Peyman Yazdanian ( fa, پیمان یزدانیان , born in 1968) is an

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

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and music

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. He has written over forty pieces for solo

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

and has composed for both national and foreign feature films. He wrote

original soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of ...

s for plays and multimedia.

Early life

He was trained by pianist Farman Behboud. He attended the courses of Gerhard Geretschlaeger in Vienna and Ginette Gaubert in Marseille. In conducting, he studied under Iradj Sahbai in Strasbourg.

Career

As a pianist-interpreter, he won first prize in the competition of excellence at the Musical Confederation of France in 2000. He is recognized for his interpretations of works by

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, and Chopin. In 1998, he began writing film music for the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's ''

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''. Peyman Yazdanian composed the music for ''Summer Palace'' by Chinese filmmaker

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, a film selected for the

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in 2006. He composes for Iranian film makers, such as ''One Night'' for

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(2005) or ''Fire Party'' for

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(2006), but also contributes to French-Italian productions (''The Forbidden Chapter'' in 2006), German productions (''

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'', best documentary at the Guild of German Art House Cinemas in 2007) or American productions such as '' Man Push Cart'' (selected at the

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). Peyman Yazdanian writes music for the theater as well as solo piano works. He is the creator of a new form of expressionism based on Persian motifs and oriental accents. He is currently preparing the recording of his work ''A Tea Collection'' for String Ensemble, dedicated to the benefits of tea, by the London Symphonic Orchestra.

Soundtracks

Films for which he has composed music include: * 1998 - ''Birth of Light'', by Abbas Kiarostami (Iran) * 1998 - ''The Turtle'' (''Lakposht''), by Ali Shah-Hatami (Iran) * 2000 - ''The Strangers'' (''Biganegan''), by

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(Iran - US) * 2000 - ''

'' (''Bad ma ra khahad bord''), by

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(Iran - France) * 2001 - ''Going By'' (''Az Kenar-e Ham Migozarim''), by Iraj Karimi (Iran) * 2001 - '' Water and Fire'' (''Ab o Atash''), by Fereydoun Jayrani (Iran) * 2002 - ''Bright Nights'' (''Shabhaye Roshan''), by Farzad Motamen (Iran) * 2002 - ''And Along Came a Spider'', by

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(Iran) * 2002 - ''The Little Bird Boy'' (''Parandebaze Koochak''), by Rahbar Ghanbari (Iran) * 2002 - ''The Deserted Station'' (''Istgahe Matrook''), by Alireza Raisain (Iran) * 2003 - ''Sometimes Look at the Sky'' (''Gahi be asman negah kon''), by

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(Iran) * 2003 - ''

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'' (''Farshe Baad''), by

(Iran - Japan) * 2003 - ''

