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Vahid Jahandari is a transdisciplinary musician and scholar in hip-hop studies and popular music studies. Award-winning composer of acoustic and electronic music, Jahandari's works have been performed and recorded in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and he has received awards, including first prizes at 2Agosto and Pejman competitions for his orchestral and chamber music.
Jahandari's music has been selected and performed at numerous festivals, including ISCM World Music Days, World Saxophone Congress, South by Southwest, SEAMUS, International Saxophone Symposium, SPLICE, Society of Composers, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, CKCU-FM, ElectroAcousticMiniFest, Midwest Composers Symposium, Decoda, DOC NYC, and many more.
Jahandari is a multi-instrumentalist and improviser working across genres and mediums. He has written music for electronic media, chamber ensemble, symphonic orchestra, wind ensemble, choir, and solo instruments. Currently completing his doctorate in Composition at the University of California Santa Cruz, Jahandari holds degrees in Composition from the University of Texas at Austin (M.M.), where he served as a Teaching Assistant in Digital Music, and from the Tehran University of Art (B.M.). |
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PROMINENT ACTIVITIES
2022-23 Scholar for Peyk Magazine, the bilingual magazine in San Diego 2021 July Miracle Makers IFF, Brief Candle, Walking Shadow for multimedia Best Choreography, Jeremy S Cline 2021 Apr Spring Flowers: Springfest, Quietude for violin and piano 2021 Apr Second Sundays with Decoda, Music for Solo Performer 2021 Apr Words and Music, TAO PO for soprano and fixed media 2021 Jan The Dragon for Multi Percussion Duet 2020 Sep Acoustic Frontiers – CKCU-FM, Asphyxia for double bass and fixed media 2020 May Acoustic Frontiers – CKCU-FM, Shapes for string quartet 2020 Mar Jack Quartet, Shapes for string quartet Voxman School of Music, UI 2019 Nov Dance Gala, Struggle for Pleasure by J. Norman, solo violinist Hancher Auditorium, UI 2019 Nov Midwest Composers Symposium, The Abyss for double bass and fixed media Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University Bloomington 2019 Sep 24+24, A Song to My Future Self, for piano, harp and baritone singer Voxman School of Music, UI 2019 Aug Music from Home, Hell, But Cold for piano Lakewood, WA 2019 Jun SPLICE Festival, There Was Yet No Heaven for saxophone and fixed media Western Michigan University, MI 2019 May World Music Days, The Vulture for six-channel acousmatic 2019 Apr PubliQuartet, The Gray Forest for string quartet and fixed media National Sawdust, NY 2019 Mar SEAMUS, The Vulture for six-channel acousmatic and a stereo layer diffusion Berklee College of Music, MA 2019 Mar South by Southwest (SXSW), Sweet Sweet Kink, animated short film Selected from 5,478 submissions, among 101 short films Best Animated Film — CineKink Best Documentary — Transform Film Festival Best Kink — HUMP! Film Festival Best Short Film — Star Ranch’s Texas Nudist Film Festival Including festivals in Spain, Czech Republic, Chile, Denmark, England, Italy, Germany and many more. 2019 Mar The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, Rain and Tree for choir University of Florida, FL 2019 Jan International Saxophone Symposium, There Was Yet No Heaven George Mason University, VA 2018 Dec featured composer at Acoustic Frontiers – CKCU-FM, The Vulture hosted by Ralph Hopper 2018 Nov EMS60 - The 60th Anniversary of the University of Illinois Experimental Music There Was Yet No Heaven for saxophone and electronics University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, IL 2018 Nov Electroacoustic Barn Dance, “The Vulture” for 6-channel acousmatic Jacksonville University, FL 2018 Oct WSU ElectroAcousticMiniFest The Blind Owl for fixed media and video art Washington State University, Pullman, WA 2018 Sep West Fork New Music Festival, Great Noise Ensemble Deadlock for ensemble and electronics, world premiere Fairmont State University, WV 2018 Sep RenegadeEnsemble Call-for-Scores, "Deadlock” for ensemble and electronics Honorable Mention 2018 July XVIII World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia “There Was Yet No Heaven” for saxophone and electronics World premiere 2018 May Ears, Eyes + Feet, In the Hands Of The Winds Collaborative works by composers and choreographers B. Iden Payne Theatre, UT 2018 Apr Fusebox Festival, The Robosax for saxophone quartet Recital Studio, Butler School of Music, UT 2018 Apr Sound in Sculpture, The Robosax for saxophone quartet Gates Computer Science Complex (GDC), UT 2018 Apr Tenor singer, Mahler Symphony No. 2 