Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Bami (born July 10, 1979; Persian: سید مهدی حسینی بمی) is a

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

composer of contemporary classical music.

Biography

Hosseini was born in

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, Iran, and received his master's degree and Doctor of Music degree (DMA) in Composition from

Saint Petersburg State Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...

, named after N. A.

Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov . At the time, his name was spelled Николай Андреевичъ Римскій-Корсаковъ. la, Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov. The composer romanized his name as ''Nicolas Rimsk ...

. His major teachers include Farhad Fakhreddini, Prof. Alexander Minatsakanian, Prof.

Nigel Osborne Nigel Osborne (born 23 June 1948) is a British composer, teacher and aid worker. He served as Reid Professor of Music at the University of Edinburgh and has also taught at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. He is known f ...

and Prof.

Sergei Slonimsky Sergei Mikhailovich Slonimsky (russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Слони́мский; 12 August 1932 – 9 February 2020) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and musicologist. Biography He was the son of the Soviet wri ...

in composition, and Professor Tatiana Bershadskaya in Musicology. His early musical experiences included from 1998–2001, where he studying music theory, Persian music and composition with Farhad Fakhreddini in

. Hosseini then entered the Saint Petersburg State Conservatory in 2001 where he under the guidance of Prof. Tatiana Bershadskaya studied musicology and composition with Prof. Mnatsakanian and continued postgraduate course with the composer Sergei Slonimsky. Mehdi Hosseini completed a composition course from the

University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

in 2007 during the summer courses at

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where he studied with Nigel Osborne. Hosseini’s compositions include works for large orchestra, chamber orchestra, and various ensembles and has been performed and recorded by orchestras and ensembles such as the St. Petersburg State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the

Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra The Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra (in ), founded in 1931, is one of the two symphony orchestras belonging to the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia society, the other being the more famous Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, founde ...

, Symphony Orchestra of the Opera and Ballet Theatre of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory, North-Ossetian State Symphony Orchestra,

Ensemble intercontemporain The Ensemble intercontemporain (EIC) is a French music ensemble, based in Paris, that is dedicated to contemporary music. Pierre Boulez founded the EIC in 1976 for this purpose, the first permanent organization of its type in the world. Organi ...

, Namascae, Lemanic Modern Ensemble, PluralEnsemble, Ensemble Proton Bern, Studio for New Music Ensemble, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, GAMEnsemble and more. His works have been published by the Compozitor Publishing House (Russia), and Donemus (Netherlands). In the last few years, He was the focus of attention in

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as a composer. and his works are performed during such festivals as St. Petersburg Musical Spring, Contemporary East and West, Contemporary Past, A Reverse Perspective, Trajectories of Petersburg Avant-Garde, Sound Ways, Moscow Autumn, Moscow Actual Music Festival “Another Space” and others. His music is played in

Mariinsky Theatre The Mariinsky Theatre ( rus, Мариинский театр, Mariinskiy teatr, also transcribed as Maryinsky or Mariyinsky) is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music th ...

, Saint Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories, Saint Petersburg and Moscow Philharmonics. Mehdi Hosseini made an invaluable contribution to the development of the St. Petersburg cultural scene in 2011 when he opened the Saint Petersburg Contemporary Music Center “reMusik.org” and in 2013, he founded the St. Petersburg International New Music Festival. "City Alive with the Sound of reMusik.org"
''The St. Petersburg Times. May 22, 2013 (Issue # 1760)''

Compositions

* '' Symphony of Monody'' (2005); * Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (2008) * '' The Baluch'' (2009), for alto flute, contrabassoon, horn, xylophone, violin and cello * '' Peshtpa'' (2009), for oboe, Bass clarinet and violoncello * '' Taleshi Hava'' (2010), for solo violin and bassoon * ''An Unfinished Draft'' (2010), for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello and baritone * ''Pause'' (2010), for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, violoncello and tubular bells * ''Monodies'' (2011), for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and violoncello * ''Hesar'' (2013), for symphony orchestra * ''Abkenari'' (2013), for flute, clarinet, violin and cello * ''Sarbang'' (2014), for flute, oboe, clarinet (Bb), trombone, piano, percussions, violin, viola and cello * ''Marsiehâ-ye Khâk'' (2014), for Symphony Orchestra * ''Inertia'' (2014), for clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, violin and cello * ''Sârukhâni'' (2016), for ensemble

Awards

* Best Classical Album of the Year (2013), From Iranian House of Music

Footnotes

References

The Moscow Times The Tehran Times The Saint-Petersburg Times

External links

Mehdi Hosseini
official site (monodies.com)
Interview with Mehdi Hosseini, The St.Petersburg Times
August 15, 2012 (Issue # 1722).
Interview with Mehdi Hosseini, Epoch Times - New York 2009 Interview with Mehdi Hosseini, ON – Neue Musik Köln, February 2021 Compozitor Publishing House - Russia Donemus Publishing - Netherlands