Curriculum Vitae
Music Scholar, Composer, Performer, Artist-Researcher | www.samansamadi.net
Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge | www.mus.cam.ac.uk/directory/samansamadi
Founder & Director, Cambridge University Experimental Music Ensemble | cam.cueme.uk
President, Wolfson College Music Society, Cambridge | www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/about-wolfson/music-wolfson
ss2728@cam.ac.uk
SAMAN SAMADI
United Kingdom (residence), United States (citizenship), Persia (place of birth) °1984
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Composition, Ethnomusicology, Musicology, Music Theory, Performance Practice of New Music, Philosophy, Linguistics
EDUCATION
University of Cambridge — PhD in Music
APRIL 2023, ENGLAND | Practice-based research with composition
University of Queensland — Philosophy and Critical Thinking
2019, AUSTRALIA
Orpheus Institute + Leuven University — Artistic Research in Music
2019, BELGIUM
State University of New York — Music Composition
2014, STONY BROOK, USA | Postgraduate studies
University of Tehran — MA in Music Composition
2011, PERSIA | Graduate studies
University of Tehran — BA in Music Performance
2009, PERSIA | Undergraduate studies
Azad University of Tehran — Music Performance
2005, PERSIA | Undergraduate studies
National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents — Diploma in Mathematics
2003, PERSIA | NODET pre-university
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
The Dr Grantham Scholarship, Doctoral Research, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge
2020 - 2023, ENGLAND
Diploma in Performing & Multimedia Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
2015, USA
Selected Composer, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF)
2014, USA
First Prize, Counterpoint-Italy International Composition Competition
2012, USA – ITALY
2nd Place (out of 78815 Applicants), National Concours for Public Universities
2009, PERSIA
The Jury Prize, Best Composition, 24th Fadjr International Music Festival
2008, PERSIA
EXPERIENCE
Cambridge University Experimental Music Ensemble — Founder, Director, Conductor
2021 - PRESENT
Wolfson College Music Society, University of Cambridge — President
2020 - PRESENT
Part IA Music in Contemporary Societies, University of Cambridge — Accompanist
2021 - 2022 MICHAELMAS TERM
2021 - 2022 MICHAELMAS TERM
Wolfson Research Event 2021, University of Cambridge — Editorial Officer
2020 - 2021
2020 - 2021
Journal for Artistic Research — Peer Reviewer
2020 - 2021
2020 - 2021
Westchester Home Music, New York — Instructional Faculty
2019 - 2021
2019 - 2021
Piano School of NYC, New York — Instructional Faculty
2017 - 2019
2017 - 2019
Music School of New York City, New York — Instructional Faculty
2017 - 2019
2017 - 2019
Aži Trio, New York, NY — Founder, Leader, Pianist
2019 - PRESENT
2019 - PRESENT
The Saman Samadi Quintet, New York, NY — Founder, Leader, Pianist, Sound Artist
2018 - 2019
2018 - 2019
Āpām Napāt Trio, New York, NY — Founder, Leader, Pianist, Vocalist
2016 - PRESENT
2016 - PRESENT
The Firehouse Space (Music Venue), Brooklyn, New York — Assistant Director
2015 - 2018
2015 - 2018
LX Music School, Brooklyn, New York — Instructional Faculty
2015 - 2017
2015 - 2017
Samadis' Records, New York, NY — Founder & Artistic Director
2014 - 2018
2014 - 2018
Electronic Music Studio, State University of New York — Assistant
2013 - 2014, STONY BROOK
2013 - 2014, STONY BROOK
Department of Music, State University of New York — Administrative Assistant
2013 - 2014, STONY BROOK
2013 - 2014, STONY BROOK
Concentus Chamber Orchestra, Tehran — Founder & Conductor
2006 - 2009
2006 - 2009
Avec Boulez, Mallarmé, et Foucault — for ensemble
2022, CAMBRIDGE, UK | Duration: 45'
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, 2 saxophones, strings, guitar, piano, 2 voices
PERFORMANCES
Cambridge University Experimental Music Ensemble (dir. Saman Samadi) cam.cueme.uk
MAY 10, 2022, West Road Concert Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge. VIDEO
MAY 14, 2022, Lee Hall, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. VIDEO
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/avec-boulez-mallarmé-et-foucault
Through a Veil — for wind quintet and fixed media
2021, CAMBRIDGE, UK | Duration: 9'
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb, horn in F, bassoon, and fixed media
PRESENTATION
Cambridge Music Faculty's Composers' Workshop, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.
