The ''Symphony of Monody'' is a 2005 composition by the
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
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 ...
Mehdi Hosseini
Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Bami (born July 10, 1979; Persian: سید مهدی حسینی بمی) is a Persian composer of contemporary classical music.
Biography
Hosseini was born in Tehran, Iran, and received his master's degree and Doctor of Musi ...
, performed and recorded 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 ...
on 3 June 2007 by 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, founded i ...
conducted by Daniel Black. The work is based on folk music material of
Lorestan.
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Saint-Petersburg Contemporary Music Resource Center.
Article by ''Timothy Dunne''
References
2005 compositions
Compositions by Mehdi Hosseini
Hosseini
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