Peyman Yazdanian
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Peyman Yazdanian is a famous and awarded Iranian pianist
and music composer
. As a composer, he has written over forty pieces for solo piano
and has composed a lot for national and foreign featured films. He has also written original soundtracks for plays and multimedia. He has introduced a new form of expressionism
based on Persian
motives and its oriental moods.
. He started learning the piano at the age of 6 and continued with his master Farman Behboud up to the advanced level. At the age of 12, he started taking harmony
and composition lessons from Paulus Khofri. He has taken part in a few master classes of Austrian professor Gerhard Geretschlaeger from the Konservatorium Wien University and Professor Ernest Hozel from the Graz conservatory and he has also taken an advanced stage course in Marseille
with Professor Ginette Gaubert. He has taken a few Conducting lessons with Iradj Sahbai (The conductor of Strasbourg-Schiltigheim Orchestra). He has had many concerts both as a soloist and an accompanist.
Taking part in the international piano competition, Concours Musical de France(CMF) held in 2000, he won the first prize and afterwards he had a recital in the French University, École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications
(E.N.S.T). A year before he had won the second prize in the same competition (CMF). As a composer, he has written more than forty pieces for the piano and some of them have been performed in Paris.
, “The Strangers” by Ramin Bahrani
, “The Water and the Fire” by Fereydoun Jayrani, Iraj Karimi's “Going by”, “The deserted Station” by Alireza Raisian, “The little birdboy” by Rahbar Ghanbari, “And along came a spider” by Maziar Bahari
, “The White Nights” by Farzad Motamen,“The Wind Carpet” & “Sometimes look at the sky” & “A Piece of Bread” by Kamal Tabrizi, “The Fatherhood Village” by Rasoul Mollagholipour, “The Tradition of Lover Killing” & “A Place in Far Distance” by Khosro Masumi, “The Soldiers of Friday” by Masood Kimiai, “The Picture of A Lady From Far away” by Ali Mosaffa
and “A Night” & “Few days later” by Niki Karimi
, “Firework Wednesday” by Asghar Farhadi
and “Awards for silence” by Maziar Miri
.
He has also worked for few foreign featured films like Lost in Beijing
(2007-China) by Li Yu
, "Summer Palace
" (2006-China, France) by Lou Ye
(Official selection In the Competition, Cannes film festival
2006,"Full Metal Village
" (2006-Germany) by Sung-Hyung Cho, "La Fine del Mare" (2005-Germany, France) by Nora Hoppe, "Man Push Cart
" (2005-USA), "Forbidden Chapter" (2004-Italy, France), .
As a composer , Yazdanian also conducted music for “Joeseph, the prophet” an Iranian TV Show directed by Farajollah Salahshoor that became famous within the Iranian people.
He got his bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University of Technology
and now he works as a pianist, composer and piano teacher.
Yazdanian adores performing pieces by Sergei Rachmaninov.
November 2007 He had a concert in Italy at "Folk Club" in Torino, played few of his own compositions (including "A Tea Collection for a String Ensemble" and "Quintet Sonata") with an Italian quartet named "Xenia Ensemble" and played few Improvisations with an Iranian percutionist from Rome, Mohsen Kassirossafar.
Recently, he played liszt
, Beethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninov on his Piano Recital at Grand Vahdat Hall, 3 and 4 January 2008. He also played his own suites for solo piano including: Concert suite, Expression suite, Sarrow suite and his last suite: "few Persian recipes for a French chef".
