Madjid Tahriri
COMPOSER - PIANIST - MUSICOLOGIST
(Assistant Professor of Composition at the Iran University of Arts)

Madjid Tahriri (*1981 Tehran) is an iranian composer. He holds a Bachelor’s degree of Arts (piano) from the Azad University, Tehran in 2004 and was pianist in the iranian „Melal-Orchestra“. From 1995 to 2006 he took lessons in piano, music theory, ear training, counterpoint, harmony, Orchestration and composition with Afshin Rabetian, Peyman Soltani, Chista Gharib, Dr. Hasan Riahi, Mostafa Kamal Pourtorab, Dr.  Farid Omran, Sharif Lotfi and Farhad Fakhreddini. In 2012 he obtained his diploma in instrumental and electronic composition with Prof. Dirk Reith, Prof. Günter Steinke and Prof. Thomas Neuhaus and in 2018 he completed his PhD in musicology under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Andreas Meyer at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany.

Madjid Tahriri’s music is performed at international festivals in Europe, Asia and America. In 2009 he was selected for the interdisciplinary competition and workshop „operare 09“ in Berlin. In the same year Madjid Tahriri obtained the Folkwang Price in the category composition. In 2009 he obtained an exellency scholarship from the Folkwang University of the Arts and a DAAD-scholarship. In 2010 he was selected for the interdisciplinary workshop „Feldstärke International 2010“ in Essen, Paris and Istanbul. In 2011 Madjid Tahriri was awarded the Gigahertz Production Prize for electronic music from the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe (ZKM) and The Experimental Studio in Freiburg, Germany.

Madjid Tahriri took masterclasses with Brian Ferneyhough, Chaya Czernowin, Vinko Globokar, Mark Andre, Enno Poppe, Detlef Heusinger, Manos Tsangaris and Pierluigi Billone. Besides his artistic work Madjid Tahriri was teaching at the Folkwang University of the Arts from 2010 until 2018. Currently he is working as Assistant Professor and director of the Composition Department at the Iran University of Arts. His compositions have been published at Hermes Records (Trio-1, 2007) and on the „Deep Wireless CD No. 7“ by the canadian organisation Naisa in 2010. His book „Iranisch-europäische Instrumentalmusik im Kontext der Modernisierung der iranischen Musik und des iranischen Musiklebens ab 1850“ (in German language) has been published by LIT Publishing in Berlin in 2019.

Madjid Tahriri is one of the founders of the „Iranian Society of Contemporary Composers“ (ISCC) in 2000. The aim of this society is to raise the acceptance of contemporary music in Iran through concerts, articles and lectures. He is a member of the „Society for Contemporary Music Ruhr“ (GNMR) in Essen and a member of the „Association of Iranian Contemporary Music Composers“ (ACIMC) in Paris.

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I'm Elvis, drummer / composer graduated at Music Academy/University of Arts Codarts in Rotterdam, specialized in drums and compositions. 
Later he graduated master degree for Live Electronics and Contemporary Compositions at Conservatorium van Amsterdam.



Welcome to my electronic music profile. 
Fasten your seatbelt, because we go beyond! What you're about to hear stylistically is an electronic music (drones, ambient, experimental, film, soundeffects, noise, beyond, structured and freeimpro)composed by me, mostly using electronic effects, modular synths and computer programs and ofcourse my drumset. Most of the sound/sample material is created by myself, which are used as an igredient of my compositions. 
As a professional musician I'm taking composer/drummer role in my acoustic quartet >Quartzite 4tet< (Jazz, Classical, Rock, Impro, Soundscape). An acoustic contemporary jazz quartet with a strong influence on above mentioned genres. The Quatzite 4tet consists of very nice professional musicians based in Rotterdam (Wietse Voermans, Alessio Bruno, Marko Jugovic, Elvis Homan) 

The Celestial Turkey is another project made of me and Stefan Lievestro (one of te best double bass players in Europe) formally educated Jazz musicians, participating on jazz festivals as Quartzite 4tet. Turkeys are focusing on film music/experimental jazz/Impro/soundscape/ambient/noise exploring between freeform jazz all the way to highly structured sounds/compositions rejecting the traditional jazz form. Music mostly speaks with the personal conception.

Video/Music :
The Celestial Turkey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySTMx52OaBE&list=PLhry0uIoL6JuEBxJQy-Xb2WNikeX5qWdO
Quartzite 4tet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pj0NzN7zU0&list=PLhry0uIoL6JvbJP7yvgJx3TPKGtP3ASrx
Picture by: Efthymis Stavropoulos
Music Copyrights: Elvis Homan

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Composer, organist, pianist and improviser

Music artist, a human being(?)

Textures, light, grains, glare

Hints of spectralism
Author of Spectra

Tobiáš Horváth comes from the small Czech town Tábor. He is a student of the Department of Composition at Hamu in Prague. In his work he focuses on sound, colour and their interplay in music, painting and graphic design. His music draws on contemporary classical music, ambient and spectralism. He is currently involved in the dramaturgy of the contemporary music ensemble Ensemble Terrible.

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