MAY 1, 2021, University of Cambridge.
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Through a Veil, performed and recorded by Saman Samadi Collective (New York: N.Anton Dromia, 2021).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/through-a-veil
Thus Spoke Earth — for violin and piano and fixed media
2021, CAMBRIDGE, UK | Duration: 25'
PRESENTATION
Cambridge Music Faculty's Composers' Workshop, Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea.
MARCH 8, 2022, University of Cambridge,
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Thus Spoke Earth, performed and recorded by Saman Samadi & Kristin Samadi (forthcoming).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/thus-spoke-earth
Shattering in Seven Pieces for Dream and Wedding and Death — for string quartet
2022, CAMBRIDGE, UK | Duration: 14'
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Shattering for string quartet, to be performed & recorded by Saman Samadi Collective (forthcoming).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/shattering
Vāyuvēra — for piano trio
2021, CAMBRIDGE, UK | Duration: 18'
PRESENTATION
The 2021 British Forum for Ethnomusicology and Royal Musical Association Research Conference, Amatis Piano Trio.
JANUARY 14, 2021. University of Cambridge
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Vāyuvēra, performed and recorded by Dan Phillips, Nicky Swett, and Kristin Samadi (forthcoming).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/vāyuvēra
Aša — for flute
2020 - 2021, NEW YORK, NY, USA - CAMBRIDGE, UK | Duration: 8'
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/aša
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Asha, performed and recorded by Mehrdad Gholami, in Pieces for the Flute (Tehran: Mahoor, 2021).
www.mahoor.com/en/cd/20052-pieces-for-the-flute
VIDEO (Scrolling Score)
Saman Samadi, Asha, recorded by Mehrdad Gholami, Recording Session, Dallas, Texas, September 28th, 2020.
The Gāthās for Piano — an ongoing series of compositions for piano
2018 - 2020, NEW YORK, NY, USA | Total duration hitherto: 20'
Ahunavaiti Gāthā, stanza I (2018)
Ahunavaiti Gāthā, stanza II (2018)
Ahunavaiti Gāthā, stanza III (2019)
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/the-gāthās-for-piano
PERFORMANCES
Ahunavaiti Gāthā, stanza III, Jonathan Powell, pianist.
DECEMBER 8, 2020. Meetings of New Music, Janáček Academy (JAMU), BRNO, THE CZECH REPUBLIC.
MARCH 5, 2020. Queen’s University, BELFAST, IRLAND.
NOVEMBER 15, 2019. The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU), PRAGUE, THE CZECH REPUBLIC.
OCTOBER 26, 2019. NeoArte Festival, GDANSK, POLAND.
Ahunavaiti Gāthā, stanzas I & II, Jared Redmond, pianist.
JUNE 3, 2019. Hanyang University, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
FEBRUARY 15, 2019. The San Francisco Center for New Music, SAN FRANCISCO, USA.
RECORDINGS
Saman Samadi, Ahunavaiti Gāthā, stanza III, performed and recorded by Jonathan Powell (Prague: HAMU, 2019).
