Works

Suit Poetique2000

Symphonic suit in four movements

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra2003

Calm2006آرام

For String Orchestra

Stained Glass2007شیشه رنگی

For Piano and String Orchestra

Commissioned by

Parsian Ensemble

Premiere

first performance: Hooshyar Khayam, soloist Mazyar Zahireddini, concert master/conductor Parsian Ensemble 9-14 sept 2007, Niavaran Hall, tehran

Osyan2008عصیان

For Piano, Percussion, and String Orchestra

Commissioned by

Hossein Alizadeh

Premiere

First performance: Hooshyar Khayam, Soloist Vladimir Syrenko, Conductor Ukrain National Symphony Orchestra, December 2008, Tehran

Torkaman2008ترکمن

For Setar Trio and String Orchestra

Premiere

Based on Setar music of Hossein Alizadeh First Performance: Hossein Alizadeh, Masud Sha’ari, and Behdad Babai, Soloists Vladimir Syrenko, Conductor Ukrain National Symphony Orchestra, December 2008, Tehran

Concerto for Cello and Strings no 12009

Premiere

premiered by Aram Talalyan (cello) and the Naregatsi String Orchestra Komitas Chamber Music Hall, Yerevan

Released on

featured in “Strings” (Hermes Records 2012

Serenade for Violin and String Orchestra2010

Before the Dream is Over2012در پایان این خواب

for piano and orchestra

Recognition

Finalist of Queen Elisabeth International Composition Competition (2013)

Kalileh2014 – 2015

Ballet in two acts, for symphony orchestra, narration, choir, and moving puppets

Commissioned by

LSCO orchestra

Premiere

premiere on July 2015, Duluth, Minnesota

Rhapsody in Turquoise, For Piano and Orchestra2016 – 17

Commissioned by

LSCO

“Daylight Twilight”, Concerto for Cello and Strings no 22017

Triple Concerto For Kamancheh, Piano, Persian Percussions, and String Orchestra2018

Commissioned by

Stephen Prutsman

Violin Sonata “Autumn”1997

Cello Sonata no.1 “Winter”1998

Premiere

first performance by Aram Talalyan, cello Juilliet Vartanyan, piano

Cello Sonata no.2 “Chang”2003

Premiere

first performance by Wayne Foster-Smith and Hooshyar Khayam, Berlin 2007

Released on

featured in “Clouds” (Hermes Records 2010

Two Pieces for Wind Ensemble2005

Kubeh2006

For String Octet

A Proper Opening2007

for string quintet

Premiere

Premiered by Talalyan String Ensemble, 2010 Yerevan

Die Feen von Neukölln2007

Premiere

for violin and harp commissioned and premiered by Eva-Christina Schonweiss and Kirsten Ecke

Jala2009

Piano Quintet

Dedication

Tribute to Rouhollah Khaleghi (Iranian Composer, 1906 – 1965)

Arco de Luna2010

for two violins

Piano Trio no.2 “I Waited for You in Rain”2010

Recognition

first prize “Franz Schubert Und Musik der Moderne” international composition competition (2011)

String Quartet no.1 “In the Whiteness of Our City”2011

Premiere

in one movement

Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano2012

Premiere

commissioned and premiered by Todd Palmer, clarinet Stephen Prutsman, piano Spoleto Festival (2012)

Garden I2013

for viola and guitar

Premiere

premiered by Isabel Villanueva and Golfam Khayam 2013, Rudaki Hall, Tehran.

Garden II2013

for cello and piano

Premiere

premiered by Anja Lechner (ECM artist) and Artur Avanesov February 2013, Eyvan-e Shams Hall, Tehran.

String Quartet no.2 “Monir”2013

Premiere

Premiered by Kronos Quartet intended as soundtrack to the documentary film “Monir” (to be featured 2014) on life and works of the contemporary Iranian artist Monir Farmanfarmaian directed by Bahman Kiarostami

Garden III2014

for cello solo

String Quartet no.3 “On the Seashore”2014

Dedication

Tribute to Tigran Mansurian

String Quartet no.42017

Piano Trio no.1 (1997, revised 2013)

Dedication

dedicated to Davoud Jafari

Premiere

first performance by “Khayam Trio” (Negar Afazel, Athena Eshtiaghi, Hooshyar Khayam) September 2013 Rudaki Hall, Tehran

Book of Lonely Songsکتاب آوازهای تنهایی

Premiere

1. Window دریچه (Poem by Reza Chaichi) 2. Blue آبی (Poem by Nazanin Bahadori) 3. Name for All the Birds بادهای جادو (Poem by Hiva Masih) Aida Shahidi, soprano Hooshyar Khayam, piano (recorded 2006)

