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'''Nazanin Aghakhani''' (born April 22, 1980 in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]])<ref>[http://klassinen.fi/profiili/12832 Nazanin Aghakhani, Klassinen.fi]</ref> is an [[conducting|orchestral conductor]] for both operatic and symphonic repertoire, composer and [[pianist]]. She is the first woman ever in history to perform with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra (TSO) in Iran in August 2010. She is specialist in contemporary music and known for her vital work introducing newly written music to broad audiences, always combining known literature starting from Wiener Klassik to our present time. From 2010 to 2012 she was the Musical Director of the Academic Symphony Orchestra Munich (Akademisches Sinfonieorchester München). She is also well known for her publications on politics, "women in lead" and the "conductor of the 21st century". Aghakhani |
'''Nazanin Aghakhani''' (born April 22, 1980 in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]])<ref>[http://klassinen.fi/profiili/12832 Nazanin Aghakhani, Klassinen.fi]</ref> is an [[conducting|orchestral conductor]] for both operatic and symphonic repertoire, composer and [[pianist]]. She is the first woman ever in history to perform with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra (TSO) in Iran in August 2010. She is specialist in contemporary music and known for her vital work introducing newly written music to broad audiences, always combining known literature starting from Wiener Klassik to our present time. From 2010 to 2012 she was the Musical Director of the Academic Symphony Orchestra Munich (Akademisches Sinfonieorchester München). She is also well known for her publications on politics, "women in lead" and the "conductor of the 21st century". Aghakhani has had big impact and influence on the new generation of conductors by giving world wide masterclasses and lectures on conducting and leadership. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Born to a family of [[Persia]]n ancestry, Aghakhani took piano lessons since the age of seven.<ref name = SCHELLING>[http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/fuerstenfeldbruck/fuerstenfeldbruck-es-gibt-keinen-besseren-platz-1.1415925 Peter Schelling: ''”Es gibt keinen besseren Platz”, Die Dirigentin Nazanin Aghakhani über ihrer Arbeit an der Lortzing-Oper ”Zar und Zimmermann”'', Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 19, 2012]</ref> From the age of twelve, she studied the classical piano at the [[Conservatory of Vienna|Vienna Conservatory]] with teachers [[Karl Barth]] and [[Meira Farkas]]. At the same |
Born to a family of [[Persia]]n ancestry, Aghakhani took piano lessons since the age of seven.<ref name = SCHELLING>[http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/fuerstenfeldbruck/fuerstenfeldbruck-es-gibt-keinen-besseren-platz-1.1415925 Peter Schelling: ''”Es gibt keinen besseren Platz”, Die Dirigentin Nazanin Aghakhani über ihrer Arbeit an der Lortzing-Oper ”Zar und Zimmermann”'', Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 19, 2012]</ref> From the age of twelve, she studied the classical piano at the [[Conservatory of Vienna|Vienna Conservatory]] with teachers [[Karl Barth]] and [[Meira Farkas]]. At the same age, she started studies on harmony, counterpoint and conducting with Thomas Christian David and continued these studies as young adult first at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Erwin Acel and Leopold Hager, then at Kungliga Musikhögskolan in [[Stockholm]] with [[Jorma Panula]]. In Stockholm, Nazanin Aghakhani studied also [[electro-acoustic music|electro-acoustic composition]], instructed by [[Bill Brunson]] and [[Fredrik Hedelin]]. In 2008 Aghakhani finished her Master of Arts degree with distinction at the [[Sibelius Academy]], where she studied orchestral and operatic conducting with [[Leif Segerstam]].<ref name = LIFE>[http://www.nazaninaghakhani.com/life Life, Nazanin Agakhani, retrieved Nov. 2, 2013]</ref><ref>[http://www.nazaninaghakhani.com/press Barbara Doll: ''Musik als Natur, Nazanin Aghakhani dirigiert Leif Segerstams 224. Symphonie'', Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 4, 2011, page R13]</ref> |
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She has tutored Swedish youth orchestras and performed her own compositions throughout Europe. She made her début as a conductor at the Musica Nova Festival in 2007, an annual contemporary music event in Helsinki where she was invited again in 2008 and 2009.<ref name = LIFE/> |
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In 2008, Aghakhani premiered compositions by young European composers at [[Wien Modern]], the Vienna Festival for contemporary music, was a member of the jury at the Ung Nordisk Musik Festival for young Scandinavian composers<ref name = LIFE/> and acted as assistant conductor for Mozart's ''Don Giovanni'' at the [[Salzburg Festival]] in Austria. |
