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Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Bami (born July 1979, Persia, Tehran, Persian: سید مهدی حسینی بمی) is a contemporary Persian composer and Musicologist.
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Biography
Hosseini received his Masters degree and Doctor of Music degree (DMA) in Composition from Saint Petersburg State Conservatory,[1] named after N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov.[2] His major teachers include [3] Farhad Fakhreddini, Prof. Alexander Minatsakanian, Prof. Nigel Osborne and Prof. Sergei Slonimsky in composition, and Professor Tatiana Bershadskaya in Musicology. His early musical experiences included from 1998–2001, where he studying music theory, Persian music and composition with Farhad Fakhreddini [4] in Tehran. Hosseini then entered the Saint-Petersburg State Conservatory in 2001 where he under the guidance of Prof. Tatiana Bershtadskaya studied musicology and composition with Prof. Minatsakanian and continued postgraduate course with the composer Sergei Slonimsky. Mehdi Hosseini completed a composition course from the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna in 2007 during the summer courses at Mürzzuschlag, Austria where he studied with Nigel Osborne.[5]
Hosseini’s compositions [6] include works for large orchestra, chamber orchestra, voice, solo piano and various ensembles and has been performed and recorded by the Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra and the Saint-Petersburg State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.[7] He was the focus of attention in Russia as a composer.[8] and his works are performed during such festivals as St. Petersburg Musical Spring, Contemporary East and West, Contemporary Past [9][10][11], A Reverse Perspective,[12] Trajectories of Petersburg Avant-Garde, Sound Ways.[13]
In 2010 Mehdi Hosseini founded the "Saint-Petersburg Contemporary Music Center" [14] for new music, which engages an ongoing program of development work to promote new Russian music at home and abroad.
Selected Compositions
- The Varshan
- Turkman Sonata
- The Sangin Sama
- String Quartet N.1
- Symphony of Monody
- String Quartet N.2
- Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra
- The Hafez
- The Baluch
- Peshtpa
- Taleshi Hava
- The Chahargah
- An Unfinished Draft
- The Pause
Footnotes
- ^ Tehran Times Art Desk: "Persian composer Hosseini to perform Baluchi concerto in Russia." Tehran Times. Jun 8, 2009.
- ^ "Works of Iranian composer to echo in St. Petersburg." IRIB - English Radio. April 5, 2010.
- ^ Mehr News.
- ^ "Russia to Present Piece by Iranian Composer." Jame Jam, April 5, 2010.
- ^ Irandaily | No. 3647 | Art & Culture | Page 12 "Mehdi Hosseini will be presented during two performances in St. Petersburg in April and May." Iran Daily. April 6, 2010.
- ^ Payvand Iran News
- ^ International Music Festival “Contemporary East and West”Saint-Petersburg Contemporary Music Resource Center, May 23, 2010.
- ^ www.persianweekly.co.uk | No. 142 | Culture | Page 7 Persian Weekly.
- ^ Газета "Коммерсантъ С-Петербург", №115 (4415), 30.06.2010. Kommersant Newspaper, Jun 2010.
- ^ Art-Modern FOUNDATION.
- ^ II International Music festival “Contemporary Past”. American Music, a XX Century. 23-27 Jun, Saint-Petersburg.
- ^ "Kurdish work of Persian composer presented in Russia." Payvand Iran News. October 10, 2009.
- ^ "Iranian Composer Mehdi Hosseini's Pause at Sound Ways festival.". October 10, 2009.
- ^ "Saint-Petersburg Contemporary Music Center" reMusik.org
References
- Tehran Times
- Payvand News
- Classical Composers Database
- reMusik.org
- Art Modern FOUNDATION
- Concerts
- Mehdi Hosseini's on Mehr News
- Persian composer Hosseini to perform Baluchi concerto in Russia | Tehran Times
- Press TV
External links
- Mehdi Hosseini official site (monodies.com)
- Composers's home page
- Interview with Mehdi Hosseini, Epoch Times - New York
- Compozitor Publishing House of Saint-Petersburg presents collection of composition works by Mehdi Hosseini
See also
Categories:- Iranian composers
- Iranian musicians
- Persian classical musicians
- Living people
- 1979 births
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