Iman Habibi’s Shāhīn-nāmeh Nominated for a JUNO Award

Iman Habibi's "Shāhīn-nāmeh," a multi-movement composition for voice and orchestra, has been nominated for the 2024 JUNO Award for Classical Composition of the Year. The 25-minute piece is up for the prestigious Canadian music award, which will be presented in late March 2024.

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Beloved of the Sky Released on Emily Carr String Quartet’s Album, Portraits

Emily Carr String Quartet’s latest album, Portraits, includes Iman Habibi’s Beloved of the Sky in its original string quartet format. Listen or purchase the album below: https://songwhip.com/emilycarrstringquartet/portraits

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Lucia Lin and Iman Habibi Premiere ‘Offering of Water’ at Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall

Iman Habibi’s Offering of Water, a piece co-commissioned by Lucia Lin, Elation Pauls, and the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music as part of Composing Earth, received its premiere at Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall on July 7th, 2023 with violinist Lucia Lin and the composer at the piano. Inspired by a Zoroastrian prayer, Offering of […]

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Iman Habibi Named as the Composer-in-Residence of 2023 Chelsea Music Festival

The 2023 Chelsea Music Festival, entitled Songs for the Earth, named Iman Habibi as its composer-in-residence. Four pieces of music by Habibi were featured at the festival: Radiant Light (performance pictured below)Âhūye Kūhī (perfomed by Danbi Um and Jonathan Dormand)Ey Sabā (performed by Sonya Headlam and Max Tan)Beloved of the Sky (string orchestra arrangement commissioned […]

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Album Release: A Left Coast – Featuring Iman Habibi’s False Morning and The River-Lip

A Left Coast, the most recent Bridge Records album from baritone Tyler Duncan and pianist Erika Switzer, opens with two tracks featuring Iman Habibi’s music: False Morning and The River-Lip. Based on poetry by Khayyam-Fitzgerald, these songs were originally written for baritenor and guitar in 2014, and initially recorded by William George and Michael Strutt. […]

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