UT Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gerhardt Zimmermann Bass Concert Hall, Austin, TX 2018 Mar M.M. Degree Recital Bates Hall, Butler School of Music, UT 2018 Feb Tenor bass steel pan player, UT Steel Pan Ensemble Bates Hall, Butler School of Music, UT 2017 Oct LaTex Festival, “The Blind Owl” for fixed media, dance, and video art Digital Media Center Theater, Louisiana State University 2017 Aug Ink&Coda Publication, Online journal of prose and music,The Vulture 2017 May Ears, Eyes + Feet, collaborative works by composers and choreographers “The Blind Owl”, for fixed media, dance, and video art “Amica Mea”, based on the composer pre-existing work B. Iden Payne Theatre, The University of Texas 2017 Copyist/Composer Assistant, Bruce Pennycook, Faculty in Composition at UT 2016 Nov Hell, But Cold, for piano solo Bates Hall, Butler School of Music, UT 2016 Nov LaTex Festival, Yellow, Hasn’t Become Red For No Reason, for fixed media Jessen Auditorium, Butler School of Music, UT 2016 Oct Ears Concert, The Vulture for solo double bass and electronics 2016 Fall Copyist, Elliott Antokoletz, Early Development of the Symphonic Poem Article published at Vol. 3 of the International Journal of Musicology 2015 Sept Solo tenor singer, Phonemes Requiem, Composed by E. Saboohi Published by Spectropol & Mahoor records 2015-16 Copyist/Composer Assistant, Hamidreza Dibazar, Chair of Composition at TUA 2014-15 Tenor vocalist, Tehran Choir, Conducted by Mehdi Ghasemi, Vahdat Hall 2014 May Composer and pianist, Five movements for flute and piano, Farabi Hall, Tehran 2013 Oct Pianist, Pars Contemporary Orchestra, conducted by Ali Radman, Ehsan Hall 2012 May Composer/pianist, Rondo for violin and piano, Tehran University of Art 2010 Jun Composer, Iran Zamin for tenor singer and large ensemble Commissioned by Shiraz National TV WORKS 2021 Streaming for chamber ensemble [10’00”] Seascapes for saxophone quartet [12’20”] And, I speak to you for ensemble [9’30”] Quietude for violin and piano [7’24”] Music for Solo Performer [12’14”] TAO PO for fixed media [7’02”] The Dragon for Multiple Percussion Duet [10’02”] 2020 Distant Light, dance dissertation project, for fixed media [07’27”] Brief Candle, Walking Shadow for multimedia [27’55”] Shapes, for string quartet [7’50”] 2019 Abyss, for double bass and fixed media [7’50”] A Letter to My Future Self, for piano, harp and baritone voice [5’40”] Living Memories, for saxophone quartet [8’12”] 2018 The Gray Forest, for string quartet and fixed media [14’10”] In The Hands of The Winds, for fixed media [9’43”] The Robosax, for saxophone quartet in two movements [19’30”] Deadlock, for ensemble and fixed media [14’15”] Asphyxia, for double bass and fixed media [08’53”] 2017 There Was Yet No Heaven, for saxophone and fixed media [8'00"] Before I Drown In Tears, for saxophone octet [10'08"] The Blind Owl, for fixed media, dance, and video art [06'52"] Chronicles of a Joker, for wind ensemble [08'48"] Rain and Tree, for four-part of mixed voices [05'36"] 2016 Sandstorm Elegy, for string quartet and electronics [13'40"] Yellow Hasn’t Become Red For No Reason, for fixed media [07'22"] The Vulture, for double base and electronics [07'50"] Dandelion, for Symphonic Orchestra [05'03"] Hell, But Cold, for piano solo in two movements [11'08"] The Ringing Bells of a Caravan, for symphonic orchestra [06'31"] 2015 The Checkered City, for narrator and symphonic orchestra [09'28"] And, I Speak To You, for clarinet quintet [13'03"] Noisy Kitchen, for fixed media, based on pre-recorded kitchenware [5'43"] 2014 I Sang, Death, for tar quartet [5'50"] Fantasy, for symphonic orchestra [3'39"] Invention & Fugue, for piano solo [4’37"] Kuzeh, for fixed media, based on pre-recorded udu as the main source [6'52"] 2013 Stunned Tune, for fixed media, based on pre-recorded Iranian instruments [4'04"] Ragtime, for piano solo [6'52"] Alarm, for fixed media [5'02"] Havaye Vesall, for choir and strings [4'06"] Fantasy, for flute & piano in five movements [13'42"] Afarinesh, digital music, short film [9'42"] 2012 Prelude, for piano solo [3'23"] Gargur, digital music, theatrical product [9'42"] Payan, digital music, theatrical product [12'51"] Nocturnal, for harp solo [03'11"] Miniature, for flute solo [02'14"] 2011 Trio, for kamancheh, cello and violin [04’03”] Rondo, for violin & piano [04'45"] 2010 Mozartino, for string quartet [04'02"] Iran Zamin, for chamber ensemble [03'52"] |
EDUCATION
University of California Santa Cruz Doctor of Musical Arts - DMA, Music Composition | 2022 - The University of Texas at Austin Master of Music - MM, Music Composition | 2016 - 18 Teaching Assistant | MUS 319D - Foundations of Digital Music |2017 - 18 Tehran University of Art Bachelor of Music - BM, Music Composition | 2012 - 2016 |
