Negah Magazine Feature Article

Iman was featured in a front-page article on Negah Magazine, focusing on his recent composition, Voyage (piano sonata), and its performance at the opening of the Museum of Anthropology’s exhibition, Safar. The article is in Persian language:

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Twice Winner of SOCAN Foundation Awards

It is my great pleasure to announce that my music has won the first prize at the SOCAN Foundation for Young Audio-Visual Composers for the second year in a row! Last year, I won the prize for my music on Miles Jay‘s Documentary, Shade of Grey. This year it goes to the soundtrack I wrote on […]

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Winner of POLYPHONOS International Composers Award

I am very excited to hear that I have won the International composers award at the Esoterics‘ International competition for choral works. As part of this, I will be commissioned to compose a new choral work for the Esoterics, to be premiered, and performed multiple times in Seattle in 2013.

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Selected for a Six-month Composer Residency Position with CMC/CLC

I am pleased to announce that I have been selected for a six-month composer residency position co-sponsored by the Canadian Music Centre, and The Canadian League of Composers. As part of this residency, I will compose music for Negative Zed (Ensemble in Residence with the Red Shift Music Society), BC Girls’ Choir, and MYVoice, among […]

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Review of Piano Pinnacle’s Concert in Musetta Stone

Special thanks to Ryan Noakes for writing this marvelous review of Piano Pinnacle‘s August 27th concert. “A true tour de force performance. [it] caused the audience to erupt in applause far before the conclusion of final variation, only to explode with greater enthusiasm when the piece was actually finished.” Full Article

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Duo of Composers Deliver Double Duty – Georgia Straight Article

Source: Georgia Straight Kathleen Allan With her easy smile, quiet confidence, and gentle self-assuredness, Kathleen Allan exudes the fresh-faced optimism of a recent university graduate. But unlike most grads launching careers in the midst of global economic uncertainty, the 22-year-old composer and singer has good reason to be feeling optimistic. For starters, she’s landed a […]

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