2025:
14.jan.2025, 11:30 forbidden voices: women’s singing of iranian traditional music under the islamic regime in iran
48th ictmd world conference (9-15.jan.2025 hosted by te herenga waka victoria univ. of wellington, and te kōkī the new zealand school of music)
tākina centre: 50 cable st, te aro, wellington 6011, new zealand
roozbeh nafisi: paper presentation
this talk will be available live online (session VIB13)
https://planmyevent.eventsair.com/ictmd-world-conference-2025/
program: https://easychair.org/smart-program/ICTMD2025/program.html
registration: https://easychair.org/cfp/ictmd2025
24.may.2025, 18:00 die poesie des werdens kunsthaus hruschka: dörfl 161, falkenstein 2161, austria
alfred hruschka: visual arts / marion steinfellner: poetry and dance / roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://veranstaltungen.niederoesterreich.at/211839/ausstellung-poesie-des-werdens
https://www.facebook.com/AlfredHruschka/
25.may.2025, 18:00 vinissage with poetry and music kunsthaus hruschka: dörfl 161, falkenstein 2161, austria
alfred hruschka: visual arts / marion steinfellner: poetry and visual arts / roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://veranstaltungen.niederoesterreich.at/211839/ausstellung-poesie-des-werdens
https://www.facebook.com/AlfredHruschka/
30.may.2025, 19:00 safavid art music of iran the alte rathaus: wipplingerstr. 8, vienna 1010, austria
alhan ensemble presents iranian pieces by 18th century composers and further
parmis rahmani: gheychak alto / nima noury: tar / jörg mikula: tonbak and bendir / roozbeh nafisi: santur / eva münzberg: viola da gamba
21.jun.2025, 21:30 chahaarmezraab and reng vienna 1130, austria
private session
roozbeh nafisi: santur / sina ghazanfaripour: percussions
04.jul.2025, 14:30-17:30 forbidden voices: women’s singing of iranian traditional music under the islamic regime in iran
university of rome, tor vergata, school of humanities (moscati hall, 1st floor, building B): via columbia 1, rome 00133, italy
conference freedom and power: conflict and equilibria (2-4.jul.2025),
roozbeh nafisi: paper presentation
https://convegnodottoraleunitorvergata.wordpress.com/info/
link for online visitors:
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3997372354949?p=PAIqGzwjwuY3y6TV20
20.sep.2025, 19:30 gallows humor (schallwende festival for new music, 19-21.sep.2025, theater am saumarkt): mühletorpl. 1, feldkirch 6800, austria
while we are still free (title borrowed from g. marzban): roozbeh nafisi (composition) and marlene streeruwitz (poetry) / afschaari: durch die blume: roozbeh nafisi (composition and story, based on oral narrative of b. romankiewicz's) / and new works by: elfi aichinger, christoph cech, dietmar kirchner, anna maly, viola falb
renate burtscher: speaker / joanna lewis: violin / elena arbonies jauregui: Bb, Eb, and bass clarinets / tibor kövesdi: double bass
21.nov.2025, 19:00 black humor: as long as we are still free... main library: urban-loritz-platz 2a, third floor, vienna 1070, austria
a celebration of black humor through music and word
cech trio (joanna lewis: violin, simon schellnegger: viola, arne kircher: cello)
music: roozbeh nafisi, reza vali, wolfgang von schweinitz, nima noury, dietmar kirchner,...
text: merlene streeruwitz and roozbeh nafisi
https://buechereien.wien.gv.at/B%C3%BCchereien-Wien/Veranstaltungen
https://ticket.wien.gv.at/M13STB/
28.nov.2025, 19:00 dem wort die freiheit main library of vienna: urban-loritz-platz 2a, third floor, vienna 1070, austria
reading and music with roozbeh nafisi (more details soon)
https://buechereien.wien.gv.at/B%C3%BCchereien-Wien/Veranstaltungen/Erwachsene
dec.2025, 19:30 musical and visual arts galerie am roten hof: piaristengasse 1/ii, vienna 1080, austri
visual and music compositions by roozbeh nafisi and colleagues
(more details soon)
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2024:
22.jan.2024, 12:00 iran for kids verein freiraum-schule: herzogenburgergasse 13, kritzendorf 3420, austria
roozbeh nafisi and lucia plank: presentation for elementary school kids
https://www.freiraumschule.at/
15.mar.2024, 19:00 andante for the forbidden voice: a multimedia tribute to women’s singing in iran alte schmiede: schönlaterngasse 9, vienna 1010, austria
roozbeh nafisi, johannes kretz, dietmar kirchner: composition
padideh naderi: mezzo-soprano / mahdieh bayat: visuals / johannes kretz: electronics / victoria pfeil: saxophones /
