User:Bahman M.Zandi

Bahman Mehdikhan Zandi was born in Teheran, Iran. His compositions belong to the School of Iranian Symphonic Music. His musical education began at the Teheran Conservatoire, there he studied the bassoon for several years and by the age of 17, was a member of the Teheran Symphony Orchestra as well as the Rudaki Opera Orchestra. Alongside bassoon lessons, he spent his free time teaching himself to compose. Although finding enjoyment as both a performer and a composer, his passion lay within composition, leading him to the completion of his first symphony in 1968. Performed by the Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra, it was premiered as part of the Teheran Festival of Art and Culture. In 1969, he began writing film scores. One was recorded in Italy by the Philharmonic orchestra and choir for the film "Leily va Majnoon". During the spring of 1970, his piece "Memoire" for string orchestra was performed by the Teheran Symphony Orchestra in Rudaki Hall under the baton of Heshmat Sanjary. Owing to Mr Zandi's success at the Tehran Festival of Art and Culture, he was awarded a grant to pursue composition at Brussels Conservatoire.

In September of the same year, he moved to Brussels, where he studied harmony, counterpoint and fugue with Jacques Leduc and Jacqueline Fontyn, gaining his diploma in harmony and counterpoint. In 1974, after gaining his diploma, he went on to specialise in composition, studying with Maestro Paul-Baudouin Michel, at his "Masterclass", as a result being awarded his Composition Diploma with Distinction. The world premiere of his violin sonata was performed by Ruth Ferguson, violin and Sae-Jung Kim, piano at the Atelier, Brussels in 1977. In 1979, Bahman Zandi won the Tenuto Competition in Belgium. His winning symphonic work was "Mouvement Interne" for orchestra, which was given its Premiere in 1979. It was performed and also broadcast by the Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Edmond Saveniers. As a result of winning the competition, during the following year, he was awarded a grant by the Belgian Ministry of Culture. Two of his works were selected for perfomance and broadcast in Switzerland by the International Society of Contemporary Music, performed by Andree Stakian, violin and Georges Bernand, piano and his work "Processus" for solo piano, performed by Gisele De Coster, was chosen for a concert featuring Modern Music at Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels. He has been asked to write several works, such as his composition "Multiple" for Organ, commissioned by Credit Communal de Belgique, as well as "Ornements" for solo trombone and "Strophe" for tuba, which were commissioned by Mons Royal Concervatoire of Music.

Since moving to London, he has researched and experimented with electronic music and worked alongside improvisatory groups. His piece "Five fantasies" for string orchestra, written in 1977, received its world premiere in a performance by the Guildhall String Orchestra at the Barbican, conducted by Paul Daniel. And his composition "Five Portraits" for clarinet, was premiered at the British Music Centre. As part of the International Society of Contemporary Music's "World Music Days" in Denmark, the Arts Council of Great Britain selected his works to be part of an exhibition.

What the papers said:

"One of the best pieces of Iranian Film Music." - Film O Honar (Journal de Cinema)

"Meditation" for Horn and Piano by Bahman M.Zandi was definately not lacking in inspiration - "The Provincial"

"The sonata for Violin and Piano already reveals the composer's freedom of expression for the abstract while giving priority to the beauty of the form" - M.R."Le Journal de Mons" " "extreme in intensity and extraordinarily subtle, this work demands only the best of its interpreters" - R.D."La Province"

"I found something very vivid in this work, a rich offering of sensitivity; penetrating and profound" - Jean-Jacques Huber,"24 Heures Lausanne" "Composed with a refined knowledge of orchestration, "Mouvement Interne" uses the resources of a symphony orchestra to base the piece around one note diffracted by the orchestral prism, and has the strength and solidity of a real opus one."F.L."Le Soir"

"...confirming the assured writing of this composer - "Le Journal de Mons"

List Of Works.

SOLO WORKS

Six Features for Flute.(also for Oboe,Clarinet&Alto Sax.)/

Five Portraits for Clarinet/

Sonatina for Horn (three movements).

Quatre for Clarinet.

Ornements for Trombone.

Strophe for Tuba.

Three Pieces for Solo Flute./

CHAMBER MUSIC

Processus for Piano/ Multiple for Organ/ Sonata for Violin&Piano/ Meditation for Horn and Piano/ Seven Cameos for Tow Violins/ Five Abrege for Violin and Cello/ Sonata for Tow Cellos/ Seven Bagatelle for Piano/ Sonata for Cello and Piano/No/1 Sonata for Cello and Piano/No/2 Quartet No1(Four movements)

ORCHESTRAL

Symphony No1(Four movements) Memories for Strings/ Pantomime for Wind Instruments/ Five Fantasies for Strings/ Fresque 1 for Orchestra/ Liver for Orchestra.(film music) Symphony No3(Four movements) Fresque2 for Choir&Orchestra/ Mouvement Interne for Orchestra/ (wooden Hero) Fantasie Scherzo for Orchestra/ Persian Melody for Chamber Orchestra/

CONCERTOS

HORN Concerto(three movements) Cello Concerto(three movments)Mr.Zandi is Published by Jean Maurer,Brusels:Andel,Ostend and Nucleus Edition,London.