NEWS 2004

The Barbad Chamber Orchestra play WARAN
in New York (first USA premiere) ...


 Deja-Vu for Oboe Solo
The fist performance of play :21. May 2004  in Graz,
 „die andere saite“ : the Cultural Center of the Minorites,
Oboe : Markus Deuter (Klangforum Wien)
 

Hesaar  for Alto Saxophone and Ensemble 2004
for: Flute, Oboe, 2 Clarinets, Horn, Trompet, Trombone,
Percussion, Piano, Cembalo, 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello,
Contrabass und Solo Alto Saxophone
Premiere: 27. April  2004  in Graz,

The Premiere Concert  of Ensemble Zeitfluss :
the Cultural Center of the Minorites, Ensemble Zeitfluss Graz -
Ensemble for  new Musik ,
Conductor: Edo Micic

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Biography :

Kiawasch SahebNassagh was born in 1968 in Tehran, Iran.
He began his compositional acitivties in 1986,

after an education in piano (A. Haratunian, F. Behboud,
Rezai, Shahsa, H.  Nasehi) and music theory (S. Lotfi, M.Darvishi,M.Rohani, A.Mashayekhi).

In 1987 he began studies in laboratory science at the University of
Scientific Medicine in Iran.

In 1988 he began playing the Setar and studying Persian music,
its theory and improvisational practices (H. Alizadeh, M. Shoari). 

At this time he also composed for Iranian radio and television.

 Since 1994 Kiawasch has been enrolled in the University of Music and Dramatic Arts, Graz, and has been studying composition and  theory under the guidance of
Professor Beat Furrer.

2001  Graz Music Founding

2002   M.A. in Music Composition
at the University of Music andDramatic Arts Graz-Austria,
advisor, Beat Furrer

2002-   Ph.D. work in Elctronic Music and Ethnomusicology , Institute of Electonic Music and Acoustics, advisor,
Dr. Robert Höldrich Graz

2003  government scholarship for composers in Austria

Membership in Die Andere Saite, Association for the funding and distribution of contemporary music of young composers in Graz

Founder and President of  Nava - Persian Music in Austria

Founding Member, Ensemble Zeitfluss -  Ensemble for the Contemporary
 Music, Graz

Selected Works and projects  include:

 The Night" (1995, for Alto and Piano)
 "Kereshme" (1995, String Quartet)
 "The lullaby under the Ruins" (1997, for Orchestra, Alto and Tape)
 Nasusch (1998, for 3 Percussionists)
 ZRWAN (1999, for Saxophone Quartet)
 ZA-AR-WA-AN II (1999,for Flute and Percussion)
 ZA-AR-WA-AN III (ZRWAN) (1999 for Ensemble und Alto)
 WARAN (2000, for String Quartet)
 MENIDAN (2001, for solo Violoncello)
 JEH (2001, for 2 Guitars )
 Dar Astaneh (2003 for Ensmeble and Speaker), Poem:
Ahmad Shamlu
 Man bamdadam (2003 for Ensemble and Speaker), Poem: Ahmad Shamlu

1999 music for OUTER SPACE produced by
 Peter Tscherkassky

Trailer music for Viennale 1999 (get ready)
produced by Peter Tscherkassky

music for Pavilion at World Expo Exhibition 2000 Hanover, Germany,

Multimedia project  "Moment Gelée" for
Music Protokoll 2000 in Graz, Austria.

2001 music for "Dreamwork" produced by Peter Tscherkassky

2002 Memento for Ensemble -Hörgänge 2002 -
Konzerthaus Vienna

2002 Grazer Osterfestival - Wordsound

Ewig Tag. Ein Zirkel. Music for Speaker, Saxophone und Tape.
Text: Monika Wogrolly

Schizophren.  Music for Speaker, Violin and Tape.
Text: Birgit Pölzl

2003
 memento- Ia
for Ensemble -12 Instruments
 Musik for flute, Oboe,  Clarinet, Horn, Trompet, Trombone, Piano,
 Perccusion und String Quartet
 Project Klangwege - a Coproduction of Graz 2003 - cultural capital of
Europe - and  the  university of Music and dramaric Arts Graz, Austria in
co-operation with Steirischer Herbst - A Festival for New Art.

Im ringen mit dem Schweigen 2003
for Speaker, Clarinet, Horn, Trompet, Piano und String Quartet

Poem:  AHMAD SHAMLU -17 December 2003