morvarid tahmasbi: kamancheh / dietmar kirchner: bass guitar / roozbeh nafisi: santur
texts by golnar narimani / nava ebrahimi / roozbeh nafisi / elisabeth klar / ahmad shamlou / mahshid amirshahi / forugh farrokhzad / siavash kasrai /
gorji marzban / mehrzad hamzelo / h.c. artmann / houshang golshiri / ebrahim golestan / mahmoud dowlatabadi / mehdi akhavan-sales / fariba vafi /
mahmood falaki / manouchehr atashi / mina assadi / simin behbahani / sina kiyani / staša aras
https://www.facebook.com/events/1121741245928146/
teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ1K368NEO4
the performance is also broadcasted live online:
on tv:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpGzwglj25Y
30.apr.2024, 19:30 beankings lullaby sargfabrik: goldschlagstraße 169, vienna 1140, austria
roozbeh nafisi: composition (for bassoon, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, vibraphone and percussions)
janus ensemble / christoph cech: conductor
https://sargfabrik.at/veranstaltungen/janus-ensemble-2404
11.may.2024, 21:00 trio springtime jazz festival, teatro fantàsia: via matteo renato imbriani 144, barletta 76121, italy
roozbeh nafisi: santur / chiao-hua chang: erhu / esad halilović: percussions
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=879038980899934&set=a.371570308313473
https://www.teatrofantasia.it/
26.may.2024, 18:15 afschaari: durch die blume (string trio with storytelling) aNOther festival, theater am spittelberg: spittelberggasse 10, vienna 1070, austria
cech trio plays and reads roozbeh nafisi
joanna lewis: violin and storytelling / simon schellnegger: viola and storytelling / arne kircher: cello and storytelling
this work is inspired by an oral narrative of barbara romankiewicz's
festival evening runs from 17:00 to 22:00. see schedule for details of this 3-day festival
https://www.anotherfestival.org/
https://www.theateramspittelberg.at/spielplan-2024.html
28.okt.2024, 19:30 ensemble xxi. jahrhundert and soloists wiener konzerthaus, berio hall: lothringer str. 20, vienna 1030, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur / peter burwik: conductor
jakhongir shukur: interaction for santur, ney and strings
https://konzerthaus.at/konzert/eventid/62267
09.nov.2024, 17:00 forbidden voices: women’s singing of iranian traditional music under the islamic regime in iran
univ. of vienna, campus old akh, musicology dpt., seminar room 1: spitalg. 2, court 9 (via garnisong. 13 / rotenhausg. opposite to no. 4), vienna 1090, austria
roozbeh nafisi: paper presentation
https://musikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/?no_cache=1
29.nov.2024, 19:00 adam against lilith main library of vienna: urban-loritz-platz 2a, third floor, vienna 1070, austria
a presentation for the occasion of days to stop violence against women, on 40th anniversary of the series dem wort die freiheit
marlene streeruwitz: reading (from: handbuch gegen den krieg and handbuch der liebe)
roozbeh nafisi: santur
gorji marzban and birge krondorfer : moderation
https://ticket.wien.gv.at/M13STB/DemWort/
12.dec.2024, 19:30 free forms improvisations night vekks: ratschkygasse 14/1 (entrance: erlgasse) vienna 1120, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur
23.dec.2024, 19:30 free poetry, dance and santur vienna, austria
marion steinfellner and roozbeh nafisi
private house concert (details per email)
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2023:
23.jan.2023, 14:00 focus: iranian musicians in austria radio orange, austria
interviews (in german language) with roozbeh nafisi, nariman hodjati, golnar shahyar, and mahan mirarab
interviewer: elnaz mohammadzadeh
https://o94.at/programm/sendung/id/2129086
14.mar.2023, 12:30 melodic (de)composition: generation of verticality through horizontality in an organic process of composition inspired by iranian music
gustav mahler private university of music, neuer saal: mießtaler str. 8, klagenurt 9020, austria, tel: (+43)5053616552, email: info@gmpu.ac.at
symposium composition and research (13-16.mar.2023)
keynote speaker: claus-steffen mahnkopf
roozbeh nafisi: paper presentation
https://www.komposition-forschung.at/en
19.mar.2023, 16:00 norooz: music to celebrate the arrival of spring universal peace federation: seidengasse 28, vienna 1070, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur / bashir mirzo: qanun / judit antal: zither, voice / hamidreza ojaghi: daf, voice