Saman Samadi, Ahunavaiti Gāthā, stanzas I & II, performed and recorded by Jared Redmond (Seoul: Hangyang, 2019). soundcloud.com/samansamadi/ahunavaiti-gatha-i-ii
Ānam Ārezust — for ensemble
2020, CAMBRIDGE, UK | Duration: 5'20"
Instrumentation: fl, ob, cl, bsn/horn, tpt, trbn/timp, tom-t/harp/vln, vla, vc, db
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/ānam-ārezust
Mira — for violin and electronics
2019, NEW YORK, NY, USA | Duration: 12'33"
PERFORMANCE
By its dedicatee Miranda Cuckson (forthcoming).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/ānam-ārezust
Aži Trio — saxophone, piano, and buchla
2019 - PRESENT, NEW YORK, NY, USA | SAMAN SAMADI, founder & leader
Saman Samadi, pianist; Sarah Manning, saxophonist; and Hans Tammen, buchla-player.
PERFORMANCE
Aži Trio at NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Saman Samadi, founder, leader, & pianist; Sarah Manning, saxophonist; Hans Tammen, buchla player and curator.
DECEMBER 6, 2019, Waverly Building, NYU, NEW YORK, NY, USA.
MUSIC-VIDEOS
Aži Trio: Deceptive Assembly, Saman Samadi, leader & video artist (New York, 2020)
Aži Trio, Saman Samadi, leader & video artist (New York, 2019)
The Saman Samadi Quintet — voice, percussion, trumpet, double bass, piano & electronics
2018 - 2019, NEW YORK, NY, USA | SAMAN SAMADI, founder & leader
Amber Evans, soprano, Caitlin Cawley, percussionist, Martin Movagh, trumpet player, Sam Zagnit, double bassist, and Saman Samadi, pianist and sound artist.
PERFORMANCES
The Saman Samadi Quintet and Jorge Nuno at Bushwick Improvised Music Series
JANUARY 7, 2019, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA.
The Saman Samadi Quintet
JANUARY 3, 2019, Areté Venue, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA.
NOVEMBER 17, 2018, St John's in The Village, MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, USA.
OCTOBER 23, 2018, National Sawdust, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA.
MUSIC-VIDEOS
Saman Samadi Quintet: Walking with the Wind, Saman Samadi, leader & video artist (New York, 2018)
Saman Samadi Quintet in the Village, NYC, Saman Samadi, leader & video artist (New York, 2018)
Saman Samadi Quintet at Areté, Saman Samadi, leader & video artist (New York, 2018)
Saman Samadi Quintet | NYC, Saman Samadi, leader & video artist (New York, 2018)
RECORDINGS
Walking With the Wind (Manhattan School of Music, 2018)
Scream, In Silence (Live, 2018)
Under the Oeacen (Live, 2018)
Dancing With Miles (Live, 2018)
Melancholia (Live, 2018)
Grotte De Cristal (Live, 2018)
A Wolf Lying In Wait (Live, 2018)
Suffocation (Live, 2018)
Dream (Live, 2018)
VIDEO
Saman Samadi Quintet and Jorge Nuno at the Bushwick Series (New York, 2019).
Nostalgia — five multimedia compositions, incorporating electroacoustic music & video art
2015 - 2018, NEW YORK, NY, USA | Total duration: 44'
Ghorbat (SEPTEMBER 20, 2016)
Berceuses (OCTOBER 7, 2016)
Vāyu (NOVEMBER 1, 2016)
Retroception (OCTOBER 18, 2016)
Hura (JULY 28, 2015)
PRESENTATIONS
Ghorbat, Medium Fest Electroacoustic.
MAY 5, 2020, Rasht Multimedia Festival, RASHT, PERSIA.
Ghorbat, Tehran International Electroacoustic Music Festival, curated by Yarava Music Group.
JUNE 8, 2018, Da Theatre House, TEHRAN, PERSIA.
Ghorbat, An den Kleinen Radioapparat, curated by Peter Geisselbrecht.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016, The Firehouse Space, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA.
