music+animation
fabric of sorrow
My latest work fabric of sorrow for ensemble and experimental animation will be premiered by NAMES ensemble in Wien Modern, Toihaus Theater, and Innsbruck, Austria.
An adaptation of this work will be also performed by NADAR ensemble at Gadeamus festival, Warsaw Autumn Festival, and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
fabric of sorrow is dedicated to those who have lost their lives in the ongoing Iranian revolution.
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Animal
My autobiographical work Animal for ensemble and animation. Animal takes on a visceral journey through a transitional space.
This space that can be as horrifying as it is alluring and mysterious is a room in flux. read more-->
premiered by Ensemble Recherche at Harvard University.
for for flute, bass clarinet, piano, violin, cello and electric guitar
premiered by Nadar ensemble, spring 2022
concrete and bones of another
I can't resist the body, a machine with its cogs and wires and patterns, whic revolts against itself, devours itself, but can never resist the natural force of its parts and falls again and again into the pattern. the need to destroy is the desire to move against the system and to destroy itself, to be impossible, undone, to escape and to revolt is to have hope for a different beginning, a change of pattern and all that could be before the beginning. and with it, comes the melancholy of the impossible-of something that could only be imagined. and as a result, the joy of hearing the concrete crumple, melt or move to the threshold of breaking while the machine thrives to function.
for violin, cello and tape
premiered by Ensemble Musikfabri, spring 2022
#48660
#48660 is inspired by the texture of voile, a sheer transparent fabric in plain weave with tightly twisted yarns which often has a stiff finish.
for 3 percussion instruments, transducers and tape
premiered by line upon line, fall 2021
Dermatome
Dermatome is a surgical instrument used to produce slices of skin from a donor in order to make skin grafts.While writing this piece, I have been thinking of a sense of fear, unease and desire when looking at certain images of cluster of holes. While looking at these clusters, I feel my skin as the most vulnerable, a feeling between abjection and desire, as if on the verge of disintegrating.
for clarinet, double bass and tape
premiered by Madison Greenstone
and Kathryn Schulmeister, fall 2021
in the landscape of my dreams landed two voices, unfulfilled
a machine dream, its parts like organs unified, knowing where to land, when to erupt, when to suppress but always unfulfilled and cautious.
for voice, bass clarinet and percussion
premiered by TAK Ensemble
moon that sank|wet grass
from a dream.
for solo oboe
premiered by Peter Veale as part of
collaboration with Elision ensemble
solo oboe
for 2 violins, cello and clarinet
premiered by Schallfeld ensemble
Hollowing
for flute, bassclarinet and percussion
premiered by WasteLand ensemble