Mehran Badakhshan

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Born| January 31, 1994

Sanandaj, Iran

Nationality| Iranian
Citizenship| Iran
Occupation|

* Composer
* Pianist

Mehran Badakhshan (Persian: مهران بدخشان) (January 31, 1994) is an Iranian composer and pianist.

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 List of principal Compositions
* 2.1 Piano Works
* 2.2 Chamber Works
* 2.3 Orchestral Works
* 2.4 Music for Motion Picture
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Biography[edit]

Mehran Badakhshan was born in Sanandaj, Iran. His first musical training started from an early age by learning the piano under the guidance of his mother, Sonia Bolourian. in 2013 Badakhshan entered Tehran University of Art as a composition student, where he studied with Rebecca Ashooghian, Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli, and Amin Honarmand. He was also a student of Ahmad Pejman and Terrence Dwyer.

In 2019 he published his first album titled "Sketches" which received considerable acclaim and was awarded a diploma of honor in the 36th Fajr International Music Festival.[1][2] "Sketches" included works for piano solo written in his first years as a student.[3] His music is rooted in Kurdish nationalism and Iranian peoples Folk music which is presented in traditional and contemporary forms of western classical music.

Badakhshan is currently a music theory and composition professor at University of Kurdistan (Iran).

## List of principal Compositions[edit]

### Piano Works[edit]

* Three Nocturnes (2009)
* Prelude in E-flat minor (2012)
* Six Short Pieces (2012 - 2016)
* Variations on a Love Theme (2015)
* Sonata for Piano Op. 1 (2016)

### Chamber Works[edit]

* Variations for Clarinet & Piano (2018)
* Folk Songs for Violin & Cello (2017)

### Orchestral Works[edit]

* Chahargah for String Orchestral (2016)[4]
* Music for Piano, Strings and Brass (2019 - 2020)

### Music for Motion Picture[edit]

* The Television (2015)[5][6]
* Echo (2019)[7]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ "36th Fajr Music Festival Announces Barbad Prize Nominations". Honaronline. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
2. ↑ "آلبوم «انگاره‌ها» منتشر شد". موسیقی ایرانیان (in فارسی). 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
3. ↑ "تلاش برای یافتن زبانی شخصی در آهنگسازی / روایت مهران بدخشان از آلبوم "انگاره‌ها"". خبرگزاری هنر ایران (in فارسی). Retrieved 2022-01-08.
4. ↑ "Orquestra Criança Cidadã se apresentará este domingo no Recife". www.folhape.com.br (in português do Brasil). Retrieved 2022-01-08.
5. ↑ "Mehran Badakhshan". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
6. ↑ "The Television (2015)". Radio Times. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
7. ↑ "Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest 2020". www.ravennanightmare.it. Retrieved 2022-01-08.

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