18.apr.2023, 09:25 shaahnaame: myths as they live on today coastal university carolina: conway, south carolina 29528, usa
roozbeh nafisi: guest lecturer (prof. anna oldfield's course)
https://www.coastal.edu/aboutccu/
13.may.2023, 20:20 woman, life, freedom: a trio story salam orient festival 2023 at brunnenpassage: brunnengasse 71, vienna 1160, austria
romachi trio (chiao-hua chang: erhu / yoram rosilio: string bass / roozbeh nafisi: santur)
romachi trio dedicates this performance to vania and vova, the surviving ukrainean twins of the war
whole program starts at 19:30 this evening, also presenting alhan trio and chamma trio
https://www.facebook.com/events/783187296493372/
https://www.brunnenpassage.at/kalender
31.may.2023, 20:00 die wonderbach frog potatoe soirées (improvisation) semmelweisklinik art and culture center: hockeg. 37, bldg. 4, vienna 1180, austria
michael fischer: saxophone / yoram rosilio: string bass / roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://www.semmelweisklinik.at/index.html#events
07.jun.2023, 19:00 wiener bezirksFestwochen: chamber music compositions by kaufmann, logothetis and nafisi
mariahilf district museum of vienna: mollardgasse 8, vienna 1060, austria
roozbeh nafisi: nava for solo bass clarinet with optional hand drum accompaniment
thomas unterrainer: bass clarinet
https://www.bezirksmuseum.at/de/bezirksmuseum_6/veranstaltungen/
19.jun.2023, 18:15 instrumental demonstration for young composers (composition studio of prof. johannes kretz)
university of music and performing arts vienna, kleine hörsaal (aw a0201): webern-platz 1, vienna 1030, austria
roozbeh nafisi: guest demonstrator
20.jun.2023, 20:00 neighborhood concert open air performance: kurt-pint-platz (brückengasse 7), vienna 1060, austria
ensemble dusha connection features roozbeh nafisi on santur
https://www.dushakultur.org/aktuelles/
https://www.dushaconnection.com/
14.jul.2023, 17:00 iranian traditional music in lives of iranians under the rule of the islamic republic
47th ictm world conference (13-19.jul.2022) - university of ghana: legon, ghana
roozbeh nafisi: paper presentation
http://ictmusic.org/ictm2023/programme
https://www.ug.edu.gh/ictm/registration-fees
https://www.ictmusic.org/sites/default/files/documents/bulletins/151-ICTM-Bulletin-Jan-2023-good.pdf
27.jul.2023, 15:00-18:00 attuning bodies a study of improvisation and ethics (joshua bergamin: scientist)
university of vienna: auf der schmelz 6a (uszll, 1st floor), vienna 1150, austria
private duo sessions with chiao-hua chang: erhu / yoram rosilio: string bass / and roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://kalender.univie.ac.at/
20.sep.2023, 12:30 composition presentation (a hearning) haydn conservatory: glorietteallee 2, eisenstadt 7000, austria
roozbeh nafisi: composition presentation in collaboration
27.sep.2023, 19:00 NowHere . NoWhere - Partituren Im Jetzt brick-15: herklotzgasse 21, vienna 1150, austria
vienna improvisers orchestra
conductor: michael fischer / santur: roozbeh nafisi
https://www.viennaimprovisersorchestra.org/timeline/#concerts
07.okt.2023, 18:00 ascolta un po' e guarda a collaboration of arts and artificial intelligence
aNOther festival 2023: "artisti(fi)c(ial) intelligence?"
future art lab (klang-theater) univ. of music and performing arts vienna: webern-plz 1, vienna 1030, austria
wolfgang liebhart: electronics & visuals / chiao-hua chang: erhu / roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://www.anotherfestival.org/
https://www.mdw.ac.at/6/?daterange=01.10.2023+%E2%80%93+31.10.2023
21.okt.2023, 18:00 reading with staša aras: literature and music ViziRast (dachatelier): lackierergasse 10, vienna 1090, austria
roozbeh nafisi trio (roozbeh nafisi: santur / esad halilović: percussions / alessandro visard: string bass)
hosted by melisa slipac (18:00 reading; 20:00 concert)
10.nov.2023, 20:00 santur and talk RAUMSCHIFF: pfarrplatz 18, linz 4020, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur and talk, followed by open stage for conversation and improvisation collaborations
https://www.instagram.com/p/CzGi-lGsKfN/
04.dec.2023, 10:00-13:00 attuning bodies a study of improvisation and ethics (joshua bergamin: scientist)
university of vienna: auf der schmelz 6a (uszll, 1st floor), vienna 1150, austria
private music sessions with roozbeh nafisi: santur / claudia cervenca: voice / and valentin duit: drums
CANCELED (snow!)
