The Greek, "kathairein," meaning to cleanse or to purge, is the ancestor of the English, "catharsis," a process of relief via the release of energy.

Kathairein, for Harp Solo

Premiered on July 30, 2021 at DePaul University
by the members of @Ensemble-Dal-Niente:

Constance Volk, Flute
Kyle Flens, Percussion
Jesse Langen, Electric guitar
Theo Ramsey, Viola

Conductor: Hannah Barnes

in memory of Ahmad Zerang

unbearability, for flute, percussions, electric guitar, and viola

“memories of a stone skipping the skin of the Water on the Lake” is about the repetition of a still image that moves in the memories of the mind. There are five versions of this musical single memory, each one being different from the others; and the difference is due to repetition, since transformation occurs through repetition.

This piece intends to experiment with internal and aural perception of time, the idea of being in sync, and trying to be in sync, aurally and internally. 

* This piece was composed for the Composer Conference Ensemble, as part of the Fromm Fellow Composer Conference Festival 2021

memories of a stone skipping the skin of the water on the lake-August 2021

Words: Shervin
Music Producer: Shervin Hajipour
Artwork: Ashkan Rahimi

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Baraye

After many years of work, Lex Leto x The Christine Burke Ensemble are about to release an album: I am here but I must go. We spent some time discussing the long process that led us here. 

Pre-order the album and get the whole thing on 2/7: https://lexleto.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-here-but-i-must-go-3

Come to the album release show at Close House in Iowa City on 2/8: https://www.publicspaceone.com/events/llxcbe

Find all the old iHearIC stuff at ihearic.com, and stay subscribed to Rock Hard Caucus to get future podcast episodes. There's a patreon too where I upload lots of improvised music: https://patreon.com/ihearic

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iHearIC Radio

iHearIC Radio 141 with Lex Leto and Christine Burke (2/1/2025)

Zarman - Für Solo Kontrabass -Kiawasch Sahebnassagh - Bass: Uli Fussenegger

Gri narrates an effort to reach “the white” from a black plane, in a black and white dominant world. Such that, it is never noticed that in the light of the new comprehensions reached as a consequence of every attempt, more and more into “the gray” it is submerged. Logic starts to fall apart in moments that hope becomes despair - and in the end of the process, in an absolutely gray world, there we float, unable to distinguish any contrast. I, in this piece, try to examine in musical matters and cause and effect relations if one can reach a point of awareness in a chaotic world only consisting of intersections and interactions of logic, as a result of the pursuit of their silhouettes which reveal themselves occasionally. I aim to exhibit a whole as broken into fragments, which is to be understood not only by observing from a plane of time, but from any aspect.

Written for Hezarfen Ensemble

Özcan Ulucan - Violin
Şenol Aydın - Violin
Ulrich Mertin - Viola
Gökhan Bağcı - Cello

Gri for String Quartet

Peggy Pearson, oboe
Rane Moore, bass clarinet
Gabriela Díaz, violin
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

They bury their dead with great ululations

Barf-e Konj
Publish Year : 2019
Kamânche Solo
Chakâd Feshâraki

Barf–e Konj

Dashti: Chaharmezrab

Chaharmezrab (Avaz-e Dasti)/Barf-e Konj

Adumbration was composed for the JACK quartet and was read on December 3, 2020.

This piece on youtube: https://youtu.be/SD7RqS_-RPA

Adumbration (2020) for string quartet

www.ramin-roshandel.com

My last collaborative album with Jean-François Charles is available here:
https://newfloremusic.bandcamp.com/album/jamshid-jam

unbearability, for flute, percussions, electric guitar, and viola

Ramin Roshandel - composer, setār player

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