Iradj Sahbai,Igor Stravinsky Kargah-e Musiqi 2003
Goosh 1 Mahriz-e Mehr 2003
Second Take Hermes Records 2004
La Muerte del Angel Ahange Parsian 2005
Crossing Hermes Records 2007
Clouds Hermes Records 2008
On The Wind Hermes Records 2008
Suites Hermes Records 2010
Alchemy and Dust(Kimia va Khak)
Directed by Abbass Rafeyee
Iran
Buddha Mountain
Directed by Li Yu
China
2009
Awards(Padash)
Directed by Kamal Tabrizi
Iran
Spring Fever
Directed by Lou Ye
China
2008
Yousef the Prophet(yousef-e piambar)
Directed by Farajollah Salahshour
Iran
2007
Awards For Silence(Padash-e sokut)
Directed by Maziar Miri
Iran
Lost in Beijing
Directed by Li Yu
China
2006
Full Metal Village
Directed by Sung Hyung Cho
Germany
Few days later(Chand rooze ba’ad)
Directed by Niki Karimi
Iran
A Place in Far Distance(Djayee dar door dast)
Directed by Khosro Masumi
Iran
Firework Wednesday (Charshanbeh suri)
Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Iran
Summer Palace
Directed by Lou Ye
China - France
2005
La Fine Del Mare
Directed by Nora Hoppe
Germany - France
Forbidden Chapter
Directed by Fariborz Kamkari
France - Italy
Man Push Cart
Directed by Ramin Bahrani
USA
A piece of bread (Yek Tekke Nan)
Directed by Kamal Tabrizi
Iran
2004
A Night(Yek shab)
Directed by Niki Karimi
Iran - France
The tradition of lover Killing(Rasme Ashegh Koshi)
Directed by Khosro Masumi
Iran
The soldiers of Friday(Sarbazane Jom’e)
Directed by Masoud Kimiai
Iran
The fatherhood field(Mazra’aye Pedari)
Directed by Rasool Mollagholipour
Iran
The picture of a lady from faraway(Simaye zani dar door dast)
Directed by Ali Mosaffa
Iran
2003
Sometimes look at the sky(Gahi be asman negah kon)
Directed by Kamal Tabrizi
Iran
The wind carpet(Farshe Baad)
Directed by Kamal Tabrizi
Iran - Japan
Crimson gold(Talaye sorkh)
Directed by Jafar Panahi
Iran
2002
Bright Nights (Shabhaye Roshan)
Directed by Farzad Motamen
Iran
And along came a spider
Directed by Maziar Bahari
Iran
The little bird boy(Parandebaze Koochak)
Directed by Rahbar Ghanbari
Iran
The deserted station(Istgahe Matrook)
Directed by Alireza Raisain
Iran
2001
Going By(Az kenare ham migozarim)
Directed by Iraj Karimi
Iran
The Water and the Fire(Ab o Atash)
Directed by Fereydoun Jayrani
Iran
2000
The Strangers(Biganegan)
Directed by Ramin Bahrani
Iran - USA
The Wind Will Carry Us
(Bad ma ra khahad bord)
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Iran - France
1998
The Birth of Light
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
The Turtle (Lakposht)
Directed by Ali Shah-Hatami
Iran
More than 40 pieces for solo piano including 4 preludes, 2 fantasies, 1 ballad,1 barcarolle, 5 suites and few pieces in free style. (1979–2007)
Orchestral Compositions
A Tea Collection for A String Ensemble in six movements. It's a suite for a big string ensemble but could be played with a string quartet as well.(2007)
Piano Recordings
Played and recorded 3 Inventions, Un homage de Ravel and 15 traditional voices for piano by Irajd Sahbai in a cd which published by Kargah Musiqi.(2003)
Played and recorded a piece named "Eghbal" by Mohammad Reza Darvishi published in "Goosh" series by Mahriz publishing company.(2003)
Music for plays
The original soundtrack for the play “For a More Important Thing”, based on the
story “Hope For the Flowers”, directed by Sheyda Safavi, Iran 1998
Music for multimedia
The original soundtrack for Negah Multimedia CD-ROM, “Cinema ’76”, Iran 1997
The original soundtrack for Negah Multimedia CD-ROM, “Footballopedia ’98”,
Iran 1998
The original soundtrack for Multimedia CD-ROM “Kish ‘77”, produced by Kish
Free Zone Organization, Iran 1998
The original soundtrack for Negah Multimedia CD-ROM, “Art Gallery”, Iran 2001
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and music composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. As a composer, he has written over forty pieces for solo piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and has composed a lot for national and foreign featured films. He has also written original soundtracks for plays and multimedia. He has introduced a new form of expressionism
Expressionism
Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas...
based on Persian
Culture of Iran
To best understand Iran, Afghanistan, their related societies and their people, one must first attempt to acquire an understanding of their culture. It is in the study of this area where the Persian identity optimally expresses itself...
motives and its oriental moods.
Biography
Peyman Yazdanian was born in 1969 in TehranTehran
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...