05.dec.2023, 17:00-17:30 music for iran united nations (uno city) open space: wagramer str. 5, vienna 1400, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur / chiao-hua chang: erhu
https://www.instagram.com/iranrevolution2022vienna/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
https://www.meinbezirk.at/tag/kaiserm%C3%BChlen
14.dec.2023, 19:30 free forms improvisations night vekks: ratschkygasse 14/1 (entrance: erlgasse) vienna 1120, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur / emil gross and michael prehofer: drums / eric arn: guitar / gerhard klösch: viola /
jaroslav stastny and sylvia bruckner: piano / sandra hernandez: bassoon / karl krbavak: viola da gamba and guitar
15.dec.2023, 14:00-16:00 attuning bodies a study of improvisation and ethics (joshua bergamin: scientist)
university of vienna: auf der schmelz 6a (uszll, 1st floor), vienna 1150, austria
private music sessions with roozbeh nafisi: santur / jakob gnigler and radim hanousek: saxophones
16.dec.2023, 15:00 (doors 14:30) winterreise: a vocal journey with santur, clarinet and percussions tandelmarktgasse, vienna 1020, austria
padideh naderi: mezzo-soprano / roozbeh nafisi: santur / georg macho: percussions / claudia macho: clarinet
private house concert (details per email)
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2022:
08.jan.2022, 18:00 t'aarof aNOther festival (brick 5): herklotzgasse 21, vienna 1150, austria
an ensemble collaboration of visuals and electro-acoustics
elke perau and mahdieh bayat: visuals, johannes kretz: electronics, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur
13.apr.2022, 19:00 improvisation concert estonian academy of music and theatre, chamber hall: tatari 13, tallinn 10116, estonia
núria andorrà (percussions), roozbeh nafisi (santur) and collaborating artists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oV0t8ie8YA
19.apr.2022, 14:15 iranian santur: the instrument and aspects of its social relevance, with a focus on tuning
estonian academy of music and theatre, conference room A207: tatari 13, tallinn 10116, estonia
roozbeh nafisi: presentation
20.apr.2022, 18:00 twinkling little star
performance of children pupils of tuule kann (kannel) with guest artist roozbeh nafisi (santur)
studio of tuule kann: Uus 19, tallinn 10123, estonia
https://mdw.ac.at/internationalblog/2023/05/31/immersion-in-estonian-culture/
23.may.2022, 20:00 improvisations tunnel: florianigasse 39, vienna 1080, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur, in collaboration with hans tschiritsch and improvising colleagues
https://www.tunnel-vienna-live.at/events/wiener-weltmusik-tage-2022-copy/
24.may.2022, 18:30 a night of traditional musics haydn hall (univ. of music and performing arts): webern-platz 1, vienna 1030, austria
a performance of students of univ. of music and performing arts vienna
with a collaboration of roozbeh nafisi's santur studio with magdalena saringer's hackbrett and harp studio
elnaz mohammadzadeh-roshtkhari: santur, isabelle niederhofer: hackbrett, eva-maria wagner: harp
music by arfa atrai and gregor leutschacher
https://www.mdw.ac.at/veranstaltungen/?y=2022&m=05&d=24
08.jun.2022, 19:30 Planet Bbl währinger amtshaus (festsaal): martin-str. 100, vienna 1180, austria
a visuals, music and dance performance of kunstbetrieb ensemble (roozbeh nafisi: piano, santur)
https://kunstbetrieb.co/performances/
https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/waehring/aemter-behoerden/
POSTPONED
22.jun.2022, 18:00-21:00 short night of impro jam: poly-college wieden, turn hall: danhausergasse 1, vienna 1040, austria
an improvisation group session with roozbeh nafisi. come with or without instruments. drums available
all (non-)musicians welcome to join improvisations!
https://www.vhs.at/de/k/283607664
24.jun.2022, 18:00 the unexpected kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11, vienna 1180, austria
wolfgang liebhart (live electronics) in collaboration with romachi trio
chiao-hua chang: erhu, marton palatinszky: woodwinds, roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://kunstbetrieb.co/2022/05/18/fr-24-juni-2022-1800-romachi-liebhart-the-unexpected/?fbclid=IwAR0FZsgLWtte1n55O4PyRcnyfmXwPVJhcIEBUtWntsJOcznIwxZC6hhugJc
26.jul.2022, 12:30 santur-playing iranian-americans in northern california 46th ictm world conference (21-27.jul.2022)
colégio almada negreiros: faculdade de direito da universidade nova de lisboa, tv. estêvão pinto - lisbon, portugal
roozbeh nafisi: paper presentation
http://ictmusic.org/ictm2022/programme
POSTPONED
05.aug.2022, 18:00-21:00 short night of impro jam: poly-college wieden, turn hall: danhausergasse 1, vienna 1040, austria
an improvisation group session with roozbeh nafisi. come with or without instruments. drums available
all (non-)musicians welcome to join improvisations!
