“Yarava Music Group” was founded in 2001 by Mehdi Jalali, Ebrahim Allahyari and Hamed Zand Karimkhani with the purpose of introducing an alternative style of traditional music and promoting the instrumental music or a non-vocal-based genre of music. Since 2003 and after the formation of “Yarava Modern Orchestra” at Alireza Mashayekhi’s suggestion, this group has started its artistic activities with the objectives of performing and introducing works of Modern (Contemporary) Music composers of Iran or the world, and in this way, introducing the New Music instrumentalists became possible.
Since 2003 up to now, this group has held more than 90 educative-informative sessions in addition to its routine activities; these sessions were held under the title of “Khalvat-e-Mosighi” (Music Privacy), “IC” (Informal Concert), “Opera Night”, “Sundays of Music”, “Music Privacy 37.5 Degrees”, etc.
By running a series of programs called “Persian Night” since 2008, Yarava has concentrated on performing the pieces of Iranian contemporary composers; 60 pieces were performed just in these programs.
Yarava has performed more than 180 music pieces of different genres over the years of its activity; besides, the compositions of more than 40 Iranian contemporary composers had their world premiere at Yarava Music Group, some of which are published and released.
Over the past few years, some of the most important activities of the group have been holding the Electroacoustic Music Composition Competition “Reza Korourian Awards”, the Contemporary Music Festival “Sound.Tehran. Music”, “Tehran International Electronic Music Festival” and the musical projects “Sound Fabric”, “Tehran – Berlin Travelers”, “Tehran Contemporary Music Days”. These kinds of activities have led to a collaboration and alliance between Yarava Music Group, Tehran University, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Department of Music Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Digital Media Center, Multimedia Production Lab of Luigi Cherubini Conservatory, Freiburg University of Music and New York University.