Delbar

set of twelve songs for voice and piano

Premiere

based on Persian traditional music in collaboration with vocal artist Farzaneh Joorabchi April 2010

Released on

published by album title: “Verses in the Wind” by Mondomix

Moones

set of seven songs for voice and piano

Premiere

based on Persian traditional music in collaboration with vocal artist Tara Tiba August 2010

Released on

partially published in “Prayers” (Les Editions Doberman-Yppan 2011

Reeds

for countertenor and piano

Commissioned by

Fih Ma Fih ensemble

Premiere

based on prose by Rumi “Rumi Festival” first performance: Arasbaran Hall, Tehran, 26 – 29 oct. 2007 Tigran Mesropian, countertenor Hooshyar Khayam, piano

Rubaiyat

for soprano and percussion ensemble

Premiere

Based on Poems of Omar Khayam First Performance 13th May, 2005 PCT Hall, College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati recorded version sung by Aida Shahidi

Stardustغبار ستاره ها

set of four songs on poems by Maryam Schumacher

Premiere

first performance: Sara Boltz, Mezzo Soprano Hooshyar Khayam, piano Werner Hall, University of Cincinnati, 2003

Kaviri1993

Released on

featured in “Clouds” (Hermes Records 2008

Thousand Acacias1996 – 2010

twelve sonnets for piano

Released on

Hermes Records 2010

Sonata no.11999

Movements

I, II, III

Tatari2001 – 2006

collection of piano works

Released on

Hermes Records 2007

Bahar Street2003

Premiere

European premiere by Elina Bertina, 19 November 2013 in Riga, Latvia.

Sonata no.2 “Jazz Sonata”2003

Movements

I, II, III

Sonata no.32005

Dedication

dedicated to Hamed Mohajer

Movements

I, II, III

Sea’s Seven Days2009

in seven movements

Dedication

to the loving memory of Nemat Haghighi

Released on

Contemporary Music Records 2010

Sonata no.4 “en la memoria de un mar interminable”2009

Movements

I, II, III, IV

Pasacaglia “Ravi-e Khyal”2011

Premiere

world premiere by Stephen Prutsman at “Late Night Elegy” 16 November 2011, Lincoln Center, Rose Hall, NY.

Ivanov2012

Premiere

directed by Amir Reza Koohestani, Mehr Theater Group

Wolf Game2018

Premiere

directed by Abbass Nezamdoost

God of Rakhsh2014خداوند رخش

Premiere

A musical drama based on Shahnameh (The “Book of Kings”) by Hakim Abuʾl-Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi (940-1020 CE) for orchestra, narrator, voice, and Persian instruments

Released on

Tehran Records 2018

Music for Tar and Piano2016

Premiere

in collaboration with Milad Mohammadi (Tar)

Water and Dust2018

Premiere

in collaboration with Ali Broujerdi (Sitar) and Hesam Inanlou (Kamancheh)

Wolf and Ox2018

Premiere

in collaboration with Hesam Inanlou (Kamancheh)

All Of Youتمام تو

****-) Songlines World Music Magazine, 75th issue (March-April 2011

Premiere

Music for Ney and Piano in collaboration with Amir Eslami (Ney)

Released on

Hermes Records 2011

Namayesh2003

Premiere

animation by Elika Hedayat

Two Cold Meals for One2009

short film

Premiere

directed by Amir Azimi

These Days, Those Days2011

art-documentary film on life of Hormoz Ansari

Premiere

directed by Pooya Aryanpour

Everything Is Fine Here2012

37th Montreal World Film Festival

Premiere

directed by Pourya Azarbayjani candidate of the year’s best film music, Tehran’s International Video Film Festival, Aug 2014.

Ivanov2012

theater production

Premiere

directed by Amir Reza Koohestani (Mehr Theater Group)

Exhale2013

Premiere

video-art by Pooya Aryanpour

Monir2013

featuring Khayam’s second string quartet, performed by Kronos Quartet

Premiere

directed by Bahman Kiarostami

Migration2014

Premiere

video art by Pooya Aryanpour

Spyker2015

Premiere

directed by Majed Neisi (War documentary)

Impermanent2016

Candidate Best Film of the Year, 5th Beijing International Film Festival

Premiere

feature film by Amir Azizi

Cael2018

Documentary Silent Movie

Premiere

directed by Meisam Azarzad, Montage by Sepideh Honarmand, Camera by Omid Deylami

Wolf Game2018

Premiere

directed by Abbass Nezamdoost