Karen Keyhani: Bubbles No.1 for solo cello (excerpt)
Divertimento Ensemble, Rondo 2018, Martina Rudic: Cello
Commissioned by Martina Rudic/Divertimento Ensemble

Bubbles No. 1 (2018) for solo cello (Excerpt)

Karen Keyhani:
And His Cuff Was Damp With Tears, for Persian string quartet (Excerpt)
Premiered at Roudaki Hall, Tehran, April 2013
Chahargan Ensemble: Ehsan Zabihifar, kamancheh 1, Keykhosro Mokhtari, kamancheh 2, Shima Shahmohammadi, alto gheichak, Bita Ghasemi, bass gheichak

Only That Spark and Nothing More

And His cuff was damp with Tears

And His Cuff Was Damp With Tears (2012) for Persian string quartet (Excerpt)

Karen Keyhani: The Last Drop of Sound for violin and cello (2016)
Commissioned by NIVAK ENSEMBLE
Primiered at Roudaki Hall, Tehran, December 2016
Nivak Ensemble: Golriz Zarbakhsh, violin - Zhabiz Zarbakhsh, cello

Garden of Leaflessness

The Last Drop of sound (2016) for violin and cello (Excerpt)

Elise Jacoberger: bassoon, Yasamin Shahhosseini: oud
Commissioned by Telesk Records, Arjang Aghajari

The Waste Land

Thus Idle Land

"Thus Idle Land" (2019) for oud and bassoon (Excerpt)

Commissioned by Risuonanze Festival 2015
Premiered at Risuonanze Festival, Trieste, Italy, March 2015
Rocco Rescigno: trombone

Nightly Monologue III

Nightly Monologue III (2015) for solo trombone (Excerpt)

composer: Karen Keyhani
Oboe: Nazanin Ahmadzadeh
Roudaki Hall, Tehran, 2013

“Only That Spark and Nothing More "for Solo Oboe, was composed in the summer of 2012. The title is driven from a verse by the Persian poet Bidel Dehlavi (1642–1720) referring to the Persian love legend “Shirin & Farhad”: 

The sound of Farhad’s pickax was heard no more,
Those hills had only that spark and nothing more…

This is the first solo from a five-piece collection titled “Nightly Monologues”. It was premiered in September 2013 in "London New Wind Festival" by the oboist and director of this festival Catherine Pluygers.
The score of the piece has been separately published in August 2013 by Part publication, Tehran.
"Only That Spark and Nothing More" has been performed by Brendon Bushman (Minnesota, U.S.A, 2014), Stuart Breczinsky (Mise-en festival New York City, 2014), Catherine Pluygers (16th London New Wind Festival, 2013,)and Nazanin Ahmadzadeh (Roudaki hall, Tehran, 2013).

Only That Spark and Nothing More for solo oboe

Composer: Karen Keyhani
Commissioned by Ensemble Matka
Elodie Virot, Flutes - Layla Ramezan, Piano
Premiered at Foundation l'Abri, Geneva, Switzerland, 2015

Hejrani

Hejrani (2014), for Flute and Piano

Karen Keyhani, Composer

Ensemble Matka:
Elena Schwarz: Conductor 
Élodie Virot: Flutes
Clothilde Ramond: Oboe
Blaise Ubaldini: Clarinets
Alon Stoler: Trombone
Anne Chabot: Percussions
Aurélie Communal: Harp
Layla Ramezan: Piano
Pouya Saraei: Santour
Patrik Schleuter: Violin
Isabel Villanueva: Viola
Guillaume Quartenoud: Cello
Shagan Grolier: Double Bass

Studio Ernest Ansermet
Sound Engineer: Christophe Egea

Modes

As Far As Possible

"As Far As Possible"  (2013) for Santour and ensemble

Composer: Karen Keyhani
Harp: Aurelie Communal
Sound Engineer: Christoph Egea
Studio of HEM (Geneva Music University)


"Nightly Monologue II" for solo harp (2013)

Karen Keyhani (b.1979) belongs to the new movement of contemporary music in Iran. A movement that has its roots equally the same in Persian classical, in music of the region and in Western Contemporary Classical Music. As a composer and santour virtuoso he has inspired by contemporary and classical poetry as well as traditional music. 
He received his B.A degree in traditional music from Tehran Azad University and took a master’s degree in contemporary music composition from Art university of Tehran (His master’s dissertation was titled Requiem for Symphonic Orchestra which was awarded the best dissertation from Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in 2009). He is a lecturer on Analysis and Composition in composition department of Art University of Tehran and The Music School for Girls, Tehran, since 2011. 
Karen's music covers a wide range of contemporary classical, Persian traditional, collaborative improvisation, new age, and music for film, theatre, performance art and children's  musical theatre. His music is performed by several ensembles such as Divertimento (Milan) Mise-en (New York City), Matka (Geneva), Maroon Trio (Kansas City), London New Wind Festival ensemble, Tehran Chamber orchestra, Scheherazade Quartet and Talalyan Quartet among others. Thus far, he released four solo and collaborative albums in Iran and United States and his scores have been published by Part publications in Tehran during recent years. 
As a Santour player Karen has performed in several prominent musical projects  from 1996, with Mehraein ensemble (founded by Karen Keyhani), Mowlana ensemble, Traditional ensemble of ministry of culture, Tehran chamber orchestra etc.
Karen Keyhani was selected in 2013 by République et canton de Genève and EOFA (Embassy of Foreign Artists, Geneva) as composer in residence for a joint project with MATKA ensemble of contemporary music where he composed As Far As Possible for Santour and Ensemble. 


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