Nostalgia: multimedia works. Lecture-Concert. Lethal #7—Last Saturdays Salon, curated by Concrete Timbre.
NOVEMBER 19, 2016, The Drawing Room, NEW YORK, NY, USA.
Hura: for multimedia. Performing Arts Event. Supermoon Eclipse, curated by Samadhi Arts.
AUGUST 27, 2015, Sky Gallery, NEW YORK, NY, USA.
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Nostalgia (New York: Samadis' Records, 2018).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/nostalgia
Chamrosh — a collection of four works for saxophone
2015 - 2018, NEW YORK, NY, USA | Total duration: 47'
Chamrosh, for tenor saxophone (2016)
soundcloud.com/samansamadi/chamrosh
I-V-complex No.1, for alto saxophone and piano (2015)
I-V-complex No.2, for saxophone quartet (2015)
soundcloud.com/samansamadi/i-v-complex-no2
Before Your Very Eyes, for saxophone and piano (2015)
PRESENTATION/PERFORMANCE
Chamrosh: works for saxophone. Lecture-Performance. Anthony Izzo, saxophonist, and Saman Samadi, pianist.
JULY 29, 2015, ShapeShifter Lab, BROOKLYN, NY, USA.
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Chamrosh, Performed by Saman Samadi and Anthony Izzo (New York: Samadis' Records, 2018).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/chamrosh
Impromptus — a collection of six multimedia works (piano, electronics, and video-art)
2017, NEW YORK, NY, USA | Total Duration: c. 6'
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/impromptus
Shekasteh Mouyeh — a collection of nine multimedia compositions
2015 - 2016, NEW YORK, NY, USA | Total duration: 62'
Frenzied (2015)
Shattered Mourning (2015)
Injustice (2015)
Desolation (2015)
Ramkali (2015)
Zenith (2015)
Dissident (2015)
Dashtestani (2015)
Satori (2015)
PERFORMANCE
Shekasteh Mouyeh, Multimedia Performance. Saman Samadi, pianist, vocalist, video & electronic sounds artist.
MAY 23, 2015, Spectrum, NEW YORK, NY, USA.
MUSIC-VIDEO
Composer, video designer & editor: Saman Samadi; videographers: Arian Vaziridaftari, Saman Samadi.
Filmed on location in Tehran and Shiraz, Persia (New York, 2015)
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Shekasteh Mouyeh (New York: Samadis' Records, 2016).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/shekasteh-mouyeh
Tears' Scratch — for two violins
2012 - 2018, TEHRAN, PERSIA - NEW YORK, NY, USA | Duration: 8'20"
VIDEO (Scrolling Score)
Saman Samadi, Tears' Scratch, performed by Miranda Cuckson & Austin Wulliman (Score Follower, 2016).
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Tears' Scratch, performed by Miranda Cuckson & Austin Wulliman (New York: Samadis' Records, 2018).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/tears-scratch
Paj — for flute and piano
2011 - 2017, TEHRAN, PERSIA - NEW YORK, NY, USA | Duration: 14'
PERFORMANCE
Linda Wetherill, and Kristin Barone Samadi.
DECEMBER 16, 2012, RCC RUTHERFORD, NJ, USA.
DECEMBER 2, 2012, Culturefix, NEW YORK, NY, USA.
Kouchyar Shahroudi, and Domitille Bès, L’ ensemble ECHO.
JUNE 29, 2012, Museum of modern art André Malraux (MuMa), LE HAVRE, FRANCE.
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Paj, performed by Linda Wetherill and Kristin Barone Samadi (New York: Samadis' Records, 2018).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/paj
Scheherazade — for saxophone quartet
2017, NEW YORK, NY, USA | Duration: 6'30"
PERFORMANCE
Scheherazade: saxophone quartet No.2. Concert. LX Saxophone Quartet.
JUNE 22, 2017, Lincoln Center, NEW YORK, NY, USA.
