Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli

Life

Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli

Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli (born 1974) is an Iranian composer

Mohammad Reza Tafazzoli, was born in 1974 in Karlsruhe Germany.He started his first education in music in the Boys Conservatory of Tehran and graduated in 1992. Before leaving for Russia in 2002 he graduated from the Music Academy in Azad University of Arts and Architecture.

He studied composition in the State Conservatory of music in Saint Petersburg known as “Rimsky Korsakov”, under a celebrated pupil of Dmitri Shostakovich,” Boris Tishchenko” who is known as a prominent figure in Saint Petersburg school of composition.

Anatoli Milka and Igor Rogalev are professors to mention with whom Tafazzoli has studied Polyphony and Musical form and Analysis.

His return to Iran in 2007 is right after obtaining his "Diploma With Honor" from the conservatory.

Tafazzoli is now teaching in art universities in Iran such as The Art university of Tehran , Azad University of Art and Architecture and Tehran University.

Works

an excerpt from Symphony No.1 Composed in 2004-2006

Orchestral works:

- "Chavosh March" for Orchestra (1996)

- "Epigraph" for Orchestra (1997)

- Theme and Variations for String Orchestra(2003)

  - Symphony No.1 (2004-2006):

• Sonata

• Scherzo

• Passacaglia on theme by Mahler

• Introduzione e Rondo alla curda

Chamber works:

-Woodwind Quartett (2002)

  - Sonata for Cello and Piano(2003):

• Allegro moderato, Allegro con moto

• Adagio

• Larghetto, Poco piu mosso

  - String Quartett (2004):

• Prelude

• Fugue

• Reng

• Rondo

- Elegy for Violin and Piano (2005)

- Ballad for Flute and Piano (2012)

Works for Voice,Chorus and Orchestra:

- Symphonic Tasnif "Beloved's Ringlet" for Solo Singer, Chorus of men and Orchestra based on the Khaju Kermani's poem (1999)

-Symphonic Cantata "In the memory of Mosaddegh" for Chorus, Basso Solo and Orchestra based on the Mehdi Akhavan-Saless' poem (2007-2008)

Piano Works:

- Two Valse for Piano (1998):

• Persian Valse

• Valse Melancolique

  - Three Romantic pieces for Piano:

• Funeral march(2001)

• Interlude (1999)

• Romance (2003)

- Sonata for Piano (2009)

Choral works:


- Five Choral Miniatures (2011):

• It's Night (Nima Yushij)

• Sorrow (Mehdi Akhavan-Saless)

• Hayi (Sohrab Sepehri)

• Whistle (Dr.Ali Shariati)

• Only a Dream (Ahmad-Reza Ahmadi)

-Three Chorales on Sa'eb's Poetry (2012):

• On Worshiping the Truth

• Insightful Vision

• And Thus We Passed

Guitar Music:

- Zenitchikov Dormitory (2011)

References

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    2. "دانشگاه هنر تهران - محمد رضا تفضلی".
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