https://www.vhs.at/de/k/283607665
08.sep.2022 (opening), mythos mozart kärntner str. 19, vienna 1010, austria
a multimedia show as a tribute to w. a. mozart
with musician roozbeh nafisi and film director arash t. riahi
various visits everyday
15.sep.2022, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur, and improvising colleagues
https://prueckel.at/index.php/kip-souterrainbuehne/
17.sep.2022, 19:30 portrait concert schallwende festival for contemporary music (16-18.sep.2022) theater am saumarkt: mühletorpl. 1, feldkirch 6800, austria
premiere performance of roozbeh nafisi's chamber music compositions homaayuun and bayaat-e zand
khosro soltani: duduk and ney, lena fankhauser: viola, anna koch: clarinet and bass clarinet, mara achleitner: cello, matthias kronsteiner: bassoon,
ivaylo zlatev: piano, roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://www.saumarkt.at/schallwende-portr%C3%A4tkonzerte-2022-raphael-lins-roozbeh-nafisi
radio talk (search for keyword "schallwende"):
https://sound.orf.at/podcast/vbg/orf-radio-vorarlberg-kultur
29.sep.2022, 19:30 ad libitum art quintet kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11, vienna 1180, austria
roozbeh nafisi's new piece for string quartet and projected visuals
wolfgang dokulil (visuals) and cech string quartet (joanna lewis and tomas novak: violin, simon schellnegger: viola, arne kircher: cello)
https://kunstbetrieb.co/2022/08/22/do-29-september-2022-1930-ad-libitum-kunst-quintett/
11.oct.2022, 11:00 shaahnaame online presentation at coastal university carolina: conway, south carolina 29528, usa
roozbeh nafisi: guest lecturer at prof. anna oldfield's course
https://www.coastal.edu/aboutccu/
12.oct.2022, 19:00 free forms café ponava: lužánecká 1883/3, 602 00 brno, czech republic
roozbeh nafisi: santur, and improvising colleagues
13.oct.2022, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria
romachi trio (roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, marton palatinszky: woodwinds) and friends
https://prueckel.at/index.php/kip-souterrainbuehne/
22.oct.2022, 19:00 inoek days of new music spielraum: gasometer B, guglgasse 8, vienna 1110, austria
roozbeh nafisi's composition (for ensemble with electronics) woman, life, freedom: for the people of iran
max brand ensemble, richard graf: conductor
free admission
https://inoek.at/index.php/en/496-tage-der-neuen-musik-call-for-scores-4
26-30.oct.2022 cymbalom days: žerotín castle, komenského street 1, valašské meziříčí 757 01, czech republic
roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://www.cimbalom.org/2021/07/cwa-congress-now-planned-for-2022/
01.nov.2022, 16:00 soundings chamber music nights cultural forum london: 28 rutland gate, london sw7 1pq, united kingdom
open rehearsal of roozbeh nafisi's string quartet abuuataa (concert on november 2) with the composer
david larkin and darragh morgan: violin, louise mcmonagle: cello, richard jones: viola
composers in residence: roozbeh nafisi, hannah eisendle, daniel oliver moser, and uk composers litha efthymiou, robin haigh and bushra el-turk
https://acflondon.org/events/soundings-2022/
https://www.acflondon.org/events/?tag=Music
02.nov.2022, 19:00 (doors open 18:30) soundings chamber music nights cultural forum london: 28 rutland gate, london sw7 1pq, united kingdom
roozbeh nafisi: abuuataa (for string quartet)
david larkin and darragh morgan: violin, louise mcmonagle: cello, richard jones: viola
composers in residence: roozbeh nafisi, hannah eisendle, daniel oliver moser, and uk composers litha efthymiou, robin haigh and bushra el-turk
https://acflondon.org/events/soundings-2022/
https://www.acflondon.org/events/?tag=Music
radio program:
https://radioklassik.at/programm/sendeformate/thema/soundings-2022/
03.nov.2022, soundings chamber music nights cultural forum london: 28 rutland gate, london sw7 1pq, united kingdom
roozbeh nafisi: isfahan, for the protesting women in iran (for piano)
composers in residence: roozbeh nafisi, hannah eisendle, daniel oliver moser, and uk composers litha efthymiou, robin haigh and bushra el-turk
10:00 open rehearsal of piano piece isfahan: for protesting women in iran with composer roozbeh nafisi and pianist mary dullea
15:30 composer portraits: roozbeh nafisi, hannah eisendle and robin haigh in conversations with shirley j. thompson
19:00 (concert; doors open 18:30)
https://acflondon.org/events/soundings-2022/
https://www.acflondon.org/events/?tag=Music
radio program:
https://radioklassik.at/programm/sendeformate/thema/soundings-2022/
01.dec.2022, 19:30 uninformed kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11, vienna 1180, austria
wolfgang dokulil: live art, roozbeh nafisi: santur
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2021:
28.apr.2021, 17:30 (doors open) now kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11, vienna 1180, austria
wolfgang dokulil: visuals, ivaylo zlatev: piano, roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://kunstbetrieb.co/performances/
CONCERT WITHOUT AUDIENCE (corona!):
30.apr.2021, 19:00 piano solo: ivaylo zlatev plays works by roozbeh nafisi st. peter's cathedral (krypta): petersplatz, 1010 vienna, austria
