Media

Orchestra

Double Concerto for Persian Ney, Kamanche and Ensemble
- January 15, 2016
The Darkness of Fury
- Mehdi Javanfar - Conductor Kharkiv Philharmonic Orchestra

Chamber Orchestra

Funebre for Solo Violin and Chamber String Orchestra
Girl from Shiraz, Persian Folk Songs (Set No. 16)
- Kian Soltani, Solo Cello - Amsterdam Sinfonietta - October 29, 2020 - Amsterdam International Cello Biennale
Love Drunk
- Kian Soltani & Aaron Pilsan

Chamber Ensemble

Love Songs
- Performed by Four Corners Ensemble and Argus Quartet
Raak (Calligraphy No. 15)
- Carpe Diem String Quartet. March 28, 2018
Folk Song Set No. 11B
- Apollo Chamber Players presents the Houston (TX) premiere. Jan 9, 2017
Folk Song Set No. 11B for String Quartet
- Carpe Diem String Quartet
Three Calligraphies for String Quartet
- Cuatro Puntos, in Frome, England
Kereshmeh (Calligraphy No. 8)
- Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble - October 6, 2018
Dashti (Calligraphy No. 18)
- Performed by Cuatro Puntos Ensemble
Folk Songs (Set No. 12A) for Voice, String Quartet, and Piano
- Soprano: Maria Khoobyar Piano: Andreea Mut Violins: Claire Niederberger, Cheng-Wei Hsieh Viola: Rui Li Cello: Hernan Campa
Sornâ (Folk Songs, set No. 17)
- Segâh Festival - January 16, 2016

Duet

Khojasteh (Caligraphy No. 10)
- James Boswell, violin & Carol Ou, cello
Three Romantic Songs
- Roy Sonne - violin and Yeeha Chiu - piano. March 22, 2014, Laughlin Music Center at Chatham University
Three Romantic Songs
- David Tobin & Denis Yavorsky
Three Romantic Songs
- Cyrus Forough, Violin & Sung-Im Kim, Piano - National Gallery of Art Washington, DC. September 22, 2013
Persian Folk Songs, Set No. 16C
- Formosa Duo Sam Ou, cello & Chi-Chen Wu, piano - New England Conservatory of Music, 2017
Persian Folk Songs for Cello and Piano, Set No.16 C (movement 6)
- Asal Iranmehr, piano and Dobrochna Zubek, cello
Persian Folk Songs for Cello and Piano, Set No.16 C (movement 3)
- Asal Iranmehr piano Dobrochna Zubek cello
Folk Songs, Set. No. 9 (movement 4)
- Sarah Frisof (flute) and Sara Sitzer (cello) at the 2013 Gesher Music Festival
Folk Songs, Set No. 9 (movements 4-7)
- Jessie Nucho (flute) and Helen Newby (cello), San Francisco Conservatory of Music, May 2015.
Folk Songs, Set No. 9 (movement 6)
- Sarah Frisof (flute) and Sara Sitzer (cello) at the 2013 Gesher Music Festival
Persian Folk Songs, Set No. 9 (movement 8)
- Duo Cacophonica
Folk Songs, Set No. 9 (movement 8)
- Sarah Frisof (flute) and Sara Sitzer (cello) at the 2013 Gesher Music Festival
Folk Songs, Set No. 9 (Adagio)
- Jessie Nucho (alto flute) and Helen Newby (cello), San Francisco Conservatory of Music, May 2015
Folk Songs, Set No. 9
- 45th Parallel Chamber Orchestra - The Old Church, Portland OR - November 8, 2019
Persian Suite (movement 1)
- Performed by Bridges Collective, 26th August 2012 at Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne University.
Persian Suite (movement 2)
- Performed by Bridges Collective, 26th August 2012 at Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne University.
Persian Suite - Folk Songs Set No. 12E
- Julieta Blanco, flute & Vahan Sargsyan, piano - 2002
Four Persian Folk Songs (Set No. 1) Song No. 1
- Baroo Baroone - Shahrzad Dastoornezhad, Nowruzgan 2018
Love Drunk (Folk Songs, Set No. 16B)
- Piano and Violin
Persian Folk Songs (Set No. 16C)
- Kian Soltani – Violoncello and Frank Dupree – Klavier

Lectures

An hour with Reza Vali, Composer and Professor of Music
- In Farsi
Arghonoon Project (part 1 of 3)
Arghonoon Project (part 2 of 3)
Arghonoon Project (part 3 of 3)
Interview on Juhl Media
- Juhl Media presents Reza Vali, composer, in conversation with filmmaker Ching Juhl.
Listening Club (part 1 of 3)
Listening Club (part 2 of 3)
Listening Club (part 3 of 3)

Solo

Calligraphy No. 5
- Irina Muresanu, Live at Union College, 2018
Calligraphy No. 5 for Solo Violin
- Performed on the 10/01/2014 Pendulum New Music Concert in Grusin Hall
Kismet (Calligraphy No. 7)
- Rudaki Hall - April 2016
Kord, Calligraphy No. 9 for Solo Cello
- April 30, 2016 Osher Salon, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Kord (Calligraphy No. 9)
- Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes, México Junio 18, 2012
Blue Johannes
- Suvir Mirchandani - March 2014
Blue Johannes
- Liselotte Sels, piano - Kapel van de Grauwzusters, University of Antwerp - January 31, 2019
Hajiani, Reality Music No. 1 for Karnâ and Electronics (2021)
- Khosrow Soltani, solo Karnâ, August 2, 2021