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Scheherazade, performed by LX Saxophone Quartet (New York: Samadis' Records, 2017).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/scheherazade
Apām Napāt Trio — clarinet/saxophone, buchla, piano & voice
2016 - PRESENT, NEW YORK, NY, USA | SAMAN SAMADI, founder & leader
Blaise Silwula, clarinist/saxophonist, Hans Tammen, buchla, and Saman Samadi, pianist and vocalist.
PERFORMANCES
Apām Napāt Trio, LaGCC_CUNY Faculty Concert
MARCH 28, 2019, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, City University of New York, NY, USA.
Apām Napāt Trio at Scholes
JULY 7, 2018, Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NEW YORK, USA.
Apām Napāt Trio, COMA
FEBRUARY 21, 2016, ABC No-Rio, Manhattan, NEW YORK, USA.
Apām Napāt Trio, with Jorge Nuno
JANUARY 28, 2016, The Firehouse Space, Brooklyn, NEW YORK, USA.
VIDEOS
Apām Napāt Trio at Scoles Studio (New York, 2018)
Apām Napāt Trio: Homayun (New York, 2018)
Apām Napāt Trio: Chahargah (New York, 2018)
Apām Napāt Trio at the Firehouse Space no.1 (New York, 2018)
Apām Napāt Trio at the Firehouse Space no.2 (New York, 2018)
Apām Napāt Trio, with Jorge Nuno (New York, 2016)
RECORDINGS
Saman Samadi, Apām Napāt Trio, Āpām Napāt: 16 pieces [live] (New York: Samadis' Records, 2016).
Āp (Live, 2016)
Asha (Live, 2016)
Deava (Live, 2016)
Yima (Live, 2016)
Ariyāramna (Live, 2016)
Vivanhant (Live, 2016)
Haoma (Live, 2016)
Verethragna (Live, 2016)
Yasna (Live, 2016)
Apām Napāt (Live, 2016)
Anahita (Live, 2016)
Hauruuatāt (Live, 2016)
Ahura (Live, 2016)
Manu (Live, 2016)
Zahhak (Live, 2016)
Mithra (Live, 2016)
www.samansamadi.net/apām-napāt-trio
Bazzad — for violin and symphony orchestra
2012 - 2014, TEHRAN, PERSIA - NEW YORK, USA | Duration: 12'
Instrumentation: 3.3.3.3 - 4.2.2.1 - 3perc: (1) tom-t (BTAS)/ tam-t(lg)/ BD/ (2) t-bells/ susp-cym(md&lg)/ crash-cym(lg)/ marimb/ vib/ gong(lg)/ (3) timp/ woodb(hrd&lg) - strings > 14.12.10.8.6.
PRESENTATION
Bazzad, Reading Session. Soloist, Jaram Kim; Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra, dir. Timothy Long.
MAY 6, 2014, Staller Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/bazzad
U-Turn — a collection of five multimedia compositions
2010 - 2015, TEHRAN, PERSIA - NEW YORK, NY, USA | Total duration: 50'12"
Safhe-ye Nakhl (Eng. Palm Plate), for dozaleh and electronic sounds (2014)
Amiri, electroacoustic (2012)
Qatār-e Arvāh, electroacoustic (2010)
Magnapinna in the Abdomen of a Newborn, for electronic sounds and video-art (2012)
U-Turn, an algorithmic piece for electronic sounds and video-art (2011)
PRESENTATIONS
Magnapinna in the Abdomen of a Newborn.
JUNE 2, 2014, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY, USA.
APRIL 11, 2014, Sonic Spring, Staller Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Amiri, An Electroacoustic Music Event.
JANUARY 14, 2014, Harvestworks, New York, NY, USA.
Qatār-e Arvāh, An Electroacoustic Music Event.
DECEMBER 04, 2012, LeFrak Hall, Queens College, City University of New York, USA.
U-Turn, An Electroacoustic Music Event.
