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= Aida Shirazi = Aida Shirazi1987(Persian آیدا شیرازی) Born and raised in Tehran, Iran; is a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music, currently based in California. Shirazi is also a co-founder and board member of the (IFCA).

Education and early career
Aida Shirazi was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. She took her first piano and music theory lessons with Haleh Khorsand and Gity Omidizadeh at the age of 8. At the age of 11, she began learning santoor with Parissa Khosravi Samani. In 2006, Shirazi entered the music department of Tehran University of Art and studied classical piano with Gagik Babayan and Hooshyar Khayam at Tehran University of Art. She studied composition with Hooshyar Khayam, music theory with Hamed Mohajer, harmony, counterpoint, and formal analysis with Amir Eslami. In addition, she took chamber music classes with Azin Movahed and Setareh Beheshti At University of Tehran. In 2010, Shirazi graduated with B.A. degree in piano performance from Tehran University of Art.

In 2011, shirazi moved to Turkey to study composition and music theory at Bilkent University, Ankara. After receiving her B.M. in composition and music theory she moved to the United States.

Currently, Shirazi is a Ph.D. candidate of composition at the University of California, Davis and works with Kurt Rohde. She has studied with Pablo Ortiz, Mika Pelo, Yiğit Aydın, Onur Türkmen, Tolga Yayalar. In addition, she participated in various workshops and masterclasses such as SPLICE Institute, Klasik Keyifler  in the U.S and Turkey and worked with Ensemble Interface, Mark Andre , Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Riccardo Piacentini, and Füsun Köksal, among others.

In 2017, Shirazi founded IFCA ( Iranian female composers association) with Anahita Abbasi and Niloufar Nourbakhsh. The U.S.based association is aiming to be a platform to support, promote, and celebrate Iranian women in music through concerts, public performances, installations, interdisciplinary collaborations, and workshops. IFCA is designed to enrich the musical community and create a welcoming space for Iranian female composers around the globe by fostering originality, honoring diversity, and strengthening equality.

Musical work
Shirazi”s music has been featured at MATA, New Music Gathering , SPLICE, Tehran Contemporary Music Festival , Klasik Keyifler, Bilgi New Music Days , and Sesin Yolculuğu     festivals in the United States, Europe, and Iran.

Shirazi’s works has been also performed by Jacob Greenberg (International Contemporary Ensemble), Miranda Cuckson, Andrew McIntosh , Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Ryan McCullough , Keith Kirchoff, Alexa Renger, Emanuela Piemonti, Ellen Jewett, FOM (The Friends of MATA), Left Coast Chamber Ensemble , Empyrean Ensemble , Lydian String Quartet and Bilkent Symphony Orchestra. She has attended workshops with Interface Ensemble (2013) and Yurodny Ensemble (2016).

Critical acclaim
Aida Shirazi’s music has been seIected by various ensembles and fesivals. In 2017, she was the finalist in the call for score for Switch Ensemble (U.S.) and the selected composer for XelmYa+ Trio and Diaphonia Edizioni ( Italy). In 2015 her music was selected in Bilgi Call (Turkey) and in 2014 by ACIMC (Association of Iranian Contemporary Music Composers) in France. Shirazi was the recipient of the Provost’s Fellowship for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences from University of California at Davis, California ( 2016,2017), as well as the Merit Scholarship Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey ( 2011-2015).

Shirazi's music has been described as "well-made and affecting" by The New Yorker and "unusually creative" by San Francisco Classical Voice.

List of works
Orchestra

“Ardea Alba” (commissioned by Matilda Hofman), 6’

“The Distorted Reminiscences of a Guardian”, 6’

Solo Works (excluding keyboard)

“New work” for solo violin (commissioned by Miranda Cuckson)

“New work” for solo cello

“Prisoner of The Sand” for speaker harpist, ca. 8’

“longing for a distance memory…” for solo violin, ca.6’

“One Day, The Bird Will Be Free…” for Solo Violin, ca.5’

“Illusion” for Solo Flute, ca.8’

Solo Keyboard Works

“après…” for solo piano, ca. 6’ (commissioned by Yael Weiss)

“Albumblatt” for solo piano, 6’

“Tide” for Solo Piano, ca.4’

Vocal Music

“A Girl” for soprano and piano, ca. 6’

“Goft Faryaadzanaan In Hame Nist” for Baritone and Piano, ca.5’

Chamber Works

“New work” for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello

“The Shadow of a Leaf in Water” for flute, clarinet, percussion, harp, cello, double bass

“And you are gone…” for vibraphone and quarter-tone electric guitar, ca. 8’ (commissioned by Farnood Haghanipour)

“vestiges” for flute and strings, ca. 5’ (commissioned by Left Coast Chamber Ensemble)

“umbra” for string quartet, ca. 11’

“(Re)Visiting The Land of (Un)Known”

“A Wordless Poem on a Recurring Dream” for Flute, Clarinet in B-flat, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano, ca.4’

“Lullaby for Shattered Angels” for Flute, Viola and Harp, ca.11’

“Where Time Abides” for Alto Flute, Violin, Cello, Piano and Percussion, ca.15’

“Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano”, ca.7’

“Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano”, ca.10’

“Dark Night” for Violin and Cello, ca.5’

Electroacoustic Works

“Trickle Drops” for percussion and electronics, ca. 17’

“Doria” for Soprano and Tape, ca.7

“Turning Points” for Tape, ca.6’

“Electronic Miniature” for Tape, ca.3’

Installations, Multimedia Works, Film Music, Theater Music

“How To See Things As They Really Are” music for multimedia performance work in collaboration with Justin Streichman

“Urban Lights” for Tape and visuals, ca.3’