In 2008, Aghakhani premiered compositions by young European composers at [[Wien Modern]], the Vienna Festival for contemporary music, was a member of the jury at the Ung Nordisk Musik Festival for young Scandinavian composers<ref name = LIFE/> and acted as assistant conductor for Mozart's ''Don Giovanni'' at the [[Salzburg Festival]] in Austria. |
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In 2010, Aghakhani became the first female conductor in history to perform in Iran, conducting the [[Tehran Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>[http://iranian.com/main/2010/jul/nazanin-aghakhani.html Iranian of the Day: Nazanin Aghakhani, Iranian.com]</ref> |
In 2010, Aghakhani became the first female conductor in history to perform in Iran, conducting the [[Tehran Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>[http://iranian.com/main/2010/jul/nazanin-aghakhani.html Iranian of the Day: Nazanin Aghakhani, Iranian.com]</ref> |
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From 2010 until 2012, she was the first woman to be the chief conductor of the Akademisches Sinfonie Orchester München, Germany. |
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Nazanin Aghakhani, a “lady with nerves made out of steel”, has gained worldwide recognition for her last minute jump-ins as a conductor with complex repertoire in the symphonic and also the operatic genre. Aghakhani is also known as a conductor, who knows how to combine classical literature with new music - premiering contemporary music regularly and collaborating with living composers has become a passion and mission - and leaves Aghakhani as an expert in new music and with a wide range of repertoire from “Wiener Klassik” to the present moment. |
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Being born and raised in Vienna, having Iranian and slightly Russian roots, Nazanin Aghakhani speaks English, Farsi, German and Swedish fluently, Latin just for fun. She has regularly conducted at festivals such as Musica Nova Helsinki, Salzburger Festspiele, Wien Modern, worked most recently with the Royal Philharmonic Stockholm and RSO Wien, collaborated with opera houses such as Kungliga Operan and Volksoper Wien. Stated as a “pioneer”, Nazanin Aghakhani is the first woman in history to conduct the Tehran Symphony Orchestra/Iran in concert in 2010. Besides teaching conducting in masterclasses she also gives lectures on “Women in lead” and "Leadership in present times". |
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In addition to performing as a conductor, Nazanin Aghakhani has published 6 Albums as a pianist with her own music: All uncut, in improvisational form - an homage to her Oriental roots. Her last composition “Azizam” for mixed choir, voci bianche and big orchestra in farsi language (lyrics by Aghakhani) was premiered just recently in the golden hall of the “Wiener Musikverein”, under her own baton. |
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Her composition "Atr" for orchestra will be premiered at the Konzerthaus Wien in March 2019 - also under her lead. |
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Nazanin Aghakhani is currently residing with her two children in Vienna, Austria. |
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„After Nazanin Aghakhani had left the concert hall together with all her musicians, the whole space was still filled with her enormous mental storm and her musical electricity she had then just created. Her precise beating technique combined with well-thought phrasing leaves no listener untouched.“ |
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(Helsingin Sanomat/Finland on world premiere of Opera „Fatal Lessons“ by Ville Raasakka) |
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Revision as of 19:53, 3 December 2018
Nazanin Aghakhani (born April 22, 1980 in Vienna, Austria)[1] is an orchestral conductor for both operatic and symphonic repertoire, composer and pianist. She is the first woman ever in history to perform with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra (TSO) in Iran in August 2010. She is specialist in contemporary music and known for her vital work introducing newly written music to broad audiences, always combining known literature starting from Wiener Klassik to our present time. From 2010 to 2012 she was the Musical Director of the Academic Symphony Orchestra Munich (Akademisches Sinfonieorchester München). She is also well known for her publications on politics, "women in lead" and the "conductor of the 21st century". Aghakhani has had big impact and influence on the new generation of conductors by giving world wide masterclasses and lectures on conducting and leadership.
