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Copyright © reMusik.orgAmir Mayhar Tafreshipour was born in Tehran in 1974. He received his Bachelor of Music from the Academy of Music in Esbjerg, Denmark in piano and pedagogy in 2001. In 2003 he gained a Bachelor of Music in composition at Trinity College of Music and in 2004 his Master degree in composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 2003 he won the first prize at the Biennial Competition for New Music at Tehran University for solo piano. In the same year he was awarded a Silver Medal for outstanding achievement at Trinity College of Music, presented by the Duke of Kent. His works have been commissioned and performed by soloists, ensembles and orchestras including: Nancy Ruffer, Darragh Morgan, Mary Dullea, Tomoko Sugavara, Gabriella Dal’Olio, Ceren Necipoglu, Maya Sapone, Patricia Kostek, John Anderson, Zoe MartLew, Sioned Williams, Gahrn ensemble, Ani String Quartet, Southwark Wind Ensemble, Dartington Summer Festival, Award of Honour by Counterpoint Competition in New York, University of Victoria Clarinet Ensemble and Anadolu Symphony Orchestra. In 2005 he was commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra to compose the harp concerto ‘A Persian Reflection’ under the direction of Pascal Rophé in 2006 in London, featured on BBC Radio 3 in a special programme of music from Persia. He is currently studying for a PhD in Chamber Opera and composition under the supervision of Prof. Peter Wiegold and Christopher Fox at Brunel University in London and currently working on an Opera ‘The Doll Behind the Curtain’ based on the short story by Sadeq Hedayat. Tafreshipour is a guest composer at the Sixth Annual International New Music Festival “The Time of Music: Fin de siècle” hosted by “reMusik.org” in Saint-Petersburg. |
