Hassan Zanjirani Farahani
Hassan Zanjirani Farahani (born 19 November 1987) is an Iranian composer, sound designer, performer and media artist. He studied piano, trumpet and clarinet at Tehran Conservatory, and worked as a piano teacher for several years before moving to Austria, where he studied composition and electronic music in Vienna and Linz and media technologies at Anton Bruckner university (Linz), and attended master classes and workshops with notable composers such as Beat Furrer, Tristan Murail, Jonty Harrison, David Berezan and John Chowning.[1] He is also a performer[2][3] and improviser[4][5][6] in both contemporary music and electroacoustic music.[7][8] His compositions are stylistically variable but the majority are electroacoustic pieces for ensemble and live electronics[9][10]. He had written also pieces for film, theater and musical theater.[11] He is interested in lighting design and visualization[12], educational activities[13][14] and online courses for composition, electronic music, digital audio workstation (DAW), sound synthesis and light design. He is also a sound and light engineer and designer, music producer, graphic designer and an VFX artist [15].
Activities as performer[edit]
As electronic music performer, Hassan Zanjirani Farahani deals with electroacoustic scores of contemporary music. Among composers whose works he has performed include Karlheinz Essl,[2][7] Tristan Murail,[16] Luigi Nono, Kaija Saariaho etc.[17] He is also a live-electronics improviser, who have played in many events,[18] festivals[19] and concert venues such as Wiener Konzerthaus[6] (Vienna), Porgy & Bess[5] (Vienna), Brucknerhaus[15][20] (Linz) etc..
Selected compositions[edit]
Prelude (2008) for piano
Sonata (2009) for piano and violin
Vocalise (2009) for soprano and piano
Schur e Homayun (2011) for piano
Octet for winds (2011) for flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba
Aschube Mavali (2011) for Duduk, Daf and synthesizer
“Iijad?” (2012) for orchestra, 5 singing bowls, 2 kanglings, duduk and synthesizer
Algorithmic aleatoric pieces (AAP) (series)
- AAP1 (2012)
- AAP2 (2013)
Deceased Memories (2012) for crotales, vibraphone, piano, strings (violin I, violin II, cello, double bass)
(55+1-1)x (2012) for modular synthesizer
Destruction (2013) for 2 flutes, alto saxophone, French horn, bass drum, tam-tam & live-electronics
Tibet (2013) for 4 loudspeakers
Ars nova contrapuncti (series)
- No. 1 for microtonal midi organ (2013)
- No. 2 for 2 midi pianos (2014)
Nenoitairav über Hoamatland (2013) for clarinet, oboe and bassoon
Du bist nicht einer von uns... (You are not one of us...) (2014) for 24 instruments, electronics and light design[8]
Blind sweeper (2014) for piano, live-electronics, dance performance and light
Das Unlogische notwendig (2014) for soprano und live-electronics on the text of Friedrich Nietzsche, "Menschliches, Allzumenschliches"[5]
Copper-jacketed lead (2014) for 4 loudspeakers and lighting
Pigment of SourceSwitch (2014) for alto saxophone, piano, live-electronics und light design
Die blitzenden Fackeln von ZEUS (2014) for computer controlled piano (Bösendorfer CEUS), live-electronics und light design[21]
A conversation with the last white buffalo (2014) Tape for dance performance[11]
Loud Whisper (2014) for amplified tenor Recorder and tenor Saxophone
Eroberung des Glücks (2014) for 6 instruments (flute, clarinet, accordion, piano, violin, cello) and live-electronics[22]
Particle displacement (2015) for 4 Accordions[23]
Goldene Braut der Berge (2015) for piano and double bass
References[edit]
- ↑ "OPENING SONIC LAB - ERÖFFNUNG DES NEUEN COMPUTERKONZERTSAALS - 11 - 2015 - Archiv - Veranstaltungen - Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität". www.bruckneruni.at (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Performances - Karlheinz Essl: Entsagung (1991-93)". www.essl.at. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ "Regionews.at". www.regionews.at. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ ""mit den Ohren sehen" - Improvisation zu Malereien und Grafiken von Bewohner/innen des Institutes Hartheim - 03 - 2015 - Archiv - Veranstaltungen - Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität". www.bruckneruni.at (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "In der Strengen Kammer: Wunderkammer (III)". www.porgy.at. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Wiener Konzerthaus - Programmdetail". konzerthaus.at. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Performances - Sequitur XIII (2009)". www.essl.at. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 oe1.orf.at. "Zeit-Ton". oe1.orf.at. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ "In der Strengen Kammer: Wunderkammer (II)". www.porgy.at. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ "musik im raum - archiv". www.musikimraum.at. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "A CONVERSATION WITH THE LAST WHITE BUFFALO".
- ↑ "Bösendorfer CEUS Project". www.boesendorfer.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ "CMS Instructional Series: "Technische Realisation - Das unlogische Notwendig" von Hassan Zanjrani Farahani - Aktuell - Veranstaltungen - Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität". www.bruckneruni.at (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ "CMS Instructional Series: Hassan Zanjirani Farahani - Realtime Processing - 05 - 2015 - Archiv - Veranstaltungen - Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität". www.bruckneruni.at (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Podium zum Thema Musik im Raum…Linz / Sound in Space | // dorninger". dorninger.servus.at. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ "Musikalischer Dialog I - Konzert Studio FUGU - Ensemble für zeitgenössische Musik - 04 - 2015 - Archiv - Veranstaltungen - Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität". www.bruckneruni.at (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ "Gesprächskonzert Studio Fugu - Presse-Archiv - Mitteilungen - Presse - Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität". www.bruckneruni.at (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ "Sound & Vision 8 - react". avant.mur.at. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ "Konzertreihe "Forum Zeitgenössisches Musikschaffen 2015" - FESTIVAL WELTMUSIK". www.diemusiksammlung.at. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ "Brucknehaus Festival Weltmusik" (PDF).
- ↑ "Bösendorfer CEUS Projekt". www.boesendorfer.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ "Brucknerhaus Linz" (PDF). Brucknerhaus.
- ↑ "Calendar". www.hannesloeschel.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
External links[edit]
- [1] official website of Hassan Zanjirani Farahani
- [2] Events of Vienna Konzerthaus
- [3] Events of Porgy & Bess Jazz Club Vienna
- [4] Events of Porgy & Bess Jazz Club Vienna
- [5] Festival Cataloge of Brucknerhaus
- [6] Boesendorfer CEUS peoject: official website of Boesendorfer piano factory
- [7] Opening concert of Sonic Lab: electroacoustic concert salon
- [8] Events of Bruckner university: Opening concert of Sonic Lab, electroacoustic concert salon
- [9] Events of Bruckner university
- [10] Events of Bruckner university
- [11] Boesendorfer Ceus project
- [12] Events of Bruckner university
- [13] Instructional series of computer music studio CMS of Bruckner university
- [14] Events of Bruckner university
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