Six short miniatures about the physical experience of different stages of grief.The performance took place in Amsterdam during the Composers Festival Amsterdam.
Piano is performed by Anne Veinberg
Percussionists are Sven Hoscheit, Sebastiaan Molenaar and Jasper Mertens.
Composed by Kaveh Vares

Instrumentations:
Part1- 15 Wine bottles and piano
Part2- 3 Larg Tam-Tam and piano
Part3- 3 High register Whip and piano
Part4- 3 Timpani and piano
Part5- 1 Amplified Thunder-tube, mouth whistle and piano 
Part6- Timpani, gong, crotales and piano

Unlanded Grief

This piece is specially written for ASKO schoenberg ensemble by Kaveh Vares.
The performance of ASKO schoenberg ensemble took place in Den Haag-Netherlands on 16th of March 2013.

In The Space Of Saffron

Combinatorics is a branch of mathematics concerning the study of finite or countable discrete structures.
The piece is inspired by the visual and physical aspects of this branch of mathematics.
The instrumentation of the piece is string sextet plus solo violin which is performed by Cecile Greer
Combinatorics is conducted by my great friend Konradin Herzog in Amsterdm Conservatory.

1st Violin:Sjaan Oomen
2nd Violin:Jellantsje de Vries
1st Viola:Marleen Wester
2nd Viola:Jeroen Veerman
1st Cello:Leonard Besseling
2nd Cello:Sebastiaan van den Bergh


Combinatorics - Kaveh Vares

Durational dance performance "Undertow"

play and art direction by Cammy Mai Tran
music and co-art direction by Kaveh Vares
glass lense and projection by Marc Barreda
costume by Candy Choi
cello by Maya Fridman
piano by Kaveh Vares

Photo by: Mathilde Jansen (http://www.mathildejansen.com/)
with special thanks to Mariola Dengler & LTart2014

Undertow (Dance performance sound track)

Area D Five is a story music piece commisioned by and composed for Nederlands Blazers Ensemble.

The story is a fictional heroic story that I wrote while composing the music. The piece and the story have 5 sections. The narated story is heard from speakers narated by me in English language and it is being supported by music through out the piece. 

In the last section of this music I sing parts of a persian poem by Ahmad Shamloo which are related to the story.

My singing style is inspired by Persian traditional singing accompanied by classical harmony and sone middle eastern melodies that are performed by NBE.

Area D Five (story music)- Netherlands Blazers Ensemble- Last Part

Tartarus is a piece for four whistling wine glass players.
The spacious quality of the piece gives it the possibility to be used in interdisciplinary performances.

 Tartarus is inspired by the myth of the imprisonment of Prometheus. He was attached to a stone for thousands of years where his body was being bitten off by birds. The torture of Prometheus goes as far as his body comes back to life and again is eaten by the birds. 
The question is if Prometheus could find the mantra in this unpleasant repetition of events? Would his mind find a path of survival by using this opportunity to deepen his idea of self? Just as it happens to be the case for some people who are in jails and being tortured in totalitarian countries!

Tartarus

Zanjir is a piece for 15 musicians.

The meaning of the word Zanjir in Persian language is Chain. Zanjir is inspired by the issues and problems of women all around the world. Issues that have to deal with religions dogmas, abuse and emotional misunderstandings.

The piece is conducted by Konradin Herzog and usually is accompanied with other art disciplines such as dance and video art. 

Zanjir

Tarikat is a short documentary about a group of Turkish Sufis. Sufism is a spiritual path (Tarikat) which is mainly practiced in middle east and north Africa.
The film Tarikat is the winner of VPRO documentary award (2015), KNF best film academy production award (2015) and the Wild Card price for short documentary in Netherlands Film Festival (Utrecht/NL)

Directed by Jasmijn Schrofer.
Music is performed by:
Violin1- Eva Ximena Traa
Violin2- Anna Čikste
Viola- Blanca Sanchez
Cello- Renate Apperloo
Piano- Kaveh Vares
 

Tarikat

Joyland is a short documentary about two young men from Amsterdam Joey and Sam.
They created a powder substitute for food that is gaining popularity all over the world. Growing demand for the product suggests the young entrepreneurs are facing a great future.

This track is the final track of the film!

JOYLAND- Final Track

Dictus Contra in three movements, is a piece for string quartet. Inspired by the attitude of rebellion. The one who contradicts what is dictated to him. That dictation might be from each and one of us when it comes to our expectations towards music.
Is music bound to act just as we want it to act?

The performers of this recording are my great friends and musicians:

Violin 1 - Robert Lis
Violin 2 - Paul Anthony Medeiros
Viola - Katya Woloshyn
Cello- Maximiliano Segura Sánchez

Dictus - Contra

I Call My Brothers

Mezzo Soprano- Merlijn Runia
Baritone- Arash Roozbehi

Production by: Orkest "De Ereprijs" Apeldoorn
Director: Annechien Korselman
Composer: Kaveh Vares

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