Musical artist
Hoshyar Khayam (Persian : هوشیار خیام ) is a British-Iranian music performer, composer, and teacher. He lives in Ottawa, Canada .
Early life and education
Hooshyar Khayam was born in 1978 in Bedford , England; to Iranian parents, visual artist Pariyoush Ganji and music composer Masud Khayam.[citation needed He started studying music at the age of seven and studied music under the supervision of various professors.
Khayam obtained an associate degree in piano playing in music theory 1996; and a BA degree in 1997 from Trinity College London; and a BA degree in Iranian music from Iran Arts University in 1999.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Iranian music from the University of the Arts London .[when?
Khayam has a MA and a PhD in composition and conducting from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music ,[when? [ 4] Miguel Roig-Francoli , Lee Fiser, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Mark Gibson, Joel Hoffman, Michael Chertock, and Robert Zierolf.
Music
"… a true blend of Persian and European music…" (Songlines*****) Khayam's music blends influence of styles and music of extreme sources into new merged musical compositions. Khayam's music is often driven from various sources with curiosity towards new sonorities of instruments and instrumental combinations.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Kronos Quartet joined by the American pianist and producer Stephen Prutsman commissioned and recorded Khayam's music in production of Monir (2014) directed by Bahman[ 11] [ 12] Ivanov (2011)[ 13] [ 14]
Khayam's discography includes over a dozen publications including "RAAZ" (2020, 30M Records) Songlines 5-start choice Best Album of the Year (March/2021, Middle East), "Music for Tar and Piano" (Tehran Records, 2017) chosen Best Album of the Year MUSICEMA, "All of You" (Hermes Records, 2011) Songlines (75th issue) 4-star choice Best Album of the Year (Middle East).[ 15]
Khayam's music has been performed by Kronos Quartet, Stephen Prutsman, Hossein Alizadeh, Anja Lechner, Aram Talalyan, Todd Palmer, Szofia Boros, Golfam Khayam, Mona Matbou Riahi, Elina Bertina, Evgeny Bushkov, Artur Avanesov, Wayne Foster-Smith, Eva-Christina Schonweiss, Kirsten Ecke, Burghard Toelke, Klara Ausserhuber, Morrison Trio, Scheherazade Ensemble, LSCO Orchestra, Naregatsi Strings, Ukraine Philharmonic Orchestra, Nilper Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi Strings, and others.[ 16]
During the period of working on his doctorate degree, he held many concerts including the concert of Khayam's quatrains and the 2005 concert of the Florence Music Festival in Italy led by Professor Jules Hoffmann .[ 17] [ 18]
Works
Orchestral music
Name
Year
Description
Suite Poétique
2000
-
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no 1
2003
-[ 19]
Calm
2006
For String Orchestra
Stained Glass
2007
For Piano and String Orchestra
Torkaman
2008
For Setar Trio and String Orchestra
Osyan
2008
–
Concerto for Cello and Strings no 1
2009
–
Serenade for Violin and String Orchestra
2010
–
Before the Dream is Over
2012
for piano and orchestra
Kalileh, Ballet
2015
commissioned by LSCO
Daylight Twilight, Concerto for Cello and Strings no 2
2017
–
Rhapsody in Turquoise, For Piano and Orchestra
2016 -2017
commissioned by LSCO
Triple Concerto for Kamancheh, Piano, Persian Percussions, and String Orchestra
2018
commissioned by Stephen Prutsman[ 20]
Selection from "The Other Side"
2018
Arranged for string orchestra, premiered by Moscow Virtuosi Strings, conducted by Evgeny Bushkov
Pharos
2020
Concerto for Violin and Strings
Chamber music
Name
Year
Description
Piano Trio no 1
1997 revised 2013
–
Cello Sonata no 1
1998
–
Cello Sonata no 2
2003
–
Two Pieces for Wind Ensemble
2005
–
Kubeh For String Octet
2006
–
Chang for cello and piano
2007
commissioned by Wayne Foster-Smith
A Proper Opening for string quintet
2007
–
Die Feen von Neukölln for violin and harp
2007
commissioned by Eva-Christina Schonweiss and Kirsten Ecke
Jala Piano Quintet
2009
Tribute to Rouhollah Khaleghi (Iranian Composer, 1906 – 1965)
I Waited for You in Rain Piano Trio no.2
2010
–
Arco de Luna for two violins
2010
–
Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano
2012
commissioned by Stephen Prutsman
Monir for String Quartet
2013
commissioned by Stephen Prutsman and Kronos Quartet
Garden I, for viola and guitar
2013
2016, rearranged for cello and piano
Garden II, for cello solo
2014
2018, rearranged for viola solo
On the Seashore String Quartet no.3
2014
–
String Quartet no.4
2017
–
Songs of the Quarantine
2020
for solo instruments
Vocal music
Name
Year
Description
Stardust
2003
based on poems of Iris
Book of Lonely Songs
2005
–
Rubaiyat (for soprano and percussion ensemble), based on poems of Omar Khayam
2005
–
Reeds (for countertenor and piano), based on prose by Rumi
2007
–
Moones set of seven songs for voice and piano) based on Persian traditional music
2010
–
Piano works
Name
Year
Description
Kaviri
1993
–
Sonata no 1
1999
–
Tatari[ 21]
2001–2006
–
Bahar Street
2003
–
Sonata no 2 "Jazz Sonata"[ 22]
2003
–
Thousand Acacias
1996–2010
–
Sonata no.3
2005
–
Sonata no.4 "en la memoria de un mar interminable"
2009
–
Sea's Seven Days
2009
–
Passacaglia Ravi-e Khyal
2011
Commissioned by Stephen Prutsman
Name
Year