Double Concerto for Persian Ney, Kamanche and Ensemble
- January 15, 2016
The Darkness of Fury
- Mehdi Javanfar - Conductor Kharkiv Philharmonic Orchestra

Funebre for Solo Violin and Chamber String Orchestra
Girl from Shiraz, Persian Folk Songs (Set No. 16)
- Kian Soltani, Solo Cello - Amsterdam Sinfonietta - October 29, 2020 - Amsterdam International Cello Biennale
Love Drunk
- Kian Soltani & Aaron Pilsan

Love Songs
- Performed by Four Corners Ensemble and Argus Quartet
Raak (Calligraphy No. 15)
- Carpe Diem String Quartet. March 28, 2018
Folk Song Set No. 11B
- Apollo Chamber Players presents the Houston (TX) premiere. Jan 9, 2017
Folk Song Set No. 11B for String Quartet
- Carpe Diem String Quartet
Three Calligraphies for String Quartet
- Cuatro Puntos, in Frome, England
Kereshmeh (Calligraphy No. 8)
- Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble - October 6, 2018
Dashti (Calligraphy No. 18)
- Performed by Cuatro Puntos Ensemble
Folk Songs (Set No. 12A) for Voice, String Quartet, and Piano
- Soprano: Maria Khoobyar Piano: Andreea Mut Violins: Claire Niederberger, Cheng-Wei Hsieh Viola: Rui Li Cello: Hernan Campa
Sornâ (Folk Songs, set No. 17)
- Segâh Festival - January 16, 2016

Khojasteh (Caligraphy No. 10)
- James Boswell, violin & Carol Ou, cello
Three Romantic Songs
- Roy Sonne - violin and Yeeha Chiu - piano. March 22, 2014, Laughlin Music Center at Chatham University
Three Romantic Songs
- David Tobin & Denis Yavorsky
Three Romantic Songs
- Cyrus Forough, Violin & Sung-Im Kim, Piano - National Gallery of Art Washington, DC. September 22, 2013
Persian Folk Songs, Set No. 16C
- Formosa Duo Sam Ou, cello & Chi-Chen Wu, piano - New England Conservatory of Music, 2017
Persian Folk Songs for Cello and Piano, Set No.16 C (movement 6)
- Asal Iranmehr, piano and Dobrochna Zubek, cello
Persian Folk Songs for Cello and Piano, Set No.16 C (movement 3)
- Asal Iranmehr piano Dobrochna Zubek cello
Folk Songs, Set. No. 9 (movement 4)
- Sarah Frisof (flute) and Sara Sitzer (cello) at the 2013 Gesher Music Festival
Folk Songs, Set No. 9 (movements 4-7)
- Jessie Nucho (flute) and Helen Newby (cello), San Francisco Conservatory of Music, May 2015.
Folk Songs, Set No. 9 (movement 6)
- Sarah Frisof (flute) and Sara Sitzer (cello) at the 2013 Gesher Music Festival
Persian Folk Songs, Set No. 9 (movement 8)
- Duo Cacophonica
Folk Songs, Set No. 9 (movement 8)
- Sarah Frisof (flute) and Sara Sitzer (cello) at the 2013 Gesher Music Festival
Folk Songs, Set No. 9 (Adagio)
- Jessie Nucho (alto flute) and Helen Newby (cello), San Francisco Conservatory of Music, May 2015
Folk Songs, Set No. 9
- 45th Parallel Chamber Orchestra - The Old Church, Portland OR - November 8, 2019
Persian Suite (movement 1)
- Performed by Bridges Collective, 26th August 2012 at Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne University.
Persian Suite (movement 2)
- Performed by Bridges Collective, 26th August 2012 at Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne University.
Persian Suite - Folk Songs Set No. 12E
- Julieta Blanco, flute & Vahan Sargsyan, piano - 2002
Four Persian Folk Songs (Set No. 1) Song No. 1
- Baroo Baroone - Shahrzad Dastoornezhad, Nowruzgan 2018
Love Drunk (Folk Songs, Set No. 16B)
- Piano and Violin
Persian Folk Songs (Set No. 16C)
- Kian Soltani – Violoncello and Frank Dupree – Klavier

An hour with Reza Vali, Composer and Professor of Music
- In Farsi
Arghonoon Project (part 1 of 3)
Arghonoon Project (part 2 of 3)
Arghonoon Project (part 3 of 3)
Interview on Juhl Media
- Juhl Media presents Reza Vali, composer, in conversation with filmmaker Ching Juhl.
Listening Club (part 1 of 3)
Listening Club (part 2 of 3)
Listening Club (part 3 of 3)

Calligraphy No. 5
- Irina Muresanu, Live at Union College, 2018
Calligraphy No. 5 for Solo Violin
- Performed on the 10/01/2014 Pendulum New Music Concert in Grusin Hall
Kismet (Calligraphy No. 7)
- Rudaki Hall - April 2016
Kord, Calligraphy No. 9 for Solo Cello
- April 30, 2016 Osher Salon, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Kord (Calligraphy No. 9)
- Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes, México Junio 18, 2012
Blue Johannes
- Suvir Mirchandani - March 2014
Blue Johannes
- Liselotte Sels, piano - Kapel van de Grauwzusters, University of Antwerp - January 31, 2019
Hajiani, Reality Music No. 1 for Karnâ and Electronics (2021)
- Khosrow Soltani, solo Karnâ, August 2, 2021

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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