Ali Ahmadifar

Ali Ahmadifar
Background information
Born	(1976-07-12) July 12, 1976
Origin	Tehran, Iran
Genres	Contemporary classical music
Occupation(s)	Composer
Years active	1996–present

Ali Ahmadifar (Persian: علی احمدی فر‎‎) is an Iranian composer, teacher^[1] and researcher.^[2]

Book

• Author of the book "Stylistics of Arvo Pärt music (Persian:سبک شناسی موسیقی آروو پارت)", published 2007.^[3]

Works

• "Where are you, o thou fairy?"(An Iranian variation) was performed by MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2006.^[4]
• one of his works was performed by valid flute soloist Reza Najfar in 2008, Rasht.
• "Minimove" (An Iranian variation for flute and strings) was performed by Camerata symphony orchestra led by Keyvan Mirhadi in 2008, Rasht.
• "Bâng – e Robâb" was performed by the Avram ensemble in 2011.^[5][6]
• Radio contemporary music program editor and writer in Iranian radio broadcast network culture, 1999-2000.
• The founder and first conductor of Gilan sinfonietta orchestra and choir, performing concert at Vahdat Hall, September 2007.^[7]

Lectures

• Concepts and specification of Music^[8]
• International Customary instruments and symphony orchestra
• Composition^[9]
• Orchestration^[10]
• Variation^[11]
• Canon and Fugue
• Sonata
• Form^[12]
• Symphony from the beginning until today
• Opera from the beginning until today
• Concerto from the beginning until today
• Chamber music from the beginning until today
• The impact of Liturgical music in the classical music
• Modernism in music
• Postmodernism in Music
• Minimalism, Post Minimalism and After ^[13]
• Aleatory Music ^[13]
• Musical Terms ^[13]
• Nonserial Atonality Music ^[13]
• Neo Romanticism ^[13]
• Classical Serialism and Total Serialism ^[13]
• Analysis of Bach's Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue ^[14]
• Steve Reich
• Philip Glass
• Arvo Pärt
• Contemporary music
• Iranian composers
• Pathology of Iranian today music^[15]
• Dynamics and Rest
• Pluralism in post-tonal music^[16]
• Modern and contemporary harmony^[17]
• Stylistics and history of contemporary music
• The Development of rhythm^[18]
• The end of historic music and new history of music^[19]
• Authoring and translating professional articles about the contemporary music of world and Iran^[20]
• Head of Gilan music community organization, 2007-2011 ^[21][22]
• lecturer of University of Applied Sciences & Technology (UAST), Art and Culture Gillan branch, years 2009-2010.
• lecturer of music Faculty, Gilan University, 2011-2012.
• Jury member of Eleventh music festival of Khuzestan, Ahvaz February 2012.
• Teaching composition, stylistics and history of music in Tehran, Rasht and Ahvaz

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