Description
Trilogy "Terra, Freedom, The Sun Eclipse
2020
directed by Gorg (Cefalú Film Festival)
RAAZ[ 23] [ 24]
2020
directed by Gorg (Songlines *****)
Tehran Bach
2019
directed by Gorg
Wolf Game
2018
directed by Abbass Nezamdoost
God of Rakhsh
2018
directed by Gorg (Selected Cefalu Film Festival, Audience Awards)
Impermanent
2016
feature film by Amir Azizi (Candidate Best Film of the Year, 5th Beijing International Film Festival)
Spyker
2015
directed by Majed Neisi (war documentary)
Migration
2014
video art by Pooya Aryanpour
Monir
2013
directed by Bahman Kiarostami
Exhale
2013
videoart by Pooya Aryanpour
Ivanov
2012
directed by Amir Reza Koohestani, Mehr Theater Group
Everything Is Fine Here
2012
directed by Pourya Azarbayjani (Candidate Best Soundtrack of the Year, Jasmine International Film Festival, 2014)
These Days, Those Days
2011
directed by Pooya Aryanpour
Two Cold Meals for One
2009
directed by Amir Azimi
Namayesh
2003
animation by Elika Hedayat
Education
Awards
Name
Year
Description
Recipient of OICRM Doctoral Fellowship
2020–2021
–
Composer in Residence, Festival 4020
2017
Traumstadt" Linz, Austria
1st prize winner of International Composition
2011
Competition "Franz Schubert Und die Musik der Moderne" Graz, Austria
1st prize winner of "Accent 03" Composition
2003
Competition, University of Cincinnati
Academic activities
Activitie
Year
Academi
Contract Instructor, Carleton University
2021
Ottawa
Visiting Scholar, Carleton University
2020
Ottawa
Honorary Fellow
2020
City, University of London
Guest Composer
2012
University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
Assistant Professor, Music Department
2005 – 2011 | 2013 – 2015
University of Art, Tehran
Visiting Professor,
2011–2012
Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan, Armenia
Lecturer, CMPCP Conference
2011
University of Cambridge
Honorary Fellow
2011
City University of London
Artist in Residence
2010
Goethe Institute Berlin
Lecturer, School of Advanced Study, Institute of Music Research
2010
University of London
Publications
Five volumes of Khayam's books have been published.
Book title
Year
Description
ISBN
Selected Works
1371–1378
Nader Book Publishing
9664925577553
Music for Piano
1380–1387
Ebtekar No Publications
9789646579477
Orchestra Leadership
1996
Comprehensive Guide to Leadership Techniques and Practices, by Max Rudolph, translated by Hoshyar Khayam, Atai Publications
964313555199
Poet's Piano
1997
Selected Articles Related to Piano Playing, Atai Publications[ 25]
96431357878
See also
Notes
^ "hooshyar khayam – Tehran Contemporary Music Festival" (in Persian). Retrieved 12 March 2021 .^ Mills, Roger (4 January 2019). Tele-Improvisation: Intercultural Interaction in the Online Global Music Jam Session ISBN 978-3-319-71039-6 ^ "Hooshyar Khayam & Bamdad Afshar - RAAZ - Review" . Loud And Quiet . Retrieved 12 March 2021 .^ "Duluth orchestra, Iranian composer make music history" . MPR News . 23 July 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2021 .^ Radio, N. T. S. "Hooshyar Khayam | Discover music on NTS" . NTS Radio . Retrieved 12 March 2021 . ^ "Last night of 34th Fajr Music Festival Hooshyar Khayam" . ISNA . 19 February 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2021 .^ "Last Page" . 13 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2021 .^ "BBC فارسی – فرهنگ و هنر – اجرای موسيقی ايرانی با ارکستر سمفونيک اوکراين" . www.bbc.com (in Persian). Retrieved 12 March 2021 .^ "Hooshyar Khayam & Bamdad Afsharit's debut is meditative and celebratory in equal measure" . The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 12 March 2021 .^ Music for Tar and Piano , retrieved 12 March 2021 ^ "Hooshyar Khayam & Bamdad Afshar: Raaz" . Klara – Blijf verwonderd (in Dutch). 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021 .^ "RCA Film Night Series: 'Monir' by Bahman Kiarostami (2017), Presented by Fatima Uzdenova" . Royal College of Art . Retrieved 16 October 2021 .^ "IVANOV" . Mehr Theatre Group (in French). 23 November 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2021 .^ "Resources – Iranian Musicians" . toosfoundation.com . Retrieved 12 March 2021 .^ Team, University Package. "Hooshar Khayam" . schubert.kug.ac.at . Retrieved 16 October 2021 . ^ Zuercher, Melanie (31 March 2016). "Sparring countries connect through music" . Context Alumni Magazine (April 2016). ^ "TEDxTUA | TED" . www.ted.com . Retrieved 12 March 2021 .^ Nooshin, Dr Laudan (28 January 2015). Iranian Classical Music: The Discourses and Practice of Creativity ISBN 978-0-7546-0703-8 ^ Team, University Package. "Hooshar Khayam" . schubert.kug.ac.at . Retrieved 16 October 2021 . ^ HarmonyTalk. "Avaye Naerika Percussion Orchestra – Harmony Talk" . Retrieved 16 October 2021 . ^ "Hooshyar Khayam" . Stay Close . 3 August 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2021 .^ "The Rebel Poet" . Radio National . 15 August 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2021 .^ "Review" . Songlines . Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2021 .^ "Music's Visiting Scholar Recognized for Transformative International Album" . Carleton . 26 February 2021.^ "Hooshyar Khayam Official Website" . 1 May 2009. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2021 .
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