Madjid Tahriri

Tahriri, Madjid (*1981 Tehran) is an iranian composer. In early years he took piano, music theory and composition lessons. He obtained a Bachelor's degree of Arts (Piano, Musicology) from the Azad University, Tehran in 2004 and was pianist in the iranian Melal- Orchestra. Since 2006 he is studying instrumental and electronic composition at the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen, Germany with Prof. Dirk Reith, Prof. Günter Steinke and Prof. Thomas Neuhaus. Madjid Tahriris music is performed at international Festivals, such as Fadjr Musik Festival -Tehran 2002, Festival Musica Acoustica Peking 2008, Festival Champs Libres- Straßbourg (France) 2008, JSEM/MSJ Electroacoustic Festival- Nagoya (Japan) 2009, next_generation 3.0 "Licht-Raum-Klang" - ZKM Karlsruhe (Germany) 2009. In 2009 he was selected for the interdisciplinary competition and workshop operare 09 in Berlin (Germany). In the same year Madjid Tahriri obtained the Folkwang Price in the category composition. His compositions have been published at Hermes-Verlag (Trio- 1, 2007) and on several recordings. Madjid Tahriri is one of the founders of the Iranian Society of Contemporary Composers (ISCC). The aim of this society is to raise the acceptance of contemporary music in Iran through concerts, articles and lectures.