JUNE 16, 2011, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, PERSIA.
Qatār-e Arvāh, An Electroacoustic Music Event.
JUNE 15, 2010, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, PERSIA.
MUSIC-VIDEOS
Magnapinna in the Abdomen of a Newborn, Composer and video artist: Saman Samadi (Tehran, 2012).
U-Turn, Composer, violinist, and video artist: Saman Samadi (Tehran, 2011).
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, U-Turn (New York: Samadis' Records, 2015).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/u-turn
Microtonal Piano Solos — a collection of nine microtonal piano pieces
2015, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA | Total duration: 55'
Oracle (2015)
Solitude (2015)
Sisyphus (2015)
Annica (2015)
Perception (2015)
Madman (2015)
Satire (2015)
Existence (2015)
Deprivation (2015)
Magnetic (2015)
Subjectivity (2015)
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Microtonal Piano Solos, Performed by Saman Samadi (New York: Samadis' Records, 2015).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/microtonal-piano-solos
Persia 1909, Iran 1971 — for four improvising performers
2014 - 2018, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA | Duration: 10'
Instrumentalists: a pianist, two percussionists, and a performer of any melodic instrument (oboe is suggested)
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/persia-1909
PRESENTATION
Persia 1909, New Music Performance Practice Workshop
with Laura Smith, oboist, Erika Dohi, pianist, Mark Utley and Elizabeth Dorman, percussionists.
APRIL 22, 2014, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
MUSIC-VIDEO
Iran 1971, Composer and video editor: Saman Samadi (New York, 2018).
Teryan — for violin and piano
2014, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA | Duration: 8'
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Teryan, Performed by Saman Samadi and Kristin Samadi (New York, 2014).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/teryan
Fog & Fugue — for guitar
2007 - 2013, TEHRAN, PERSIA - RUTHERFORD, NJ, USA | Duration: 7'
PERFORMANCE
Dan Keene, Guitar Recital at RCC.
NOVEMBER 8, 2013, RUTHERFORD, NJ, USA.
Mansoor Habibdoost, Guitar Recital at Avini Hall.
MAY 19, 2008, University of Tehran, PERSIA.
RECORDING
Saman Samadi, Fog & Fugue, Performed by Dan Keene (Rutherford, 2013).
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/teryan
Panj — for orchestra
2013, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA | Duration: 5"
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/panj
Sound and Fury — for chamber orchestra
2012 - 2013, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA | Duration: 14'
Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1/1.1.1.1/perc./harp/piano/strings
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/sound-and-fury
PERFORMANCE
Sound and Fury: an arrangement for piano and loudspeakers. Kristin Samadi, pianist.
NOVEMBER 21, 2013, Staller Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
RECORDING
soundcloud.com/samansamadi/sound-and-fury
Symphony in Three Movements — for large orchestra
2009, TEHRAN, PERSIA | Duration: 20'
PRESENTATION
Unfolding Samadi's Symphony in Three Movements, Seminar, University of Tehran.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009, TEHRAN, PERSIA.
Apadana's Amphora — for piano
2008 - 2009, TEHRAN, PERSIA | Duration: 7'
PERFORMANCE
Piano Recital, Kiana Shafiei, Art University of Tehran.
April 22, 2009, TEHRAN, PERSIA.
Camisado — for chamber ensemble
2007, TEHRAN, PERSIA | Duration: 9'
PERFORMANCE
Concentus Orchestra, conductor: Saman Samadi.
April 29, 2007, Roudaki Hall, TEHRAN, PERSIA.
Sheyda — for string orchestra
2006 - 2007, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA | Duration: 3'32"
PERFORMANCES
Sheyda: for string orchestra. Concentus Orchestra, conductor: Saman Samadi.
APRIL 29, 2007, Roudaki Hall, TEHRAN, PERSIA.
Sheyda: for violin and piano. Saman Samadi, violinist; Behnam Mousavi, pianist.
