Kioomars Musayyebi
Kioomars Musayyebi | |
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| Background information | |
| Native name | کیومرث مسیبی |
| Born | 1977 |
| Origin | Tehran, Iran |
| Genres | world music, Classical Iranian music, new improvisational music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Santur |
| Official Website | |
Kioomars Musayyebi (DIN: kyūmarṯ mosayebī/ Persian: کیومرث مسیبی, born 1977 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-German musician and composer who primarily plays the santur.[1]
Biography
Kioomars Musayyebi began studying the santur at an early age[2] with the Iranian santur master Faramarz Payvar.[3] He later studied music theory and composition with the film composers Farhad Fakhreddini and Kambiz Roshanravan.[4]
Musayyebi began teaching santur at the age of 18, and later founded the Avay-e-Shahrzad music school in Tehran.[4] During his years in Tehran, he worked as a professional sound engineer and as a musician and producer for film[5][6][7] and theater, collaborating with artists such as Pari Saberi.[4]
In 2010, Musayyebi received a bachelor's degree[3] in instrumental music from The University of Art in Tehran.
Since 2011, Musayyebi has been working as a teacher[8], composer and performing musician in Germany. He has played both as a soloist[9] and with musicians from Europe, India, Africa, the Middle East and East Asia.[10][11][4] He is active in the fields of world music, new improvisational music, new music and classical Iranian music and regularly gives concerts in Germany and internationally[12][13]. He has performed at several festivals, including Horizonte,[14] Moers Festival, Fusion Festival, Folk'n'Fusion, Hildesheimer Wallungen, Musica Sacra International, Essen Original, Ruhr International Festival and Dastgah Festival.[15]
In 2015, Musayyebi completed a master's degree in Cultural Diversity in Music Education at the University of Hildesheim in the Department of World Music.[16] During his studies in Hildesheim, he also worked as a lecturer in santur courses at the Center for World Music (CWM) with the University of Hildesheim Foundation. He currently teaches at the State Music Academy of North Rhine-Westphalia and regularly leads workshops and seminars.[17][17][18]
In addition to the santur, Musayyebi plays setar and cello.[19]
Ensembles and collaborations
Kioomars Musayyebi plays in a duo with the world musician Andreas Heuser and is a permanent ensemble member in the Transorient Orchestra.[20][21] He is a member of the Orchester der Kulturen[22], the Nouruz Ensemble[23][24], Beyond the Roots[25]. and other groups and organizations[26][27][28]. In 2015 he founded the Kioomars Musayyebi Quartett[29]
The transcultural Bridges Kammerorchester[30] has been performing compositions by Musayyebi since 2022[31], as has the orchestra of the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia.[32] He also appeared as a soloist in a Concerto for viola, santur and ensemble by Iranian composer Golfam Khayam, which was premiered again by Bridges Kammerorchester and broadcast by German public-broadcasting institution HR in 2024.[33] The following year, he participated in the performance of this work with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at Concertgebouw Amsterdam.[34]
Musayyebi participates in the Tember Ensemble,[35] founded by Alireza Ostovar, which combines traditional modal music with contemporary electro-acoustic elements. The recording of the ensemble's 2023[35] performance at the Moers Festival was released as an album.[36] Musayyebi is also part of the Kosmotronix artist collective, which arranges and performs various visual and audial material that integrates Middle Eastern music, art and history with contemporary and electronic sounds and displays.[37]
In addition to orchestra performances[13], Musayyebi has contributed to the soundtracks of film and theater productions, such as his collaborations with Israeli director Amos Gitai in Paris, London, Madrid, Rome, and Pompeii for the plays A Letter to a Friend in Gaza[38] (2018 and 2019), House[39][40] (2023), Golem[41][42] (2025), as well as Gitai's film Why War[43].
The international musicians Musayyebi has worked with include Ramesh Shotham,[44] Reza Samani,[45] Bassem Hawar, Rageed William,[23] Annette Maye,[25] Alireza Ostovar,[35][46] Valentina Bellanova,[47] and Susanne Schönwiese.[48]
Awards
The Transient Orchestra, in which Musayyebi participates and performs, received the WDR Jazz Prize in the “Music Cultures” category in 2017.[49]
The album Prima Materia / Al-Rahem Al-Aoual by the Nouruz Ensemble, in which Musayyebi plays, received the German Records Critics’ Prize in the “Traditional Ethnic Music” category in 2023.[50] Several albums on which Musayyebi has appeared were also nominated for this award, including his album A Voice Keeps Calling Me in 2021[51], and the album Transorient Express by the Transorient Orchestra in 2024[52].