. He started learning the piano at the age of 6 and continued with his master Farman Behboud up to the advanced level. At the age of 12, he started taking harmony
Harmony
In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...
and composition lessons from Paulus Khofri. He has taken part in a few master classes of Austrian professor Gerhard Geretschlaeger from the Konservatorium Wien University and Professor Ernest Hozel from the Graz conservatory and he has also taken an advanced stage course in Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
with Professor Ginette Gaubert. He has taken a few Conducting lessons with Iradj Sahbai (The conductor of Strasbourg-Schiltigheim Orchestra). He has had many concerts both as a soloist and an accompanist.
Taking part in the international piano competition, Concours Musical de France(CMF) held in 2000, he won the first prize and afterwards he had a recital in the French University, École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications
École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications
Télécom ParisTech is one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles in France and one of the finest institutions in the field of Telecommunications...
(E.N.S.T). A year before he had won the second prize in the same competition (CMF). As a composer, he has written more than forty pieces for the piano and some of them have been performed in Paris.
Soundtracks
He has composed for a number of featured films like “The Wind Will Carry Us” by Abbas KiarostamiAbbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries...
, “The Strangers” by Ramin Bahrani
Ramin Bahrani
Ramin Bahrani is an American director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert listed Bahrani's film Chop Shop as the 6th best film of the decade and hailed Bahrani as "the director of the decade." Bahrani was the recipient of the prestigious 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship, and was the subject of...
, “The Water and the Fire” by Fereydoun Jayrani, Iraj Karimi's “Going by”, “The deserted Station” by Alireza Raisian, “The little birdboy” by Rahbar Ghanbari, “And along came a spider” by Maziar Bahari
Maziar Bahari
Maziar Bahari Maziar Bahari Maziar Bahari (مازیار بهاری, (born 1967) is an Iranian Canadian journalist, film maker and human rights activist. He was a reporter for Newsweek from 1998 to 2011...
, “The White Nights” by Farzad Motamen,“The Wind Carpet” & “Sometimes look at the sky” & “A Piece of Bread” by Kamal Tabrizi, “The Fatherhood Village” by Rasoul Mollagholipour, “The Tradition of Lover Killing” & “A Place in Far Distance” by Khosro Masumi, “The Soldiers of Friday” by Masood Kimiai, “The Picture of A Lady From Far away” by Ali Mosaffa
Ali Mosaffa
-Career:He has played in movies such as Pari , Leila , and Borj-e Minoo and a TV series, Keef-e Englisi . In 2005, he directed his first film called Sima-ye zani dar doordast ....
and “A Night” & “Few days later” by Niki Karimi
Niki Karimi
Niki Karimi , born 10 November 1971 in Tehran, is a multi-award–winning Iranian actress and movie director.- Biography :Niki Karimi was born and raised in Tehran. She participated in theatrical work while she was in elementary school. Her hobby of reading and watching movies from an early age...
, “Firework Wednesday” by Asghar Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi
-Career:Asghar Farhadi is a graduate of Theatre, with a BA in Dramatic Arts and MA in Stage Direction from Tehran University and Tarbiat Modarres University. Farhadi made short 8mm and 16mm films in Isfahan branch of Iranian Young Cinema Society before moving on to writing plays and screenplays for...
and “Awards for silence” by Maziar Miri
Maziar Miri
Maziar Miri is a renowned Iranian filmmaker.Maziar Miri graduated in editing, and started his career with making documentaries about Iran. He made his first short film in 1996, and worked for several years in the editing department of Iranian TV, channel 2. He made his debut feature film in 2000...
.
He has also worked for few foreign featured films like Lost in Beijing
Lost in Beijing
Lost in Beijing is a 2007 Chinese film directed by Li Yu and starring Tony Leung Ka-fai, Fan Bingbing, Tong Dawei, and Elaine Jin. It had its international premiere at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival on February 16, 2007...
(2007-China) by Li Yu
Li Yu (director)
Li Yu is a female Chinese film director and screenwriter. Li began her career in entertainment at a young age, serving as a presenter at a local TV station...
, "Summer Palace
Summer Palace
The Summer Palace is a palace in Beijing, China. The Summer Palace is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometers, three quarters of which is water....
" (2006-China, France) by Lou Ye
Lou Ye
Lou Ye , born 1965, is a Chinese writer-director who is commonly grouped with the "Sixth Generation" directors of Chinese cinema.-Films:Born in Shanghai, Lou was educated at the Beijing Film Academy. In 1993, he made his first film Weekend Lover, but it was not released until two years later in 1995...
