The Relationship Between Persian Musical Instruments and the Western Symphony Orchestra

Reza Vali was born in Qazvin, Iran, in 1952. He began his music studies at the Conservatory of Music in Tehran. In 1972 he went to Austria and studied music education and composition at the Academy of Music in Vienna.

After graduating from the Academy of Music, he moved to the United States and continued his studies at the University of Pittsburgh, receiving his Ph.D. in music theory and composition in 1985.

Mr. Vali has been a faculty member of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University since 1988.

He has received numerous honors and commissions, including the honor prize of the Austrian Ministry of Arts and Sciences, two Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships, commissions from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Kronos Quartet, the Carpe Diem String Quartet, the Seattle Chamber Players, and the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, as well as grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Pittsburgh Foundation, and the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education.

He was selected by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust as the Outstanding Emerging Artist for which he received the Creative Achievement Award. Vali’s orchestral compositions have been performed in the United States by the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Baltimore Symphony, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra 2001.

His chamber works have received performances by Cuarteto Latinoamericano, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Carpe Diem String Quartet, Kronos Quartet, the Seattle Chamber Players, and the Da Capo Chamber Players. His music has been performed in Europe, China, Chile, Mexico, Hong Kong, and Australia and is recorded on the Deutsche Grammophon, Naxos, New Albion, MMC, Ambassador, Albany, and ABC Classics labels.

The Relationship Between Persian Musical Instruments and the Western Symphony Orchestra

Session 1: Historical and applied aspects of reed (Ney) as an instrument of orchestra

Session 2: Features of Moqam; an introduction to orchestration and related applied harmony

Session 3: Aesthetic of Persian music and West music

The Relationship Between Persian Musical Instruments and the Western Symphony Orchestra

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Session 1: Historical and applied aspects of reed (Ney) as an instrument of orchestra

Session2: Features of Moqam; an introduction to orchestration and related applied harmony

Session 3: Aesthetic of Persian music and West music

The workshop is recommended to Iranian and classic musicians, composers and players. It is held both online and offline.

1. Online: It is an interactive session. The certification of attendance will be issued by East Music Center in Iran and UN-Habitat.

2.  Offline: The recorded sessions will be sent for whom registered for offline workshop.

Friday December 17^th 2021

First Session; 14:30 – 16:00 UTC

Second Session; 16:15 – 17:45 UTC

Third Session; 18:00 – 19:00 UTC

240 Minutes

The workshop is recommended to Iranian and classic musicians, composers and players. It is held both online and offline.

1. Online; 99$

It is an interactive session. The certification of attendance will be issued by East Music Center in Iran and UN-Habitat.

2. Offline; 49$

The recorded sessions will be sent for whom registered for offline workshop.