Discography
| Artist | Album | Year |
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| Kioomars Musayyebi Quartett | Tamanna | 2017 |
| Nouruz Ensemble | Goldener Flügel | 2018 |
| Kioomars Musayyebi | Entezar | 2019 |
| Transorient Orchestra | Zip Zip | 2021 |
| Kioomars Musayyebi | A Voice Keeps Calling Me | 2021 |
| Reza Samani | Encounters | 2021 |
| Nouruz Ensemble, Sanstierce, Ars Choralis Coeln | Prima Materia / Al-Rahem Al-Aoual | 2023 |
| Transorient Orchestra | Transorient Express | 2023 |
| Tember Ensemble | Moers Journey | 2023 |
| Kioomars Musayyebi | Weg zum Mondschein | 2024 |
References
- ↑ Ameise2024 (2021-12-28). "Ein musikalischer Brückenbauer". Iran Journal (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ↑ Franzen, Stefan (11 December 2021). "Kioomars Musayyebi's Album "A Voice Keeps Calling Me"". Qantara. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Soniq: Kioomars Musayyebi". Soniq Music. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Biography". Kioomars Musayyebi. Retrieved 22 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Cineuropea - Why War". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "Venice Biennale - Why War". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "Internet Archive - Gitai on Why War". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "College de France - Symposiums". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "Words and sound from east, west, north and south: Mamlok – Musayyebi (santur) – Schönberg – Mensching (texts)". www.adk.de. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ↑ "Ringlok Schuppen Rohr - Syrian Music and Folklore". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "Al Rahem Al Auoal". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "Jazz Schmeide - Kioomars Musayyebi". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Opera Base - Kioomars Musayyebi performance database". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "21st Horizonte World Music Festival". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ↑ "Kioomars Musayyebi". Musikwelten NRW (in Deutsch). Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ↑ "Isa Lange, Pressestelle der Universität Hildesheim". Stiftung Universität Hildesheim (in Deutsch). 30 September 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "The Persian Santur". Landesmusikakademie NRW (in Deutsch). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ↑ "Voneinander lernen: Musik kann Menschen verbinden". Stiftung Universität Hildesheim (in Deutsch). 30 September 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ↑ Pressestelle, Dr Jörg Diederich (2010-09-30). "Detailansicht". www.uni-hildesheim.de (in norsk). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ↑ "Musayyebi/Heuser". Andreas Heuser (in Deutsch). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ↑ "Transorient Orchestra". Andreas Heuser (in Deutsch). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ↑ "Orchestra of Cultures". Orchester der Kulturen. Retrieved 23 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Musiker". Nouruz Ensemble (in Deutsch). Retrieved 23 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Elb Philharmonic Hamburg". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Mitglieder". Beyond the Roots (in Deutsch). Retrieved 23 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Trickster Orchestra". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "Oriental Colors - Maiburg Ensemble". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "Academy of Art (Akademie Der Künste)". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "Ringlok Schuppen Ruhr - Kioomars Musayyebi Quarter". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "Home". Bridges Kammerorchester. Retrieved 23 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Kammerorchester". Bridges Kammer Orchestra. Retrieved 23 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Musik wie aus 1001 Nacht". Tonhalle (in Deutsch). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ↑ Germany, hr2 de, Frankfurt (2024-04-19). "Konzertsaal | Hörbar in Concert - Das Bridges-Kammerorchester in Frankfurt". hr2.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ↑ "Forbidden Echoes: New Iranian Music at the Muziekgebouw | Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest". www.concertgebouworkest.nl. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 "TEMBER Ensemble". Alireza Ostovar. Retrieved 23 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Moers Journey by Tember Ensemble". Bandcamp. Retrieved 23 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Home". Kosmotronix. Retrieved 24 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "A Letter to a Friend in Gaza". The Coronet Theatre. Retrieved 23 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "House – Amos Gitai". Teatro Madrid (in español). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ↑ giorgiascoccia (2024-04-16). "House | 2024 | Romaeuropa". Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ↑ "Golem | La Colline théâtre national". www.colline.fr (in français). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ↑ "GOLEM". Teatro di Napoli (in italiano). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ↑ Why War (2024) - Vollständige Besetzung und Crew-Mitglieder - IMDb (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2025-08-02 – via www.imdb.com.
- ↑ "Home". Soniq Music. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ↑ "Projekte". Reza Samani (in Deutsch). Retrieved 23 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Ali Ostovar". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "Projekte: Tember Ensemble". Kioomars Musayyebi. Retrieved 23 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Home". Susanne Schoenwiese (in Deutsch). Retrieved 23 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Gewinner des WDR Jazzpreises 2017 stehen fest". WDR (in Deutsch). 28 November 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ↑ "Quarterly Critic's Choice | Long List 1/2023". Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. January 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Quarterly Critic's Choice | Long List 4/2021". Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik. 2021-10-01. Retrieved 23 February 2024.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Longlist 1/2024". Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ↑ "Kioomars Musayyebi". Discogs. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
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