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'' (''Talaye sorkh''), by

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(Iran) * 2004 - ''The Tradition of Lover Killing'' (''Rasme Ashegh Koshi''), by Khosro Masumi (Iran) * 2004 - ''The Soldiers of Friday'' (''Sarbazane Jom'e''), by Massoud Kimiai (Iran) * 2004 - ''The Fatherhood Field'' (''Mazra'aye Pedari''), by Rasool Mollagholipour (Iran) * 2004 - ''The Picture of a Lady From Faraway'' (''Simaye zani dar door dast''), by Ali Mosaffa (Iran) * 2005 - ''One Night'' (''Yek shab''), by Niki Karimi (Iran - France) * 2005 - ''La Fine Del Mare'', by Nora Hoppe (Germany - France) * 2005 - ''The Forbidden Chapter'', by Fariborz Kamkari (France - Italy) * 2005 - ''Man Push Cart'', by Ramin Bahrani (USA) * 2005 - ''A Piece of Bread'' (''Yek Tekke Nan''), by Kamal Tabrizi (Iran) * 2006 - ''Full Metal Village'', by Sung Hyung Cho (Germany) * 2006 - ''Few Days Later'' (''Chand rooze ba'ad''), by Niki Karimi (Iran) * 2006 - ''A Place in Far Distance'' (''Djayee dar door dast''), by Khosro Masumi (Iran) * 2006 - ''The Fire Festival'' (''Charshanbeh suri''), by Asghar Farhadi (Iran) * 2006 - ''A Chinese Youth'', by Lou Ye (China - France) * 2007 - ''Awards for Silence'' (Padash-e sokut), by Maziar Miri (Iran) * 2007 - ''Lost in Beijing'', by Li Yu (China) * 2008 - ''Yousef the Prophet'' (yousef-e piambar), by Farajollah Salahshour (Iran) * 2009 - ''Awards'' (''Padash''), by Kamal Tabrizi (Iran) * 2009 - ''Spring Drunken Nights'', by Lou Ye (China) * 2010 - ''Alchemy and Dust'' (Kimia va Khak), by Abbass Rafeyee (Iran) * 2010 - '' Buddha Mountain'', by Li Yu (China) * 2017 - ''A Man of Integrity'' (''Lerd''), by Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran) * 2018 - ''Tale of the Sea'' * 2018 - ''Frontline'' * 2019 - ''Labyrinth'' * 2019 - ''Single Cycle'' * 2019 - ''Just 6.5'' (متری شیش و نیم), by Saeed Roustayi (Iran) * 2019 - ''Balloon'' (气球), by Pema Tseden (China) * 2020 - ''Radiography of a Family'', rchiveby Firouzeh Khosrovani rchive* 2022 - ''Return to Dust'' (隐入尘烟) by Li Ruijun Yazdanian wrote music for ''

Prophet Joseph Joseph (; he, יוֹסֵף, , He shall add; Standard: ''Yōsef'', Tiberian: ''Yōsēp̄''; alternatively: יְהוֹסֵף, lit. 'Yahweh shall add'; Standard: ''Yəhōsef'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōsēp̄''; ar, يوسف, Yūsuf; grc, Ἰωσ� ...

'', an Iranian TV Show directed by

Farajollah Salahshoor Farajollah Salahshoor ( fa, فرج‌الله سلحشور‎; 3 November 1952 – 27 February 2016) was an Iranian film director. He directed several popular religious films and TV series including ''Prophet Joseph'' and ''The Men of Angelos' ...

Discography

* 2001 – ''Themes'',Hermes Records rchive/small> * 2003 – ''Iradj Sahbai, Igor Stravinsky'', Kargah-e Musiqi rchive/small> * 2003 – ''Goosh 1'', Mahriz-e Mehr * 2004 – ''Second Take'',Hermes Records rchive/small> * 2005 – ''La Muerte del Angel'', Ahange Parsian * 2005 – ''Crossing'',Hermes Records rchive/small> * 2008 – ''Clouds'', * 2008 – ''On the Wind'',Hermes Records rchive/small> * 2010 – ''Suites'',Hermes Records rchive/small> * 2016 - Tame,Hermes Records rchive/small> * 2020 - Pulse, Hermes Records rchive/small> * از انعکاس شهرهای دور = Echoes From Distant Lands (CD, Album) rchive/small> * ? – ''Morceaux choisis'', Ohrwurm

Works

''Piano Compositions'' More than 40 pieces for solo piano including 4 preludes, 2 fantasies, 1 ballad, 1 barcarolle, 5 suites and a few pieces in free style. ''Orchestral Compositions'' A Tea Collection for A String Ensemble in six movements. (2007) ''Piano Recordings'' Played and recorded 3 Inventions, Un homage de Ravel and 15 traditional voices for piano by Irajd Sahbai in a CD published by Kargah Musiqi. (2003) Played and recorded a piece named "Eghbal" by

Mohammad Reza Darvishi Mohammad-Reza Darvishi ( fa, محمدرضا درویشی; born 17 October 1955 in Shiraz) is an Iranian musician, researcher, and author of ''Encyclopedia of the Musical Instruments of Iran'', a Klaus P. Wachsmann Prize-winner book about Music o ...

published in the "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

References

External links

Peyman Yazdanian-Official Website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yazdanian, Peyman 1968 births Living people Iranian film score composers Iranian pianists Sharif University of Technology alumni Iranian industrial engineers 21st-century pianists