roozbeh nafisi's compositions
(for recording click on title; for score click on instrumentation)
• schuur: beankings lullaby (2024) for ensemble (bass clarinet, bassoon, harp, vibraphone and percussions, violin, viola, cello, double bass)
• andante for the forbidden voice (2024, in collaboration with composers johannes kretz and dietmar kirchner)
for voice, saxophones, kamancheh, electronics, santur, visuals, and bass
(Foreword, Part 1: Past, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4: Present, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8: Ad Libitum, Part 9: Future)
• a birthday gift: "eine fortlaufende geschichte" (2024) for one reader (in german language)
• iran (song of woman / تصنیف خسته گشته ایران) (2023-2024) for voice and instrument(s)
• adrift (2023-2024)
- adrift song (تصنیف آواره) for voice and instrument(s) (versions C, D and G)
- adrift miniature trio for electronics, baritone saxophone, and bass guitar
- adrift miniature trio for violin, baritone saxophone, and bass guitar
• pianolied I (maahuur II) (2023) for piano
• nava (2023) for bass clarinet with optional hand drum ad libitum accompaniment
• raastpanjgaah II (2023) for mandolin or oboe solo with string quartet or flute, violin, bassoon, cello
• raastpanjgaah I (2023) for mixed large ensemble (versions I and II)
• woman, life, freedom: for the people of iran (2022) for nine instrument and recorded electronics
• ad libitum (2022) for string quartet and live visuals
• homaayuun (2022) for duduk, santur and chamber ensemble
• bayaat-e zand (2022) for ney and chamber ensemble
• quatrains and quartet (2021) for string quartet and two poetry readers
(words: h.c. artmann and roozbeh nafisi)
• abuuataa (2020) for string quartet l
• beegaah (2020) for large ensemble
• segaah (2020) for large ensemble
• alla breve (2020) for piano
• afschaari (2020) for string trio (violin, viola, cello) and 3 storytellers
• RazSvirvane (2019 – 2020) for piano
• tennessee letter (2018) for piano
• july (2018) for piano
• electro-acoustics (2017) for santur and electronics
• maahuur I (2017) for harpsichord
commissioned by FeNAM (Festival of New American Music), california – 2017
premiere: faythe vollrath at sacramento state university, california – 2017
• chahaargaah (2016) for violin, viola, cello, piano
selected piece at darmstadt summer days for contemporary music (germany) – 2016
premiere: chamber music concert of darmstadt days, germany – 2016
• esfahan (2016) for guitar and piano
selected piece at darmstadt summer days for contemporary music (germany) – 2016
• zwischendrin I (2016) for piano
• march 4 (2016) for piano
• march 5 (2016) for piano
• march 7 (2016) for piano
• march 8 (2016) for piano
• march 9 (2016) for piano
• piece piano samad remembering (2015) for piano
• piano piece remembering samad (2015) for piano
• : die wüste (2015) for piano
• schur (2015) for choir and orchestra
• september (2014) for piano
• daschti (2013) for chamber ensemble with soprano voice
winner of gustav mahler international prize for composition, 2013 – austria
premiere: mahler festival ensemble (christoph cech: conductor) at viktring castle, austria – 2013
• 37: piano red hands (2013) for piano
with sarah granett's animation
• 36 (2012) for four keyboards
• electro-acoustical santur (2012) for santur with electronics
• train book: twenty-eight solo pieces (2010 to 2012) for piano
• 36-ug-i-l (2012) for piano
• piano music 6 december (piano) 2011
• 35-7 (2011) for bass clarinet and violin, viola, cello, and double bass
premiere: janus ensemble (christoph cech: conductor), at viktring castle, austria – 2011
• coda: improvisation on paper XVII (2011) for piano
• 35-3: (orchestra) 2011
premiere: bruückenköpfe (christoph cech: conductor) at bruckner university, linz, austria – 2011
• 35-4 raak (2010) for four-hand piano
premiere: ayaka and marie aso at kunitachi college of music, tokyo, japan – 2011
• irritation of a structure (piano) 2010
• snowy view of vienna from above: ix (piano) 2010
• tempel-musik: III (piano) 2010
• sasori-bushi (japanese folk song arranged for female voice and piano) 2010
• games: seven nonscores for nonmusicians (mixed ensembles and mixed choirs) 2010
• 35-1 (piano, Bb/bass clarinet) – 2010
premiere: sauro berti (clarinets) and naomi fujiya (pian) at kunitachi college of music, tokyo – 2010
• 33-4 for walking musicians (ensemble of japanese, iranian, and western instruments (hichiriki, sho, horn, Bb trumpet, flute, violin, santur, piano, Bb clarinet, thunder board, tam-tam, sustained cymbal, wind chimes, bass drum) 2009