(Official selection In the Competition, Cannes film festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
2006,"Full Metal Village
Full Metal Village
Full Metal Village is a 2007 documentary film about the lives of the residents of a small village in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, Wacken, in a series of interviews and visual tableaux as it prepares for the annual Wacken Open Air Festival...
" (2006-Germany) by Sung-Hyung Cho, "La Fine del Mare" (2005-Germany, France) by Nora Hoppe, "Man Push Cart
Man Push Cart
Man Push Cart is a 2005 American independent film by Ramin Bahrani that tells the story of a former Pakistani rock star who sells coffee and bagels from his pushcart on the streets of Manhattan.-Synopsis:...
" (2005-USA), "Forbidden Chapter" (2004-Italy, France), .
As a composer , Yazdanian also conducted music for “Joeseph, the prophet” an Iranian TV Show directed by Farajollah Salahshoor that became famous within the Iranian people.
He got his bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University of Technology
Sharif University of Technology
Sharif University of Technology is a university of higher education in technology, engineering and physical sciences in Tehran. Sharif University of Technology is one of the most prestigious universities in the country, and is considered Iran's MIT...
and now he works as a pianist, composer and piano teacher.
Yazdanian adores performing pieces by Sergei Rachmaninov.
November 2007 He had a concert in Italy at "Folk Club" in Torino, played few of his own compositions (including "A Tea Collection for a String Ensemble" and "Quintet Sonata") with an Italian quartet named "Xenia Ensemble" and played few Improvisations with an Iranian percutionist from Rome, Mohsen Kassirossafar.
Recently, he played liszt
Liszt
Liszt is a Hungarian surname. Notable persons with that surname include:* Franz Liszt , Hungarian composer and pianist* Adam Liszt , father of Franz Liszt* Anna Liszt , mother of Franz Liszt...
, Beethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninov on his Piano Recital at Grand Vahdat Hall, 3 and 4 January 2008. He also played his own suites for solo piano including: Concert suite, Expression suite, Sarrow suite and his last suite: "few Persian recipes for a French chef".
Discography
Themes Hermes Records 2001Iradj Sahbai,Igor Stravinsky Kargah-e Musiqi 2003
Goosh 1 Mahriz-e Mehr 2003
Second Take Hermes Records 2004
La Muerte del Angel Ahange Parsian 2005
Crossing Hermes Records 2007
Clouds Hermes Records 2008
On The Wind Hermes Records 2008
Suites Hermes Records 2010
Filmography
2010Alchemy and Dust(Kimia va Khak)
Directed by Abbass Rafeyee
Iran
Buddha Mountain
Directed by Li Yu
Li Yu (director)
Li Yu is a female Chinese film director and screenwriter. Li began her career in entertainment at a young age, serving as a presenter at a local TV station...
China
2009
Awards(Padash)
Directed by Kamal Tabrizi
Kamal Tabrizi
Kamal Tabrizi is an Iranian film director. He was born in Tehran . A newly released picture shows that he was as a photographer & reporter among the 1979 hostage takers at the U.S. embassy in Tehran.- Filmography as a director :-External links:...
Iran
Spring Fever
Directed by Lou Ye
Lou Ye
Lou Ye , born 1965, is a Chinese writer-director who is commonly grouped with the "Sixth Generation" directors of Chinese cinema.-Films:Born in Shanghai, Lou was educated at the Beijing Film Academy. In 1993, he made his first film Weekend Lover, but it was not released until two years later in 1995...
China
2008
Yousef the Prophet(yousef-e piambar)
Directed by Farajollah Salahshour
Iran
2007
Awards For Silence(Padash-e sokut)
Directed by Maziar Miri
Maziar Miri
Maziar Miri is a renowned Iranian filmmaker.Maziar Miri graduated in editing, and started his career with making documentaries about Iran. He made his first short film in 1996, and worked for several years in the editing department of Iranian TV, channel 2. He made his debut feature film in 2000...
Iran
Lost in Beijing
Lost in Beijing
Lost in Beijing is a 2007 Chinese film directed by Li Yu and starring Tony Leung Ka-fai, Fan Bingbing, Tong Dawei, and Elaine Jin. It had its international premiere at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival on February 16, 2007...
