Alireza Motevaseli
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Alireza Motevaseli علیرضا متوسلی داراب
Alireza Motevaseli Darab | |
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 Alireza Motevaseli (Composer ,Pianist, Bassoonist) | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 9 February 1992 |
| Origin | Tehran, Iran |
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| Occupation(s) | Composer,arranger, bassoonist, pianist |
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| Years active | 2003 – present |
| Website | fagott |
Alireza Motevaseli (Persian علیرضا متوسلی born 9 February 1992) is an Iranian musician.
Early life[edit]
He was born in Tehran, Iran and earned a Music M.A. from the Art University of Tehran as well as a B.A Orchestral conducting. He is also a composer, bassoonist and pianist.
He began studying music by playing bassoon in 2002 at the Television & Radio of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRIB) Music School. He studied bassoon performance with masters such as Terry B. Ewell (US), Alireza Sheibani and Taghi Zarrabi,.
Career[edit]
After graduating from music school, he worked with some of the best-known orchestras in Iran, such as Tehran Symphony Orchestra, Iran National Orchestra, IRIB Symphony Orchestra, and many others.
As a bassoon soloist with Maestro Shahrdad Rohani and the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, he performed Sinfonia Concertante K297b from W.A.Mozart at Vahdat Hall.[1]
In late 2016, Motevaseli started to translate a series of videos about bassoon education into Persian.[2]
Bassoon playing[edit]
He worked with Tehran Symphony Orchestra as a principal bassoonist, led by Shahrdad Rouhani, Riccardo Muti, Alexander Rahbari, Alexander Rudin, Mark Stevenson, Nasir Heidarian, Nader Mashayekhi, Nader MortezaPour, Orwell Erdinç and Domina Jurana.[3] and also had a collaboration with Mediant Trio led by Alvin Avanessian, as well as with other orchestra, including:
IRIB Symphony Orchestra, led by the late Mohammad Biglari Pour.
The Parisian orchestra led by Aidin men
Tehran Chamber Orchestra, led by Nader Mashayekhi.
Municipal Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Mohammad Hossein Hamidi.
Rudaki Orchestra, led by (Nader Abbassi _Arash Amini).
Iran Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under Alireza Shafaghi Nezhad.
Composer[edit]
Motevaseli won First Prize of "Renaissance" Gyumri International Music Festival 2017 from the ministry of Culture of Armenia & Municipality of Yerevan and the jury from Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan.[4]
By the decision of the board chair of Seattle Symphony to support the seven countries whose citizens were banned from traveling to the US, a performance was held to support those countries. Motevaseli participated in this concert as an Iranian composer and was the youngest composer to be selected. The concert opened with his composition Fantasia for Santoor and Accordion.[5]
His Fantasia has been acknowledged and performed by Seattle Symphony to celebrate Asia Composition competition on January
28th, 2016.[6][7] At Fajr International Music festival he won first prize of the Subjective Music Composition.[8]
for the second time, He won the Grand Prize (Barbad Award) 39th edition of The Fajr International Music Festival for Composition which was held on Feb 17th, 2024.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "ارکستر سمفونیک تهران دو شب در تالار وحدت روی صحنه می‌رود". خبرگزاری هنر ایران (in Persian). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Farsi فارسی". www.2reed.net. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "Biography | Alireza Motevaseli official website". Alireza Motevaseli official website. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "اثری که صداوسیما رد کرد در مسابقات آسیا برگزیده شد+فیلم". خبرگزاری ایلنا (in Persian). Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "Program". www.seattlesymphony.org. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ PARHA-NP.V.5.1.1. "آهنگ‌ساز ایرانی در سیاتل آمریکا دخشید". روزنامه شرق. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "SEATTLE SYMPHONY PRESENTS EIGHTH ANNUAL CELEBRATE ASIA CONCERT ON JANUARY 31". www.seattlesymphony.org. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "بیست و هشتمین جشنواره بین المللی موسیقی فجر به کار خود پایان داد". www.musicenter.ir. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Closing ceremony of 39th Fajr Music Festival". Mehr News Agency. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.