http://www.peterskirche.at/home/
12.jun.2021, 10:30 translating artmann's 'persische qvatrainen' literaturhaus salzburg: strubergasse 23, salzburg 5020, austria
a talk by roozbeh nafisi for the occasion of artmann's 100th birthday
https://w-k.sbg.ac.at/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/H.C.-Artmann-Programmkarte.pdf
12.jun.2021, 18:00 der west–östlicher artmann literaturhaus salzburg: strubergasse 23, salzburg 5020, austria
gunda könig: recitation, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur
http://www.literaturhaus-salzburg.at/content.php?id=186&programmdetail=8912&mm_id=90&mmm_id=97
26.jun.2021, 19:00 a night of microtones theater am lend: wienerstr. 58a, graz 8020, austria
ensemble NeuRaum plays roozbeh nafisi's segaah. conductor: bruno strobl
https://www.theateramlend.at/jart/prj3/theater-am-lend/main.jart?rel=de&content-id=1490815612664&reserve-mode=active
03.jul.2021, 14:00 shaping the air kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11, vienna 1180, austria
yoram rosilio: double bass, roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://kunstbetrieb.co/performances/
POSTPONED:
10.jul.2021, 19:30 vienna orient ensemble lalish theater: gentzgasse 62, vienna 1180, austria
with bashir mirzo: qanun, roozbeh nafisi: santur
http://www.lalishtheater.org/juli-august/
26.aug.2021, 19:00 book presentation: artmann & berlin cultural forum berlin: stauffenbergstr. 1, berlin 10785, germany
roozbeh nafisi: a contributing writer to the book "h.c. artmann & berlin"
21.sep.2021, 19:00 quatrains and quartet main library: urban-loritz-platz 2a, vienna 1070, austria
a celebration of poet h.c. artmann's 100th birthyear through presenting his quatrains together with roozbeh nafisi's string quartet based on this poetry
(library's presentation series „dem wort die freiheit“)
gunda könig and roozbeh nafisi: recitation,
with cech quartet (joanna lewis and tomas novak: violin, simon schellnegger: viola, arne kircher: cello)
the performance starts with a miniature quartet composition by christoph cech, welcoming the cech quartet on its debut
https://buechereien.wien.gv.at/B%C3%BCchereien-Wien/Veranstaltungen
reservation:
https://ticket.wien.gv.at/M13STB/QVATRAINEN/
22.sep.2021, 19:30 equinox kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11, vienna 1180, austria
romachi trio (roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, marton palatinszky: woodwinds) with wolfgang dokulil (visuals)
https://kunstbetrieb.co/performances/
27.oct.2021, 20:00 quatrains and quartet echoraum: sechshauser str. 66, vienna 1150, austria
a celebration of poet h.c. artmann's 100th birthyear through presenting his quatrains together with roozbeh nafisi's string quartet based on this poetry
gunda könig and roozbeh nafisi: recitation,
with cech quartet (joanna lewis and tomas novak: violin, simon schellnegger: viola, arne kircher: cello)
https://www.echoraum.at/site/qvatrainen-und-quartett/
28.oct.2021, 19:30 (doors 18:30) der west–östlicher artmann sargfabrik: goldschlagstraße 169, vienna 1140, austria
gunda könig: recitation, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://sargfabrik.at/veranstaltungen/der-west-ostliche-artmann-ir-tw-at-281021
06.nov.2021, 17:30 teatri del suono / paradiso. festival di musica e culture contemporaneen sala luttazzi, magazzino 26, trieste 34135, italy
ensemble NeuRaum plays roozbeh nafisi's segaah. conductor: bruno strobl
06.nov.2021, 19:00 'morakkabnavaazi': a modal journey through the radif music of iran
eötvös 10 house of culture (eötvös10 művelődési ház): eötvös u. 10, budapest 1067, hungary
roozbeh nafisi: solo santur
07.nov.2021, 19:00 iranian folk songs from azerbaijan provinces
solti hall of liszt academy of music: liszt ferenc tér 8, budapest 1061, hungary
roozbeh nafisi: solo santur
https://zeneakademia.hu/all-programs/2021-11-07-cimbalom-recital-10273
CANCELED (corona!)
19-21.nov.2021, chilli jazz congress 2021 gasthof pummer: obere hauptstr. 11, heiligenkreuz im lafnitztal 7561, austria
roozbeh nafisi (: santur) and improvising artists
POSTPONED (corona!)
02.dec.2021, 19:30 janus ensemble concert bruckner university: hagenstr. 57, linz 4040, austria
janus ensemble, christoph cech: conductor, roozbeh nafisi: soloist (santur)
odysseas manidakis: "Loodweh's Zither" for large ensemble, electronics, and santur
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2020:
09.jan.2020, 18:15 improvisations casa della music: via dei capitelli 3, trieste 34121, italy
roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://www.scuoladimusica55.it
11.feb.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ...
http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur
27.feb.2020, 19:00 romachi (debut of trio romachi). kunstverein klangwerk: laudongasse 28, vienna 1080, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, marton palatinszky: woodwinds
https://mcusercontent.com/4054c4682fbe0a9088ff95f76/images/b097ccbe-5e73-49b8-84b9-204846a11c67.jpg
https://www.tschiritsch.com/deutsch/termine_aktuell.htm
CANCELED (corona!):
11.mar.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ...
