Mehran Badakhshan, born 1994 in Sanandaj, Iran.
Education:
• Masters of Music Composition, Tehran University of Art (expected 2019)
• Bachelor of Music Composition, Tehran University of Art (2017)
Educational Honors:
• Ranked #1 Music Composition Student, Tehran University of Art, 2017
• Best undergraduate composition thesis, Tehran University of Art, 2017
Principal Teachers:
• Composition:
Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli
Amin Honarmand
• Piano:
Rebecca Ashooghian
Lessons and Master-classes with:
Terence Dwyer, Dilbar Hakimova, Mehran Rouhani, Ahmad Pejman, Mehdi Ghasemi, Sohrab Kaashef, Mehdi Hosseini, Amir Alavi.
Teaching Experience:
• Music Theory/ Piano Instructor at Sanandaj Art House (2014 – 2015).
• Music Composition, Piano, Harmony, Orchestration instructor in a few music institutes in Karaj and Sanandaj (2015 - present).
Language Proficiency:
• Kurdish, Native Language
• Persian, Second Native Language
• English, Fluent
Commissions & Performances:
• Undergraduate Composition Recital: “Mehran Badakhshan Piano Works”, Performed by composer, Tehran University of Art, May 2013.
• Undergraduate Composition Recital: “Mehran Badakhshan Piano Works”, Performed by composer, Tehran University of Art, October 2016.
• Graduate Composition Recital: Participated in "Graduate Composition Students Recital" January 2018.
• Graduate Composition Recital: Participated in "Graduate Composition Students Recital" May 2018.
• Commissioned by Saba Music Festival to write a String Quartet “Chahargah for String Quartet” Performed in Tehran University of Art, January 2017.
http://www.sabamusicfestival.ir/
• Commissioned by Saba Music Festival to write a Vocal piece “Another Spring”, Performed in Iranian Artists Forum, January 2017.
http://www.sabamusicfestival.ir/
• Winner of the Call for Scores for Crianca Cidada String Orchestra in Argentina, 2018
Performing Experiences:
• Carmina Burana, Conducted by Mehdi Ghasemi, as tenor choir singer, Tehran Vahdat Hall, 2013
• Carmina Burana & Mozart Requiem Conducted by Alexander Rahbari, as tenor choir singer, Tehran Vahdat Hall, 2015
• Piano Department Recital, as Pianist, Tehran University of Art, January 2018
• Piano Department Recital, as Pianist, Tehran University of Art, May 2018
Film Music:
• Short film The Television, directed by Ali Shirazi, Cannes Short Film Festival, 2014
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4795440/
Professional Activities and Organizations:
• Founder of Cadenza 101 non-profit foundation
• Copyist for Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli, Composer, Tehran, 2013-Present
• Assistant Conductor for Barbad Chamber Orchestra 2018
List of Completed Compositions:
Piano Works:
2 Waltz’s (2007)
Humoresque (2009)
“Winter” (2010)
March (2010)
4 Nocturnes (2012)
Suite for piano (2013)
10 Short Pictures (2014-17)
Prelude in E flat minor (2014)
Variations on a Love Theme (2015)
Sonata for Piano (2015-16)
Impromptu (2017)
Vocal Works:
"Yearning for Freedom" for mixed choir on a poem by Houshang Ebtehaj (2014)
"Hope" for Soprano and Piano Accompaniment on a poem by Houshang Ebtehaj (2015)
"Another Spring" for Baritone and Piano Accompaniment on a poem by Forough Farokhzad (2015)
Lied for Alto voice & String Quartet (2017)
Chamber Works:
Duet for Piano & Viola (2012)
"Folklore" for Clarinet & String Quartet (2014)
Rondo for Clarinet & Piano (2015)
March for woodwinds (2017)
Variations for Clarinet & Piano (2018)
Orchestral Works:
Little Waltz for Orchestra (2012)
Allegro for Strings (2012)
Folksong for String Orchestra (2014)
Passacaglia for Strings (2015)
"Kurdish Rhapsody" for Piano and Orchestra (2015)
"Chahargah" for String Orchestra (2016)
