Alireza Mashayekhi is a notable Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian musician

Musician

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, composer

Composer

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 and conductor

Conducting

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. He is one of the first Iranian composers who has pioneered Persian Symphonic Music

Persian Symphonic Music

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Early life

He was born in Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

 in 1940. His first teachers were Lotfollah Mofakham Payan (Iranian music), Hossein Nasehi (Composition) and Ophelia Kombajian (Piano). He then pursued his passion in music in Vienna

Vienna

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. His teachers in Vienna include Hanns Jelinek

Hanns Jelinek

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 and Karl Schiske.

After completing his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, he went to Utrecht

Utrecht (city)

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, the Netherlands, to pursue his study of electronic and computer music, which included attending lectures by Gottfried Michael Koenig

Gottfried Michael Koenig

Gottfried Michael Koenig is a contemporary German-Dutch composer.-Biography:Koenig studied church music in Braunschweig, composition, piano, analysis and acoustics in Detmold, music representation techniques in Cologne and computer technique in Bonn. He attended and later lectured at the...

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Career

In 1993 with cooperation of the pianist Farima Ghavam-Sadri, Mashayekhi founded Tehran Contemporary Music Group and in 1995 established Iranian Orchestra for New Music

Iranian Orchestra for New Music

Iranian Orchestra for New Music was founded by maestro Alireza Mashayekhi in 1995. It makes use of Persian and non-Persian instruments.-See also:*Persian Symphonic Music*Tehran Symphony Orchestra*National Iranian Orchestra...

. This orchestra alongside many concerts in Tehran, produced its first CD in 2002 which was released by Hermes Records.

In 2007 Sub Rosa (label)

Sub Rosa (label)

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 released a double-disc anthology Persian Electronic Music: Yesterday and Today 1966-2006 which included classic compositions of Mashayekhi's work along with Ata Ebtekar. In 2009 Brandon Nickell's Isounderscore label released the vinyl double LP Ata Ebtekar & The Iranian Orchestra for New Music Performing Works of Alireza Mashayekhi "Ornamental". Mashayekhi granted Ebtekar full creative freedom to work with the Iranian Orchestra for New Music

Iranian Orchestra for New Music

Iranian Orchestra for New Music was founded by maestro Alireza Mashayekhi in 1995. It makes use of Persian and non-Persian instruments.-See also:*Persian Symphonic Music*Tehran Symphony Orchestra*National Iranian Orchestra...

to arrange and transform Mashayekhi's compositions.

Recordings

• Mahoor Institute of Culture and Art, CD-145
  • Symphony No. 2 "Tehran", op. 57
    Tehran Symphony, Farhad Meshkat cond., live at Vahdat Hall, Tehran, Mar. 1977
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 96
    Tehran Symphony, Edo Mičič cond., Maziar Zahiroddini violin, live at Vahdat Hall, Tehran, Oct. 1998
  • "Nous ne verrons jamais les jardins de Nishapour", op. 56
    NIRT Chamber Orchestra, Ivo Malec
    Ivo Malec
    Ivo Malec is a Croatian composer and music educator. One of the earliest Yugoslav composers to obtain high international regard, his works have been performed by symphony orchestras throughout Europe and North America. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb and the Conservatoire de Paris,...
    
     cond., Pari Barkeshli pianos, live at City Theatre Tehran, Tehran, Apr. 1978