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 City: Tehran  Mehdi Hosseini is an Iranian composer of contemporary classical music. |
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BlogAlex Ross: The Rest Is Noise | Video of the day: Mehdi HosseiniMohsen Saghafi comments: "The dialogue among the four solo string instruments attempting to be heard through the tumult of orchestral sounds is a musical metaphor for the cultural status of the tribes of Iran. In this piece, Hosseini reproduces the absurdity and multi-cultural aspect of societal and popular culture and conversations with the use of the orchestra. He represents the tumult of a society in which ethnic cultural elements are evident but cannot be easily heard." 14th Oct 13 - Iran’s House of Music Award for “Monodies by Mehdi Hosseini (Composer)” as best composition & album of the year!
 Mehdi Hosseini often uses the
word monodies not only as the title of his composition, but also as a musical
term; by which he means the characteristics of single voice structures,
adapting themselves to any musical texture. The composer recently had a new
recording published in Tehran, which also takes on the title Monodis. For this
album he collected compositions which were written based on regional folk tunes
from different parts of Iran. The album was recorded in Russia by well-known
local soloists, ensembles, and the Saint-Petersburg State Philharmonic
Orchestra and State Academic Orchestra. All of the compositions were written
between 2003 and 2009...
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