Life
Born to a family of Persian ancestry, Aghakhani took piano lessons since the age of seven.[2] From the age of twelve, she studied the classical piano at the Vienna Conservatory with teachers Karl Barth and Meira Farkas. At the same age, she started studies on harmony, counterpoint and conducting with Thomas Christian David and continued these studies as young adult first at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Erwin Acel and Leopold Hager, then at Kungliga Musikhögskolan in Stockholm with Jorma Panula. In Stockholm, Nazanin Aghakhani studied also electro-acoustic composition, instructed by Bill Brunson and Fredrik Hedelin. In 2008 Aghakhani finished her Master of Arts degree with distinction at the Sibelius Academy, where she studied orchestral and operatic conducting with Leif Segerstam.[3][4]
She has tutored Swedish youth orchestras and performed her own compositions throughout Europe. She made her début as a conductor at the Musica Nova Festival in 2007, an annual contemporary music event in Helsinki where she was invited again in 2008 and 2009.[3]
In 2008, Aghakhani premiered compositions by young European composers at Wien Modern, the Vienna Festival for contemporary music, was a member of the jury at the Ung Nordisk Musik Festival for young Scandinavian composers[3] and acted as assistant conductor for Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival in Austria.
In 2010, Aghakhani became the first female conductor in history to perform in Iran, conducting the Tehran Symphony Orchestra.[5]
From 2010 until 2012, she was the first woman to be the chief conductor of the Akademisches Sinfonie Orchester München, Germany.
In addition to conducting, composing and writing Aghakhani has continued to perform as a conductor and as a pianist and recorded several albums of her own compositions, mainly recorded on Bösendorfer pianos.[3]
Nazanin Aghakhani, a “lady with nerves made out of steel”, has gained worldwide recognition for her last minute jump-ins as a conductor with complex repertoire in the symphonic and also the operatic genre. Aghakhani is also known as a conductor, who knows how to combine classical literature with new music - premiering contemporary music regularly and collaborating with living composers has become a passion and mission - and leaves Aghakhani as an expert in new music and with a wide range of repertoire from “Wiener Klassik” to the present moment.
Being born and raised in Vienna, having Iranian and slightly Russian roots, Nazanin Aghakhani speaks English, Farsi, German and Swedish fluently, Latin just for fun. She has regularly conducted at festivals such as Musica Nova Helsinki, Salzburger Festspiele, Wien Modern, worked most recently with the Royal Philharmonic Stockholm and RSO Wien, collaborated with opera houses such as Kungliga Operan and Volksoper Wien. Stated as a “pioneer”, Nazanin Aghakhani is the first woman in history to conduct the Tehran Symphony Orchestra/Iran in concert in 2010. Besides teaching conducting in masterclasses she also gives lectures on “Women in lead” and "Leadership in present times".
In addition to performing as a conductor, Nazanin Aghakhani has published 6 Albums as a pianist with her own music: All uncut, in improvisational form - an homage to her Oriental roots. Her last composition “Azizam” for mixed choir, voci bianche and big orchestra in farsi language (lyrics by Aghakhani) was premiered just recently in the golden hall of the “Wiener Musikverein”, under her own baton.
Her composition "Atr" for orchestra will be premiered at the Konzerthaus Wien in March 2019 - also under her lead.
Nazanin Aghakhani is currently residing with her two children in Vienna, Austria.
„After Nazanin Aghakhani had left the concert hall together with all her musicians, the whole space was still filled with her enormous mental storm and her musical electricity she had then just created. Her precise beating technique combined with well-thought phrasing leaves no listener untouched.“
(Helsingin Sanomat/Finland on world premiere of Opera „Fatal Lessons“ by Ville Raasakka)
References
- ^ Nazanin Aghakhani, Klassinen.fi
- ^ Peter Schelling: ”Es gibt keinen besseren Platz”, Die Dirigentin Nazanin Aghakhani über ihrer Arbeit an der Lortzing-Oper ”Zar und Zimmermann”, Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 19, 2012
- ^ a b c d Life, Nazanin Agakhani, retrieved Nov. 2, 2013
- ^ Barbara Doll: Musik als Natur, Nazanin Aghakhani dirigiert Leif Segerstams 224. Symphonie, Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 4, 2011, page R13
- ^ Iranian of the Day: Nazanin Aghakhani, Iranian.com
External links
- TV documentary about Nazanin Aghakhani (Farsi with subtitles in English)
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