Event

Many thanks to Ruth Wiesenfeld for preparing the exhibition ‘Rooted in Iran' in collaboration with the Iranian Female Composers Association within the framework of her ongoing project Towards Sound. In this exhibition, sketches of my composition process along with sound samples and interview excerpts will be presented at HilbertRaum, Berlin, Germany from December 17, 2021 to January 9, 2022.

If you don't live in Germany and unable to visit in person, you can see the exhibition online at: http://www.towardssound.org/rooted-in-iran.html

Flutist, Roya Farzaneh, will present Nay Nava composed for Alto flute at the 49th Annual National Flute Association convention on August 13th 2021.

For more information please visit: https://www.nfaonline.org/convention/registration/2021virtualconvention

I was interviewed by Maaman Rezai and the production was featured at Aasoo. With special thanks to Keyvan Mahjoor.

link to the interview: https://fb.watch/5clUvFNrd-/

My soundscape, Visiting Grandpa, was presented by Franziska Buhre on Musikjournal/Deutschlandfunk. In this program, Franziska introduces works by composers featured at Ruth Wiensenfeld's exhibition Rooted in Iran in collaboration with Iranian Female Composers Association (IFCA).

You can listen to this radio program in German here: https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/online-ausstellung-iranische-komponistin…

Many thanks to Ruth Wiesenfeld for preparing the exhibition ‘Rooted in Iran' in collaboration with the Iranian Female Composers Association within the framework of her ongoing project Towards Sound. As the exhibition cannot open as planned in Hilbert Raum in Berlin in January 2021 dues to Covid 19 regulations, she created an online version instead. Check out the link below: http://www.towardssound.org/rooted-in-iran.html

Dustin White will be recording my solo alto flute, NayNava, for his upcoming album.

Visiting Grandpa, a multi-channel soundscape based on my memories of my grandfather, will be broadcast live on Radiophrenia from Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts. Radiophrenia is a temporary art radio station in Glasgow, Scotland – a two-week exploration into current trends in sound and transmission arts.

Visiting Grandpa was written when I learned that the Iranian revolutionary guard demolished the historic cemetery of Baha'is in Shiraz (Iran), where my grandfather's remain, as well as many other Baha'is', were buried.

For more information about the date and time of the broadcast please visit: http://radiophrenia.scot/

I am leading a collaborative concert project dedicated to the bicentenary of the birth of The Báb.
A portion of the concert program will arise from a current call for scores open to all composers around the world to write a composition inspired by the theme of "celebration of the oneness of humankind". Up to four compositions will be selected by a jury panel of professional composers and performers.

In addition to the selected works, there will be compositions by Christos Hatzis, Norbert Palej, Rebekah Cummings and I in the program.

For more information please visit: http://www.dawninitiative.com/call-scores

Postlude to Bamdad for violin and cello will be performed at the University of Chicago by Tom Clowes and Rasa Mahmoudian as Part of Crossing Borders Music presentation/collaboration.

The Art Gallery at York University Keele campus will be presenting my piece, Visiting Grandpa, along with a work by Debashis Sinha this fall for a six week exhibition.
Stay tuned for more information!