Lecture on The Composers Collaborative Project

Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 11:30am

We are proud to announce our newest addition to the CCP: Dr. Reza Vali! Dr. Vali has served
as faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University since 1988. He has received numerous
awards, fellowships and commissions - including those from the Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and the Kronos Quartet. Learn more by
visiting our website: www.composerscollaborative.com/teachers/vali

Learn how to register here: www.composerscollaborative.com/register

Composer Reza Vali will mark retirement with a pair of Persian music concerts at Carnegie Mellon

by JEREMY REYNOLDS
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Nov 2, 2022

The rhythms of Persian traditional music defy Western music notation. They’re intricate and complex and give the music a fluid sense of motion.

Persian music is also mostly improvised, or made up on the spot, according to stylistic rules.

“In a way it comes closest to jazz,” said Reza Vali, an Iranian-American composer who writes traditional and cross-cultural music for chamber ensembles and orchestras like the Pittsburgh Symphony. He has also been recorded widely, most recently at the Smithsonian Museum, and has also published books on Persian traditional music.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette