The Epoch Times: Music that will take you to the driest places of Iran; that will unveil for you the mysticism of ancient Persia; and that will broaden your cultural perspective to the limit—this is what the latest “Concerto for Baluch” by composer Mehdi Hosseini aspires to do. The Association for Contemporary Music...
This work of the Iranian composer Mehdi Hosseini combines a number of folk tunes — Tipumey (in the maqam Gahgeriyu or Gahgiri), Huri-Huri, Cheshmeh-ye Kuhrang, Chub bazi, Saharnaz, Pishnavazi, Lachakriyali. Each is, in essence, a Maqam and serves as a musical metaphor in the rich cultural tradition of the Bakhtiari people. Each also acts...
The Quartet’s compositional process began with the transcribing of a recording made by Ghorban Soleimani on the dotar (literally ‘two-stringed instrument’). In this particular recording Soleimani made use of the Magam Shakhatoai-Zaranji, Guzal and Magam Greyli - three famous songs of Khorasan. Of particular interest is the rhythm of the last of these -...
The Symphony is based on regional music material of Lorestan – specifically the Khosro-Shirin (Sangin Sama). The Symphony is in one movement, with what can be called a sonata -cycle form while, at the same time, adhering to the multi movement structure of a more traditional symphony through its embedded internal structure, including an...
