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A few months ago, Tobias Fandel, the organizer of the Overdrive Festival, asked if I would be interested in presenting my work with lighting. Although I already had a piece involving lighting and impulse response, I wanted to create something new. Around the same time, I had been discussing the idea of writing a piece for contrabass flute with Kelley Barnett—long-time collaborator and member of ensemble mise-en. I had started that piece but hadn’t finished it as planned. I realized this festival invitation was the perfect opportunity to bring the two projects together and create a composition for contrabass flute…
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This piece is part of my “beauty” series, which explores broader questions about the kind of music I want to create—the purpose behind my work, the originality of my compositions, and how I can challenge myself while remaining true to my own voice. Most importantly, it reflects on how all of these are connected to the idea of beauty. When my mentor, Louis Karchin, asked me to write a piece for his Washington Square Contemporary Music Ensemble last year, I initially considered making it part of my “artless beauty in pursuit of theory” project. In the end, however, I chose…
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Since collaborating with new_LOrk, the New York University Laptop Orchestra, on the project reciprocal response (2023-24) last year, I’ve become increasingly fascinated by how real-time feedback during a performance can enrich the audience’s sonic experience. As part of the Response series, I recently presented impulse response (2024) at @MusicSpaceGF in Seoul, collaborating with Yeabon Jo, a composer and sound artist (https://www.yeabonjo.com/). For this project, I designed a setup featuring ten white lights controlled by a Raspberry Pi Pico W, which I programmed to operate via WiFi and OSC (Open Sound Control). Using my new iOS app, Sepehr, to remotely control…
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During the MISE-EN FESTIVAL 2024, I needed an effective solution for providing synchronized cues to musicians for Sepher Priasteh’s new composition for my group (www.mise-en.org). Initially, the group used a clock app where musicians would glance at each other and press their timers simultaneously. However, this method was prone to inaccuracies if someone made a mistake and looked awkward in practice. Although a click track is a standard solution for such situations, setting it up was quite labor-intensive. With my schedule involving various rehearsals, conducting, and meetings, I decided it would be more practical to develop an app that could…