Toronto Arts Council Commissions Iman Habibi to Compose for a Consortium of Pianists
The most gratifying music-making experiences take place in the company of friends. I am grateful to Toronto Arts Council for providing the commissioning funds for a new 12-15 minute solo piano piece to be completed in 2020. I feel so fortunate to have the support of a number of distinguished pianists and dear friends (listed […]
Continue readingInterview with Persian Media Regarding Del Sol Quartet Concert
I would like to thank Arash Rod at Persian Media Production for creating this video report, and interview regarding Del Sol String Quartet‘s performance at University of California Irvine. The concert included my composition, RevolutionStreet, alongside works by Hesam Abedini, Niloufar Shiri, Adib Ghorbani, Gity Razaz, Elnaz Seyedi, Nasim Khorassani, Lukas Ligeti, and Ben Johnston. […]
Continue readingThe Philadelphia Orchestra Commissions Iman Habibi on Beethoven’s 250th Anniversary
The Philadelphia Orchestra, in partnership with Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, is commissioning Iman Habibi to compose a new composition for its 2020 season in dialogue with Beethoven’s Symphonies nos. 5 and 6. The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin will give three performances of Habibi’s work between March 12-15, 2020 at Verizon […]
Continue readingUproot Co-Commissioned by OSL and GLFCAM
Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music (GLFCAM) have joined forces to commission several chamber works from composer fellows of GLFCAM, including works by Iman Habibi, Christine Delphine Hedden, Marco-Adrián Ramos, Anjna Swaminathan, and Matthew Evan Taylor. Iman Habibi’s work, Uproot for String Quartet, will be premiered on April 4th, […]
Continue readingComposer Fellowship at Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music
I am excited to be joining wonderful friends and colleagues at the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music again, as a veteran composer fellow. As part of this fellowship, I will do a residency in Boonville, CA, and another at Antenna Cloud Farm in Gill, MA, during which I will compose a multi-movement piece […]
Continue readingVoyage (Piano Sonata) Goes on Tour with Deborah Grimmett
My wonderful wife and piano duo partner, Deborah Grimmett, has been touring Canada and UK, performing my Piano Sonata, Voyage, alongside works by Brahms, Debussy, Rhoda Coghill, Ligeti, and Respighi. Voyage is a 13-minute solo piano work commissioned by the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, BC in 2012. It was premiered by myself in 2013 at […]
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