Bamdad Ensemble

Cantus Ensemble

Chromatic Santoor Trio

LAN Ensemble

Mania Ensemble

Nilper Orchestra

Nivak Ensemble

Non-Standard Ensemble

NUM Ensemble

Sepia Ensemble (Poland)

Spectro Duo

Tehran Flute Choir

Umeduo (Sweden)

Zamyad Ensemble

Zarvan Ensemble

Partners