Feb 1: Vancouver, BC
Time: Monday Feb. 01, 7:30 pm
Location: Piano Lounge, Graham House, GreenCollege, 6201 Cecil Green Road, UBC
Admission: Free
Michael and Friends – BC PREMIERE: Pianist Michael Park, and Soprano Jane Long perform my work Lily and Monarch (from Silent Awakening). The event is organized by Composers’ Collective, as part of their Green College Series.
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Pianist and composer Michael Park’s website
Feb 6: Prince George, BC
Time: Saturday Feb. 06, 7:30 pm
Location: Vanier Hall, Prince George, BC
The world premiere of Piano Concerto No. 1, Commissioned by The Prince George Symphony Orchestra (PGSO). Performed by The PGSO with Iman Habibi as soloist in Prince George, BC.
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Feb 7: Prince George, BC
Time: Sunday Feb. 07, 3:00 pm
Location: Vanier Hall, Prince George, BC
Iman Habibi performs his Piano Concerto No. 1, Commissioned by The Prince George Symphony Orchestra (PGSO). Performed by The PGSO with Iman Habibi as soloist in Prince George, BC.
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April 13: Vancouver, BC
Time: Tuesday April 13, 7:30pm
Location: UBC Recital Hall, Vancouver, BC
UBC Composers’ Concert
Performance of Erhu Remedies in collaboration with the Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra
May 4: Vancouver, BC
Time: Tuesday May 4, 5:00 pm
Location: Piano Lounge, Graham House, Green College, 6201 Cecil Green Road, UBC
Pianist Deborah Grimmett performs my set of Preludes for piano. This event is organized by Composers’ Collective as part of their Green College Series.
Visit pianist Deborah Grimmett’s website
July 9: Vancouver, BC
Spatial Poetics IX – Nothing is Free
Location: Vivo Media Arts Centre – 1965 Main Street
Time: Starting at 7:30pm multiple performances of the work will be presented.
Iman Habibi will be joining flautist Mark Mcgregor, and vocalist Michael Mori in a 15-minute dramatic/theatrical work that features elements of both Japanese and Canadian art forms. This interdisciplinary project will partly draw its inspirations from certain elements of Japanese theatrical traditions such as Kabuki and Noh.
Music commissioned by Michael Mori and the Powell Street Festival.
Aug 2: Waterville, Maine
Location: Strider Theatre (Colby College)
Time: Monday Aug. 2, 9:00 am
The Atlantic Music Festival Orchestra does a reading of the first movement of Piano Concerto no.1 with Iman Habibi as the piano soloist
Aug 3: Waterville, Maine
Location: Strider Theatre (Colby College)
Time: Tuesday Aug. 3, 4:00 pm
Solar Seethe will be premiered at The Atlantic Music Festival, with Sheridan Seyfriend as Conductor, Elise Shope on Flute, Alice Wang on Clarinet, Clement Luu on Violin; Jonah Kim on Cello, Bill Shaltis on percussion, and Mei-Hsuan Huang on piano.
Aug. 23 – Sep. 3: Toronto, ON
Iman will be participating in Tapestry New Opera’s composer-librettist’s Lib-Lab. He will be working alongside composers Norbert Palej, Anna Höstman, and Gareth Williams, and Librettists Charles Hayter, David Brock, Michael Pollard, and Maja Ardal. Several performances will take place as part of the workshop by Tapestry’s performing artists Kimberly Barber (mezzo Soprano), Keith Klassen (tenor), Peter McGillivray (baritone), Carla Huhtanen and Christopher Foley (piano).
For more information, visit Tapestry New Opera’s website
Sep. 23: Toronto, ON
Opera Briefs 2010
Following the Tapestry New Opera’s Composers’ Librettist Laboratory (LibLab), the Tapestry new opera will perform a few of the mini-operas composed during the intense ten day laboratory. For more information and tickets, use the link above.
Sep. 24: Toronto, ON
Opera Briefs 2010
Following the Tapestry New Opera’s Composers’ Librettist Laboratory (LibLab), the Tapestry new opera will perform a few of the mini-operas composed during the intense ten day laboratory. For more information and tickets, use the link above.
Sep. 25: Toronto, ON
Opera Briefs 2010
Following the Tapestry New Opera’s Composers’ Librettist Laboratory (LibLab), the Tapestry new opera will perform a few of the mini-operas composed during the intense ten day laboratory. For more information and tickets, use the link above.
Oct. 23: St. Catherines, ON
Lyric Canada 2010
Time: 3:30-5:00pm
Location: Brock University
(for more information see the link above)
Tapestry New Opera performs my mini-opera Where you live, which was composed during 2010 LibLab to Libretto by Michael Pollard.
Nov. 7: Vancouver, BC
Colour of Freedom
Location: Langley Mennonite Fellowship (As part of Arts and Peace Festival)
Time: 7:00pm, Nov. 7, 2010
The Vancouver Peace Choir performs The Colour of Freedom, a newly commissioned work by Iman Habibi, set to poetry by Marina Nemat, and featuring Persian soloist Amir Haghighi.
Tickets: 20$ Adults – 15$ Seniors – 10$ Students
Nov. 12: Vancouver, BC
First Round of the Northwest Piano Ensemble Competition
Location: Tom Lee Music Hall
Time: 2:15pm
Piano Pinnacle (Pianists Iman Habibi and Deborah Grimmett) will be performing a few piano duo works including music by Mozart, Arensky, and Louie, at the first round of the 2010 Northwest Piano Ensemble Competition.
Nov. 13: Vancouver, BC
Final Round of the Northwest Piano Ensemble Competition
Location: Norman Rothstein Theater
Time: 8pm
Piano Pinnacle (Pianists Iman Habibi and Deborah Grimmett) advanced to the final round of the Northwest Piano Ensemble Competition, and will be performing a few piano duo works including music by Rachmaninoff’s Russian Rhapsody, and Fujiwara’s Metamorphosis IV (final movement).
Nov. 20: Vancouver, BC
Radio Broadcast of Colour of Freedom
Time: 8:00am
CBC Radio one plays a snippet of “Colour of Freedom,” a newly commissioned work by Iman Habibi, set to poetry by Marina Nemat, and featuring Persian soloist Amir Haghighi. The piece will be featured on North by Norhtwest, with Sheryl Mackay as host.
Time: 8:00am
Nov. 20: Vancouver, BC
Colour of Freedom
Location: Chapel of the Epiphany (The University of British Columbia)
Time: 8:00pm, Nov. 20, 2010
The Vancouver Peace Choir performs The Colour of Freedom, a newly commissioned work by Iman Habibi, set to poetry by Marina Nemat, and featuring Persian soloist Amir Haghighi.
Tickets: 20$ Adults – 15$ Seniors – 10$ Students