Forth Day
Lecture – Talk – Concert
Lecture – Talk – Concert
22 February 2022
Electronic Playfulnesses, A Brief Lecture on Works of Reza Korourian
Hearing Pain
Niloufar Shahbazi
Live Events
Lecture
Electronic Playfulnesses
Arvin Sedaghatkish
Reza Korourian left behind 19 electronic pieces in two albums. Based on a critical study of these works I firstly will describe their technical properties and then discuss their dark humoristic character of them as one of the most important and key attributes of Korourian’s compositions and personal character as well.
Tuesday 22 February 2022. 18:00 Tehran Time
Pass code: TIEMF2021
Talk
Hearing Pain
Mehdi Behboudi and Farbod Shirmohammad
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Tuesday 22 February 2022. 22:30 | Tehran Time
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A Short Report on the Past and Upcoming Events
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Tuesday 22 February 2022. 23:45 Tehran Time
Concert
Silent Room
Biography
Reza Korourian was born on November 5, 1971 in Tehran. He graduated from the Faculty of Art and Architecture with a Bachelor’s degree in Music. He was also a flutist, guitarist and pianist.
He studied Music Theory, Harmony and basic lessons of Composition with Alireza Mashayekhi and continued studying Music Composition at university with Farid Omran and Kiawasch SahebNassagh. He then pursued his passion for composing more seriously with SahebNassagh. He completed his study of Electronic Music under the instruction of Shahrokh Khajenouri and Arvin Sedaghatkish. Korourian was one of the five participants who attended the first electronic music workshop in Iran which was held by Shahrokh Khajenouri. By 2008, he also participated in Joachim Heintz’s electronic music workshop and received conducting lessons by Manuchehr Sahbai.
He presented his thesis in electronic music and spent years of his life translating reference books about electronic music and composition. His translation of Tom Holms’ article “The Most Impressive Electronic Music Pieces” was published in the 111th volume of “Art of Music” magazine. Two albums of his works have been published by “Contemporary Music Records” so far. The only official performance of his works was in “IC No.3” held by Yarava Music Group and with Khajenouri and SahebNassagh providing the speech, introducing Iranian and the world electronic music composers and presenting “In Dreams” by Korourian. A year later, “In Dreams” was introduced and performed at Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media.
Reza Korourian departed this life in the morning of March 3, 2015.
Reza Korourian
Moor
Commissioned by Yarava Music Group / World Premiere
Biography
Arvin Sedaghatkish (Tehran 1974), author, music researcher, music critic and composer, who wrote many articles, essays and reviews in Persian and English. He is/was a member of the editorial board of the Farhang-o-Āhang (2005-2010), Harmonytalk (2004-now), Āineyi-e-Khiāl (2007-2008), Ketāb-e-Sāl-e-Shaydā (2007-2011), Mehregāni biquarterly (2010-2013) (Co-founder), Zangār (2016-2017) (scientific advisor) and writes continuously in many other musicological journals and musical magazines like Honar-e-Moosighi, Gozāresh-e-Moosighi, Māhoor Quarterly and etc.
He also was juror or committee member of many events, competitions and festivals, among them Iranian Musical Weblogs and Websites Festival, the Biannual Book Award of Iranian House of Music, the 34th I. R. Iran Book of the Year Award, SIMF 2018, Shiraz International Music Festival Opus 2; Beethoven, the 27th Student book of the year National Festival and 36th & 37th Fajr Music Festival.
The major fields of his intellectual work and research interests are musical criticism, philosophy of contemporary musical criticism, music theory, musical analysis of Persian Classical Music (14th Hi. Sh. century) Western Contemporary Classical Music (20th-21st century) and many other related social, historical, and cultural problems.
Some of his pieces are published in various artists albums, among them Tchārzangooleh (4 Hawk bells) in Clouds , … Va dar in pā’eiz (… and in this autumn) in Persian Night 4. Some others played in concerts, festivals and events, among them duet for Harp and Ney, Trio for Harp, Flute and Santoor, Jealousy in the Urban (Piano, 2 speakers and Electronic tape), Cantata with Bach (Fixed media), Dogah (Fixed media), 8 (Flute solo), la Fabrique (Piano and Soprano). In addition he composed a few sound tracks of short films like Vāhe (Oasis) by Mas’oud Admadi.
Arvin Sedaghatkish
The Lord of the Noise
Commissioned by Yarava Music Group / World Premiere
Part 1: 00:00
part 2: 03:30
Part 3: 04:56
“The Lord of the Noise” is a sonic journey dominated by distortion and noise. Its main sound materials are some early improvisations with my late friend Reza— to whom this composition is dedicated—, which are evoked after those years and modified in a dadaistic manner!
Arsalan Abedian
Biography
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Shahrokh Khajenouri
Biography
Trio 1971 for Flute, Piano, Guitar and Electronics
Commissioned by Yarava Music Group / World Premiere
Trio 1971″ for flute, piano, guitar and electronics composed in memory of Reza Korourian on the occasion of his 50th birthday (1971) commissioned by Yarava Music Group. Since Reza was a flutist, pianist and a guitar player, these instruments are used for composing this work. “Trio 1971” is performed and recorded by Mehrdad Gholami, Layla Ramezan and David Mohr.
The original idea and theme of this trio is inspired by “The Story” composed by Reza Korourian.
Flute: Mehrdad Gholami
website: http://www.mehrdadgholami.com
Piano: Layla Ramezan
website: https://www.laylaramezan.com
Guitar: David Mohr
youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UC0LFnP6MJiufVA_Wt7_Rmsw
Mehdi Jalali
Biography
For Reza
Commissioned by Yarava Music Group / World Premiere
Encountering a dead person. Pursuing a way to him. A way to his music, here the beginning of *Violet Room*. The bells, bells, loud, persistent, thousand years without any change. Encountering the unbearable, perhaps that which was unbearable for him. That had no way out, that failed, that was too tight, that was hard, a burden, more and more burden, less and less relief, less space. Encountering the mercilessness of the real, the mighty, the real mighty. No, it cannot be continued. Really not.
Written to the 50th birthday of Reza Korourian (1971-2015), invited by the friends of Yarava Music Group. Thanks.