http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur
12.mar.2020, 19:00 pictures of music galerie nuu: wilhelm-exnergasse 15, vienna 1090, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur, lis kelvin: saxophone and bass clarinet, bostjan perovsek: laptop, sisa suchankova: flute
http://www.nuu.at/new-events/2020/3/12/ausstellung-branko-brandjas-free-forms
31.mar.2020, 19:00 Planet Bbl online concert (click the link below on 31.mar.2020 at 19:00 to attend!)
a collective artwork/performance with painter wolfgang dokulil, roozbeh nafisi and fellow word and music artists
https://kunstbetrieb.co/2020/03/02/di-31-marz-2020-1900-improper/
04.apr.2020, 19:00 polylogue with/out words (impro währing 2020) online concert
roozbeh nafisi: santur, doris lang: live typography, wolfgang dokuli: live digital graphic, elena waclawiczek and anna adensamer: dance, yoram rosilio: bass
https://kunstbetrieb.co/2020/03/06/sa-4-april-2020-1900-polylogue-live-videomeeting/
CANCELED (corona!):
08.apr.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ...
http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur
CANCELED (corona!):
10.jun.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ...
http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur
19.jul.2020, festival schnittpunkte der musik 2020 gasthof pummer: obere hauptstr. 11, heiligenkreuz im lafnitztal 7561, austria
roozbeh nafisi (: santur) and improvising artists
http://kultur.net/gasthof-rudolf-pummer/programm/schnittpunkte-der-musik-2020
12.aug.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ...
http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur
20.sep.2020, 20:00 the sound of 6th: compositions from the viennese mariahilf district museum of vienna: mollardgasse 8, vienna 1060, austria
compositions by roozbeh nafisi (afschaari string trio), dieter kaufmann, bruno liberda, erich w. korngold, gerhard lampersberg, ernst kölz, ivan eröd, wilhelm zobl.
elisabeth sykora: voice and flute, gunda könig: voice, elena denisova: violin, györgy gulyás nagy: viola, alenka piotrowicz: cello, dieter kaufmann: sound direction
https://www.bezirksmuseum.at/de/bezirksmuseum_6/veranstaltungen/
29.sep.2020, 19:30 beethoven pocket orchestra celebrates beethoven's 250th birth year sargfabrik: goldschlagstraße 169, vienna 1140, austria
janus ensemble, christoph cech: conductor, roozbeh nafisi: soloist
johannes kretz: "patheTimbriQue"
viola falb: "ERGONIMA" (santur solo and ensemble)
odysseas manidakis: "Loodweh's Zither" (santur solo, electronics and ensemble),
roozbeh nafisi: "bee-gaah" (santur solo and ensemble),
hannes löschel: "Was sein muß, muß sein Was?" and "Funeral"
https://www.sargfabrik.at/Home/Programm-Detail?concert-id=42567
03.oct.2020, 19:00 der west–östlicher artmann museum retz: znaimer str. 7, retz 2070, austria
gunda könig: recitation, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://www.retz.gv.at/de/Der_west-oestliche_Artmann_br_Samstag_3_Oktober_2020_19_Uhr_Museum_Retz_1
09.oct.2020, 20:00 der west–östlicher artmann echoraum: sechshauser str. 66, vienna 1150, austria
gunda könig: recitation, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://www.retz.gv.at/de/Der_west-oestliche_Artmann_br_Samstag_3_Oktober_2020_19_Uhr_Museum_Retz_1
12.oct.2020 , 20:00 romachi trio celeste: hamburgerstr. 18, vienna 1050, austria
chiao-hua chang: erhu, márton palatinszky: woodwinds, roozbeh nafisi: santur
14.oct.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ...
http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur
POSTPONED:
16.oct.2020 t'aarof: a corona contested show galerie hinterland: krongasse 20, vienna 1050, austria
mahdieh bayat: live painting, elke perau: text performance, johannes kretz: live elektronics, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://www.hinterland.ag/2020/hospitality
27.oct.2020, 19:30 NeuRaum premiere night of microtones konzerthaus: mießtaler Str. 8, klagenfurt 9020, austria
ensemble NeuRaum directed by bruno strobl. roozbeh nafisi: composer (segaah for ensemble)
recorded live by the austrian national radio (ORF)
https://ensembleneuraum.at/de/konzerte/
02.nov.2020 , 20:00 improvisation celeste: hamburgerstr. 18, vienna 1050, austria
CANCELED (corona!):
08.nov. 2020, 11:00 EXPAN: ensemble music matinée expan festival 2020: porcia castle, spittal an der drau 9800, austria
ensemble NeuRaum directed by bruno strobl. with: roozbeh nafisi (composition segaah for ensemble)
CANCELED (corona!):
10.nov.2020 19:00 piano solo: ivaylo zlatev plays works by roozbeh nafisi peterskirche (krypta), petersplatz, 1010 vienna, austria
http://www.peterskirche.at/home/
CANCELED (corona!):
11.nov.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria
roozbeh nafisi: santur, ivaylo zlatev: piano, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ...