NOVEMBER 18, 2006, Avini Hall, University of Tehran, PERSIA.
www.samansamadi.net/oeuvre/sheydā
RESEARCH EXPOSITIONS & PRESENTATIONS
A Comparative Study on Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Klavierstück X, Perspective of New Music (forthcoming).
Complexity in Musical Works of Stockhausen and Samadi, Wolfson College Music Society, Musical Encounters, University of Cambridge, November 17, 2021.
Brian Ferneyhough: Aspects of Notation and Composition (Persian), Baru Magazine Vol. 6, Shamlou Org. July 2021.
baru.wiki/saman.samadi/notnevisi-va-aahangsaazi
Asha: The Rebirth of Tragedy (Persian), Baru Magazine Vol. 5, Shamlou Org. June 2021.
baru.wiki/saman.samadi/ashaa
Post-Pars Modal Music (Persian), Baru Magazine Vol. 4, Shamlou Org. April 2021.
baru.wiki/saman.samadi/musighi-ye-maghaami
A Smooth and Rhizomatic Pitch-Space (Persian), Baru Magazine Vol. 3, Shamlou Org. March 2021.
baru.wiki/saman.samadi/yek-navakfaza-ye-risomatic
Glocality of Difference (Persian), Baru Magazine Vol. 2, Shamlou Org. February 2021.
baru.wiki/saman.samadi/pasaa-paarsiyat
Vāyuvēra: a composition for violin, cello, and piano, The 2021 British Forum for Ethnomusicology and Royal Musical Association Research Conference, With Amatis Piano Trio, University of Cambridge, January 14, 2021.
An Analytical Study on Pierre Boulez’s Le Marteau sans maitre, Research Paper, Research Catalogue, 2020.
www.researchcatalogue.net/view/718708/718709
An Introduction to Post-Pars Modal Music: A New Approach to Microtonality, Online Conference, “Performing, Engaging, Knowing”, organized by Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, the ICTM Study Group on Applied Ethnomusicology, the Department of Composition, Electroacoustics, and Tonmeister Education of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and the Swiss Society for Ethnomusicology, August 26-29, 2020.
Link to Program
Nostalgia, Artistic Research Exposition, Research Catalogue, 2019.
www.researchcatalogue.net/view/753343/753344
Music of Saman Samadi, Guest Lecturer, Doctoral Seminar, Manhattan School of Music, New York, November 18, 2016.
Unfolding Samadi's Symphony in Three Movements, Seminar, University of Tehran, September 22, 2009.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH COVERAGE
Boroumand Yazdi, Reihaneh, “Le mandala, entre mystique persane et modernité: répéter un monde éternel ou créer des mondes possibles?” [The mandala, between Persian mysticism and modernity: repeating an eternal world or creating possible worlds?], Déméter. Théories & pratiques artistiques contemporaines, Université de Lille, #7, 2022. demeter.univ-lille.fr
Broumand, Reyhan, “Le choc de la déviation de la tradition dans la musique électroacoustique iranienne: Saman Samadi’s Satori.” Seminar. Semaine Internationale de la Musique Électroacoustique, LILLIAD de l’Université de Lille - Sciences et Technologies, Lille, April 24, 2019.
Broumand, Reyhan, “Entre passé et avenir : Les deux rôles des instruments acoustiques dans la musique électroacoustique iranienne: Saman Samadi’s Palm Plate.” Seminar. Semaine Internationale de la Musique Électroacoustique, LILLIAD de l’Université de Lille - Sciences et Technologies, Lille, April 20, 2018.
Broumand, Reyhan, “L’impact de la tradition dans la création contemporaine: un regard sur la musique électroacoustique iranienne: Saman Samadi’s Zenith.” Seminar. Semaine Internationale de la Musique Électroacoustique, LILLIAD de l’Université de Lille - Sciences et Technologies, Lille, April 28, 2017.