Directed by Li Yu
Li Yu (director)
Li Yu is a female Chinese film director and screenwriter. Li began her career in entertainment at a young age, serving as a presenter at a local TV station...
China
2006
Full Metal Village
Full Metal Village
Full Metal Village is a 2007 documentary film about the lives of the residents of a small village in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, Wacken, in a series of interviews and visual tableaux as it prepares for the annual Wacken Open Air Festival...
Directed by Sung Hyung Cho
Germany
Few days later(Chand rooze ba’ad)
Directed by Niki Karimi
Niki Karimi
Niki Karimi , born 10 November 1971 in Tehran, is a multi-award–winning Iranian actress and movie director.- Biography :Niki Karimi was born and raised in Tehran. She participated in theatrical work while she was in elementary school. Her hobby of reading and watching movies from an early age...
Iran
A Place in Far Distance(Djayee dar door dast)
Directed by Khosro Masumi
Iran
Firework Wednesday (Charshanbeh suri)
Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi
-Career:Asghar Farhadi is a graduate of Theatre, with a BA in Dramatic Arts and MA in Stage Direction from Tehran University and Tarbiat Modarres University. Farhadi made short 8mm and 16mm films in Isfahan branch of Iranian Young Cinema Society before moving on to writing plays and screenplays for...
Iran
Summer Palace
Summer Palace (film)
Summer Palace , is a 2006 Chinese film and the fourth feature film by director Lou Ye. The film was a Chinese-French collaboration produced by Dream Factory, Laurel Films, Fantasy Pictures and Sylvain Bursztejn's Rosem Films...
Directed by Lou Ye
Lou Ye
Lou Ye , born 1965, is a Chinese writer-director who is commonly grouped with the "Sixth Generation" directors of Chinese cinema.-Films:Born in Shanghai, Lou was educated at the Beijing Film Academy. In 1993, he made his first film Weekend Lover, but it was not released until two years later in 1995...
China - France
2005
La Fine Del Mare
Directed by Nora Hoppe
Germany - France
Forbidden Chapter
Directed by Fariborz Kamkari
Fariborz Kamkari
Fariborz Kamkari is a Kurdish Iranian film director and producer.Kamkari was born in 1981 in Rome, Italy, and studied cinema and theater in Tehran, Iran. He has written several scripts for other Iranian directors, and has produced and directed some short films. In 2002, he wrote and directed his...
France - Italy
Man Push Cart
Man Push Cart
Man Push Cart is a 2005 American independent film by Ramin Bahrani that tells the story of a former Pakistani rock star who sells coffee and bagels from his pushcart on the streets of Manhattan.-Synopsis:...
Directed by Ramin Bahrani
Ramin Bahrani
Ramin Bahrani is an American director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert listed Bahrani's film Chop Shop as the 6th best film of the decade and hailed Bahrani as "the director of the decade." Bahrani was the recipient of the prestigious 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship, and was the subject of...
USA
A piece of bread (Yek Tekke Nan)
Directed by Kamal Tabrizi
Kamal Tabrizi
Kamal Tabrizi is an Iranian film director. He was born in Tehran . A newly released picture shows that he was as a photographer & reporter among the 1979 hostage takers at the U.S. embassy in Tehran.- Filmography as a director :-External links:...
Iran
2004
A Night(Yek shab)
Directed by Niki Karimi
Niki Karimi
Niki Karimi , born 10 November 1971 in Tehran, is a multi-award–winning Iranian actress and movie director.- Biography :Niki Karimi was born and raised in Tehran. She participated in theatrical work while she was in elementary school. Her hobby of reading and watching movies from an early age...
Iran - France
The tradition of lover Killing(Rasme Ashegh Koshi)
Directed by Khosro Masumi
Iran
The soldiers of Friday(Sarbazane Jom’e)
Directed by Masoud Kimiai
Masoud Kimiai
Masoud Kimiai is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in 1941 in Tehran, Iran.- Biography :Kimiai started his career as an assistant director and made his debut, Come Stranger, in 1968. With his second film, Kaiser , he and Dariush Mehrjui with The film Cow, caused a...
Iran
The fatherhood field(Mazra’aye Pedari)
Directed by Rasool Mollagholipour
Iran
The picture of a lady from faraway(Simaye zani dar door dast)
Directed by Ali Mosaffa
Ali Mosaffa
-Career:He has played in movies such as Pari , Leila , and Borj-e Minoo and a TV series, Keef-e Englisi . In 2005, he directed his first film called Sima-ye zani dar doordast ....
