Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli (born 1974) is an Iranian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

Career

Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli was born in 1974 in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

, Germany. He started his musical education in the Boys Conservatory of Tehran and graduated in 1992. Before leaving for Russia in 2002 he graduated from the Music Academy in Azad University of Arts and Architecture. He studied composition in the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory of Music in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, under

Boris Tishchenko Boris Ivanovich Tishchenko (Russian Бори́с Ива́нович Ти́щенко; 23 March 1939 – 9 December 2010) was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist. Life Tishchenko was born in Leningrad. He studied at the Leningrad Music ...

, a pupil of

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...

and a prominent figure in the Saint Petersburg school of composition. He studied Polyphony and Musical Form and Analysis with Anatoli Milka and Igor Rogalev. He returned to Iran in 2007 soon after obtaining his Diploma With Honor from the conservatory. Tafazzoli is now teaching in art universities in Iran including

Tehran University of Art University of Art ( fa, دانشگاه هنر, ''Danushgah-e Henr-e Tehran'') is the largest art university in Iran, consisting of seven faculties and an international campus in Tehran and its suburb Karaj Karaj ( fa, کرج, ) is the capital o ...

, Azad University of Art and Architecture, and

Tehran University The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

Works

Orchestral works

* "Chavosh March" for Orchestra (1996) * "Epigraph" for Orchestra (1997) * Theme and Variations for String Orchestra (2003) * Symphony No. 1 (2004-2006)

Chamber works

* Woodwind Quartet (2002) * Sonata for Cello and Piano (2003) * Quartet (2004) * Elegy for Violin and Piano (2005) * Ballad for Flute and Piano (2012)

Works for voice, choir and orchestra

* Symphonic Tasnif "Beloved's Ringlet" for Solo Singer, Male-voice Choir and Orchestra based on the poem by Khaju Kermani (1999) * Symphonic Cantata "In Memory of Mosaddegh" for Choir, Basso Solo and Orchestra based on the poem by Mehdi Akhavan-Saless (2007-2008)

Piano works

* Two Valses for Piano (1998) * Funeral March (2001) * Interlude (1999) * Romance (2003) * Sonata for Piano (2009) * Five Choral Miniatures (2011) * Three Chorales on Sa'eb's Poetry (2012) * On Worshiping the Truth * Poem (2014)

Guitar music

* Zenitchikov Dormitory (2011)

References

Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli's official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tafazzoli, Mohammad Reza 1974 births Musicians from Karlsruhe Iranian composers Living people Academic staff of Tehran University of Art