premiere: kcm musicians at kunitachi college of music, tokyo, japan – 2009
• 36-6 (organ version) 2009
• 36-6 (piano version) 2009
• 33-6-3 (piano) 2009
• 33-6-1 (piano) 2009
• 33-6-2 (piano verion) 2009
• 33-6-2 (organ verion) 2009
• So schnell wie möglich (piano) 2009
• 33-6-7 (piano) 2009
• Negative and Positive (piano) 2009
• 36-4 All Keys (piano) 2009
• 36-6 (organ versiobn) 2009
• 36-6 (piano version) 2009
• 33-6-7 (piano) 2009
• quartet (oboe, Bb clarinet, soprano saxophone, trumpet) 2008
• 8 (any two voices) 2008
• kurdish folk song (piano) 2008
• hastie june (piano version) 2008
• hastie june (string quartet version) 2008
• trio for keyboard percussions (marimba, xylophone, and vibraphone) 2008
• drone (2008) for ensemble of 12 or larger
published by deep listening institute (within deep listening anthology II), new york, usa – 2011
• duet (horn and garden hose) 2008
premiere (as recording): elizabeth barton (hose), angelina contreras (horn) – 2008
• orchestral santur (santur) 2008
premiere (as sound track to an animation by kathy and sara kwon) at uplink factory, tokyo, japan – 2010
• trio (horn, cello, piano) 2008
premiere: bruckner univ. musicians, vienna, austria – 2012
• accent study (piano) 2008
• 7&8 (piano) 2008
• black/white tuberose (piano) 2008
• collage with kathy kwon (piano) 2008
• berlin (piano) 2008
• trio (cello, horn, piano) 2007
• cadenza fragment (2007) for horn
premiere: elizabeth barton (horn) at sacramento state university, california – 2007
published by deep listening institute (within deep listening anthology II)
new york, usa – 2011
• bee-gaah (concept and composition for santur) 2006
premiere: roozbeh nafisi (santur) at sierra II center, sacramento, california – 2006
• 7-up (violin) 2006
• prelude (harpsichord) 2006
commissioned by the baden-württemberg sipend, germany
premiere: ivaylo zlatev (piano) at university of tübingen, germany – 2006
• 17 sounds (piano) 2006: fragment, I, II
premiere (as cd recording): ivaylo zlatev (piano) at state music academy in trossingen, germany – 2006
• combinatoriality (quote, interlude) (piano) 2006
premiere (as cd recording): ivaylo zlatev (piano) at state music academy in trossingen, germany – 2006
• filzanleitung (piano) 2006
• smoking monkeys (piano) 2006
winner of the venia composition prize, vienna, austria – 2016
premiere: ivaylo zlatev (piano) at state music academy in trossingen, germany – 2006
published within deep listening anthology II, deep listening institute, new york, usa – 2011
recorded as a cd (piano: ivaylo zlatev), cd baby, new jersey, usa – 2017
• portraits (four pieces for string quartet) 2005–2006
• composition etude (flute) 2005
• to chase (violin) 2005
• parturita (cello/double bass and piano) 2005
• im nebel (soprano voice and piano, poem by hermann hesse) 2005
• horn concerto (horn and string orchestra) 2005
• fantasia (piano) 2005
• song for the living and song for the dead (2 chamber songs for 4 singer/speakers and ensemble with clarinet, oboe, horn, 2 violas, plastic bag, drums and bells) 2005
premiere: csus musicians (roozbeh nafisi: conductor) at sacramento state university, california – 2005
• onset (string quintet) 2005
premiere: csus musicians and leo eylar (violin I) a sacramento state university, california – 2005
• sway (chamber ensemble) 2005
premiere: csus musicians and yashar nafisi (tonbak) at sacramento state university, california – 2005
• icarus (symphonic orchestra version) 2005
• icarus (piano verion) 2004
premiere: marcella nasca (piano) at sacramento state university, california – 2004
• rime (flute and santur) 2004
premiere: nadia banna (flute) and roozbeh nafisi (santur) at sacramento state university, california – 2004
• knockout (chamber ensemble) 2004
premiere: csus musicians at sacramento state university, california – 2004
• lallarookh (baritone and piano – poem: thomas moore) 2004
premiere: eugene chan (voice) sunny knable (piano) at sacramento state university, california – 2004
• sohrab and rustam (choir, trumpet, santur) 2003
premiere: sacramento master singers choir (ralph hughes: conductor), thomas hall (trumpet), roozbeh nafisi (santur) at saint francis of assisi parish, sacramento california – 2003
• suite (soprano and piano – poem: yashar Nafisi) 2003
premiere: dian samuelson (voice), joe gilman (piano) at american river college, sacramento, california – 2003
• i am cold (santur) 2000
premiere: roozbeh nafisi (santur) at amirkabir cultural center, tehran, iran – 2000
• isfahan etude (santur) 1999
premiere: roozbeh nafisi (santur) on sacramento public television, california – 2001
• heroic sketches (santur and tonbak) 1994