Iran
2003
Sometimes look at the sky(Gahi be asman negah kon)
Directed by Kamal Tabrizi
Kamal Tabrizi
Kamal Tabrizi is an Iranian film director. He was born in Tehran . A newly released picture shows that he was as a photographer & reporter among the 1979 hostage takers at the U.S. embassy in Tehran.- Filmography as a director :-External links:...
Iran
The wind carpet(Farshe Baad)
Directed by Kamal Tabrizi
Kamal Tabrizi
Kamal Tabrizi is an Iranian film director. He was born in Tehran . A newly released picture shows that he was as a photographer & reporter among the 1979 hostage takers at the U.S. embassy in Tehran.- Filmography as a director :-External links:...
Iran - Japan
Crimson gold(Talaye sorkh)
Directed by Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi is an Iranian filmmaker and is one of the most influential filmmakers in the Iranian New Wave movement. He has gained recognition from film theorists and critics worldwide and received numerous awards including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the Silver Bear at the...
Iran
2002
Bright Nights (Shabhaye Roshan)
Directed by Farzad Motamen
Iran
And along came a spider
Directed by Maziar Bahari
Maziar Bahari
Maziar Bahari Maziar Bahari Maziar Bahari (مازیار بهاری, (born 1967) is an Iranian Canadian journalist, film maker and human rights activist. He was a reporter for Newsweek from 1998 to 2011...
Iran
The little bird boy(Parandebaze Koochak)
Directed by Rahbar Ghanbari
Iran
The deserted station(Istgahe Matrook)
Directed by Alireza Raisain
Iran
2001
Going By(Az kenare ham migozarim)
Directed by Iraj Karimi
Iran
The Water and the Fire(Ab o Atash)
Directed by Fereydoun Jayrani
Iran
2000
The Strangers(Biganegan)
Directed by Ramin Bahrani
Ramin Bahrani
Ramin Bahrani is an American director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert listed Bahrani's film Chop Shop as the 6th best film of the decade and hailed Bahrani as "the director of the decade." Bahrani was the recipient of the prestigious 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship, and was the subject of...
Iran - USA
The Wind Will Carry Us
The Wind Will Carry Us
The Wind Will Carry Us is a 1999 Iranian film by Abbas Kiarostami. The title is a reference to a poem written by the famous modern Iranian woman poet Forough Farrokhzad. In 1999, the movie was nominated for Golden Lion of Venice Film Festival. It won Grand Special Jury Prize , FIPRESCI Prize and...
(Bad ma ra khahad bord)
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries...
Iran - France
1998
The Birth of Light
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries...
Iran
The Turtle (Lakposht)
Directed by Ali Shah-Hatami
Iran
Awards
He won the First prize of the 5th Olympia film festival (December 2002) in Greece for the best Original Sound Track of the film “The little birdboy”(Dir:Rahbar Ghanbari).Works
Piano CompositionsMore than 40 pieces for solo piano including 4 preludes, 2 fantasies, 1 ballad,1 barcarolle, 5 suites and few pieces in free style. (1979–2007)
Orchestral Compositions
A Tea Collection for A String Ensemble in six movements. It's a suite for a big string ensemble but could be played with a string quartet as well.(2007)
Piano Recordings
Played and recorded 3 Inventions, Un homage de Ravel and 15 traditional voices for piano by Irajd Sahbai in a cd which published by Kargah Musiqi.(2003)
Played and recorded a piece named "Eghbal" by Mohammad Reza Darvishi published in "Goosh" series by Mahriz publishing company.(2003)
Music for plays
The original soundtrack for the play “For a More Important Thing”, based on the
story “Hope For the Flowers”, directed by Sheyda Safavi, Iran 1998
Music for multimedia
The original soundtrack for Negah Multimedia CD-ROM, “Cinema ’76”, Iran 1997
The original soundtrack for Negah Multimedia CD-ROM, “Footballopedia ’98”,
Iran 1998
The original soundtrack for Multimedia CD-ROM “Kish ‘77”, produced by Kish
Free Zone Organization, Iran 1998
The original soundtrack for Negah Multimedia CD-ROM, “Art Gallery”, Iran 2001