Farzan Salsabili
Biography
Farzan Salsabili (b. 1998) is an Iranian acoustic/electronic composer and Pianist.
He has won several international and national competitions including “International Composer Competiton (New Music Generation)” in Kazakhstan, “XXVIII Concorso 2Agosto” in Italy, The “3rd K’Arts International Composition Competition” in South Korea, The “6th Reza Korourian Electroacoustic Competition Prize” in Iran, “Young Iranian Composer project” in Iran, etc.
He had private and group lessons with composers such as Ken Ueno, Joachim Heintz, Don Freund, and others, and he also attended lectures held by Chaya Czernowin, Katharina Rosenberger, Marco Stroppa, Nina C. Young, etc.
His music has been performed and broadcasted by Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna (Italy), Kayyali trio (Turkey), Strike a Chord (Taiwan), etc., and also by individuals including Pasquale Corrado, Yasamin Shahhosseini, Kelariz Keshavarz, Orhan Kayyali, Marina Pomelnikova, and others, in different countries such as Australia, Canada, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the USA.
Farzan Salsabili studied composition with Karen Keyhani and Arshia Samsaminia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in composition and piano performance from the University of Applied Science and Technology in Tehran, Iran.
Collaborations with Yarava
As Composer
Farzan Salsabili’s piece, Phantasma No.1, for Oud and Fixed Media, took first place in 6th RKC (2021). This piece, alongside other selected pieces, was released on a CD titled Phantasma by YMG Records. The oud player of this piece was Yasamin Shahhosseini.