http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur
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2019:
10.jan.+07.mar.+02.may.+06.jun.2019, 20:15 free forms au: brunnengasse 76, vienna 1160, austria. roozbeh nafisi: santur,
chiao-hua chang: erhu, jaka ropret: e-bass, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., márton palatinszky: bcl., moritz benedikt nolden, simon öggl
https://www.facebook.com/events/296948410799560/
10.may.2019, 19:30, + 12.may.2019, 12:15 festival schnittpunkte der musik 2018 gasthof pummer: heiligenkreuz, südburgenland, austria. roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://www.facebook.com/udo.preis/media_set?set=a.10219517389794628&type=3
17.may.2019, 16:30 sounds of transition volkshilfe: weinberggasse 77, vienna 1190, austria. santur improvisations at buddies for refugees
https://www.volkshilfe-wien.at/event/
18.may.2019, 18:00 soundrufen: 44th festival A4: karpatská 2 (budova ymca), bratislava 81105, slovakia. roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://a4.sk/en/events/2019/05/18/impro-kafe-2/
14.jun.2019, 21:00 free forms festival preddvor, slovenia. roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://www.mojekarte.si/si/festival-free-forms-•-preddvor-2019/vstopnice-1121127.html
26.oct.2019, 16:00 - ca 19:00 Planet Bbl a collective artwork/performance with painter wolfgang dokulil, roozbeh nafisi and fellow word and music artists
kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11/1 vienna 1180, austria
05.nov.2019, 20:00 improvisations collective concert
villa for forest: viktringer ring 21, 9020 klagenfurt am wörthersee, austria.
https://forforest.net/event-location/villa/
06.nov.2019, 19:30 improvisations collective concert
trubarjeva hiša literature: stritarjeva ulica 7, 1000 ljubljana, slovenia.
https://www.trubarjevahisaliterature.si/
19.nov.2019, 20:00 der west–östlicher artmann gunda könig / recitation, chiao-hua chang / erhu, roozbeh nafisi / santur
kulturforum teheran, iran (tel: +982188765525)
انجمن فرهنگی اتریش در تهران
خیابان سهروردی، خیابان خرمشهر، خیابان عربعلی، خیابان ششم، نبش سیبویه، پلاک ۱
https://www.bmeia.gv.at/kf-teheran/
21.nov.2019, 17:00 artmann night talk and poetry recitation by gunda könig and roozbeh nafisi. vartan house: 514 taleghani west, tehran - iran.
شب رباعیات آرتْمان، با گوندا کُئِنیگ و روزبه نفیسی
(معرفی کتاب رباعیات آرتمان، برگردان روزبه نفیسی)
تهران ـ خانه وارطــان
میدان فلسطین - طالقانی غربی - پلاک ۵۱۴
https://www.instagram.com/vartanhouse_/?hl=de
03.dec.2019, 17:00 interactive space design laboratory in collaboration with visual artist karin písaříková. music: roozbeh nafisi.
gallery umakart: lidicka 40, brno, czech republic
http://myartguides.com/art-spaces/non-profit/gallery-umakart/
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2018:
01+03.mar.2018: der west–östlicher artmann gunda könig: recitation, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur
01.mar.2018: spittal an der drau, austria
03.mar.2018: feldkirchen, austria
http://www.bezirksjournal.info/events/der-west-oestliche-artmann/
der gralsritter der poesie führt uns nach japan, zur kürzesten lyrik der welt, den 3zeiligen haikus; nach persien, zu den eigenwilligen, 4zeiligen persischen quatrainen und nach 'bradnsee', in das weite land der österreichischen seele, die so gern in 'ana schwoazzn dintn' badet.
04.apr.2018, 20:15 freie dialog: just music au: brunnengasse 76, vienna 1160, austria. roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://askhelmut.com/events/2018-04-04-20-15-au-free-forms-just-music
mit: chinesischer pipa spielerin LUCY ZHAO, CHIAO-HUA CHANG/taiwan an der erhu (chin. geige); von australian LIS KELVIN am sax und bcl, der österr. komponist und elektroniker CHRISTOF RESSI, der griechische geiger CHRISTO ZIOUTIS, SIMON ÖGGL/electronics und SIMON FRICK/ electr. geige
11-13.may.2018, 19:00 festival schnittpunkte der musik 2018 gasthof pummer: heiligenkreuz, südburgenland, austria. roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://www.musicaustria.at/schnittpunkte-der-musik-2018/
06.jun.2018, 20:15 free forms au: brunnengasse 76, vienna 1160, austria. roozbeh nafisi: santur
http://vienna.carpediem.cd/events/6860791-just-music-free-forms-meeting-at-au/
06.dec.2018, 20:15 free forms au: brunnengasse, vienna 1160, austria. roozbeh nafisi: santur
https://askhelmut.com/events/2018-04-04-20-15-au-free-forms-just-music
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