Parasite Village

Late Night Set from Aida Shirazi

DTzM Musik 2022/23

“(…) dies ist die Bedeutung der Vorsilbe para in dem Wort Parasit: Er ist daneben, er ist bei, er ist abgesetzt von, er ist nicht auf der Sache, sondern auf der Beziehung. Er hat Beziehungen, wie man sagt, und macht ein System daraus.” Michael Serres, der Parasit

Ein Gipfel transtraditioneller Musik: Musiker:innen des Trickster Orchestra Berlin, des Hezarfen Ensemble Istanbul und des Omnibus Ensemble aus Tashkent kommen im Rahmen einer Residenz in Hellerau erstmalig zusammen. Module internationaler Komponist*innen, die alle auch als Performer dabei sind, werden für das Kollektiv zu Improvisationsgrundlagen, zu einem Nährboden für neue Verbindungen. Als Organismus der radikalen Vielfalt verhandelt das Future Tradition Orchestra” indigene und polytraditionelle Instrumentaltechniken und verschiedene Formen der Notation: vom Graphic Score zur “Mimesis

Eingeleitet wird der Abend von einer Essay Performance von Fiston Mwanza Mujila.

Parasite Village Programm des Abends

19:00 Uhr
Fiston Mwanza Mujila
Essay Performance
Eintritt frei

20:00 Uhr
Future Tradition Orchestra
17/8€ – Tickets

22:00 Uhr
Aida Shirazi
Late Night Set
Eintritt frei

Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Aida Shirazi s a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music. Shirazi’s music is described as ”unfolding with deliberation” by The New York Times, “well-made” and “affecting” by The New Yorker, and “unusually creative” by San Francisco Classical Voice.

In her works for solo instruments, voice, ensemble, orchestra, and electronics, Shirazi mainly focuses on timbre for organizing structures inspired by language and literature.

Shirazi’s music has been featured at festivals and concert series, including Manifeste, Wien Modern, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Mostly Mozart, OutHear New Music Week, MATA, Marlboro Music Festival, Direct Current, Taproot, and Tehran Contemporary Music Festival in venues such as Maison de la Radio France, Radialsystem Berlin, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, and Carnegie Hall. Her works are performed by Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Miranda Cuckson, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, Oerknal, Quince Ensemble, Sarah Cahill, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Empyrean Ensemble, and Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Shirazi holds a Ph.D. in composition and music theory from the University of California, Davis. She has studied with Mika Pelo, Pablo Ortiz, Kurt Rohde, Yiğit Aydın, Tolga Yayalar, Onur Türkmen, and Hooshyar Khayam and participated in workshops and masterclasses by Kaija Saariaho, Mark Andre, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Riccardo Piacentini, and Füsun Köksal.

Shirazi is a 2022 graduate of IRCAM’s “Cursus Program in Composition and Computer Music.” She holds a B.M. in music composition and theory from Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey) and a B.A. in classical piano from Tehran University of Art (Iran.) She has studied santoor (traditional Iranian hammered dulcimer) with Parissa Khosravi Samani.

Shirazi is a co-founder and co-artistic director of the Iranian Female Composers Association (IFCA.)

In cooperation with Outernational

Sponsored by: Goethe-Institut, Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation and Allianz Foundation.

Media partner: VAN Outernational.