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2025:

14.jan.2025, 11:30 forbidden voices: women’s singing of iranian traditional music under the islamic regime in iran  

48th ictmd world conference (9-15.jan.2025 hosted by te herenga waka victoria univ. of wellington, and te kōkī the new zealand school of music)

tākina centre: 50 cable st, te aro, wellington 6011, new zealand

roozbeh nafisi: paper presentation 

this talk will be available live online (session VIB13)

https://ictmusic.org/

https://www.takina.co.nz/

https://planmyevent.eventsair.com/ictmd-world-conference-2025/

program: https://easychair.org/smart-program/ICTMD2025/program.html

bulletin: https://ictmusic.org/sites/default/files/documents/bulletins/156-ICTMD-Bulletin-Oct-2024-best.pdf

registration: https://easychair.org/cfp/ictmd2025

20.sep.2025, 19:30 gallows humor: schallwende plays and reads nafisi and more 

schallwende festival for new music 2025 (19-21.sep): theater am saumarkt: mühletorpl. 1, feldkirch 6800, austria

joanna lewis: violin and storytelling / simon schellnegger: viola and storytelling / arne kircher: cello and storytelling

renate burtscher: speaker / elena arbonies jauregui: Bb, Eb, and bass clarinets / tibor kövesdi: double bass 

new works by: roozbeh nafisi, elfi aichinger, christoph cech, dietmar kirchner, anna maly, and viola falb 

https://schallwende.at/

autumn.2025, 19:30 musical and visual arts galerie am roten hof: piaristengasse 1/ii, vienna 1080, austria

compositions and visual arts by roozbeh nafisi and colleagues

https://galerieamrotenhof.at/

more details soon

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2024:

22.jan.2024, 12:00 iran for kids verein freiraum-schule: herzogenburgergasse 13, kritzendorf 3420, austria

roozbeh nafisi and lucia plank: presentation for elementary school kids

https://www.freiraumschule.at/

15.mar.2024, 19:00 andante for the forbidden voice: a multimedia tribute to women’s singing in iran alte schmiede: schönlaterngasse 9, vienna 1010, austria

roozbeh nafisi, johannes kretz, dietmar kirchner: composition

padideh naderi: mezzo-soprano / mahdieh bayat: visuals / johannes kretz: electronics / victoria pfeil: saxophones /

morvarid tahmasbi: kamancheh / dietmar kirchner: bass guitar / roozbeh nafisi: santur 

texts by golnar narimani / nava ebrahimi / roozbeh nafisi / elisabeth klar / ahmad shamlou / mahshid amirshahi / forugh farrokhzad / siavash kasrai / 

gorji marzban / mehrzad hamzelo / h.c. artmann / houshang golshiri / ebrahim golestan / mahmoud dowlatabadi / mehdi akhavan-sales / fariba vafi / 

mahmood falaki / manouchehr atashi / mina assadi / simin behbahani / sina kiyani / staša aras

https://alte-schmiede.at/

https://www.facebook.com/events/1121741245928146/

teaser:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ1K368NEO4

the performance is also broadcasted live online:

https://alte-schmiede.at/alte-schmiede/recital-3/p-naderi-s-hazin-v-pfeil-r-nafisi-m-bayat-j-kretz-d-kirchner

on tv:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpGzwglj25Y

 

30.apr.2024, 19:30 beankings lullaby sargfabrik: goldschlagstraße 169, vienna 1140, austria

roozbeh nafisi: composition (for bassoon, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, vibraphone and percussions)

janus ensemble / christoph cech: conductor

https://sargfabrik.at/veranstaltungen/janus-ensemble-2404

11.may.2024, 21:00 trio springtime jazz festival, teatro fantàsia: via matteo renato imbriani 144, barletta 76121, italy

roozbeh nafisi: santur / chiao-hua chang: erhu / esad halilović: percussions 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=879038980899934&set=a.371570308313473

https://www.teatrofantasia.it/

26.may.2024, 18:15 afschaari: durch die blume (string trio with storytelling) aNOther festival, theater am spittelberg: spittelberggasse 10, vienna 1070, austria

cech trio plays  and reads roozbeh nafisi

joanna lewis: violin and storytelling / simon schellnegger: viola and storytelling / arne kircher: cello and storytelling

this work is inspired by an oral narrative of barbara romankiewicz's

festival evening runs from 17:00 to 22:00. see schedule for details of this 3-day festival 

https://www.anotherfestival.org/

https://www.theateramspittelberg.at/spielplan-2024.html

28.okt.2024, 19:30 ensemble xxi. jahrhundert and soloists wiener konzerthaus, berio hall: lothringer str. 20, vienna 1030, austria

roozbeh nafisi: santur / peter burwik: conductor

jakhongir shukur: interaction for santur, ney and strings

https://konzerthaus.at/konzert/eventid/62267

09.nov.2024, 17:00 forbidden voices: women’s singing of iranian traditional music under the islamic regime in iran 

univ. of vienna, campus old akh, musicology dpt., seminar room 1: spitalg. 2, court 9 (via garnisong. 13 / rotenhausg. opposite to no. 4), vienna 1090, austria 

roozbeh nafisi: paper presentation

https://musikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/?no_cache=1

https://musikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/detailansicht/news/call-for-papers-3-early-career-workshop-in-ethnomusicology/?no_cache=1&cHash=710a1e72601b91f907816ed8e258217d

29.nov.2024, 19:00 adam against lilith main library of vienna: urban-loritz-platz 2a, third floor, vienna 1070, austria
a presentation for the occasion of days to stop violence against women, on 40th anniversary of the series dem wort die freiheit
marlene streeruwitz: reading (from: handbuch gegen den krieg and handbuch der liebe)

roozbeh nafisi: santur

gorji marzban and birge krondorfer : moderation

https://ticket.wien.gv.at/M13STB/DemWort/

12.dec.2024, 19:30 free forms improvisations night vekks: ratschkygasse 14/1 (entrance: erlgasse) vienna 1120, austria 

roozbeh nafisi: santur  

https://www.vekks.com/

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2023:

23.jan.2023, 14:00 focus: iranian musicians in austria radio orange, austria

interviews (in german language) with roozbeh nafisi, nariman hodjati, golnar shahyar, and mahan mirarab

interviewer: elnaz mohammadzadeh

https://o94.at/programm/sendung/id/2129086

https://cba.fro.at/597066

14.mar.2023, 12:30 melodic (de)composition: generation of verticality through horizontality in an organic process of composition inspired by iranian music

gustav mahler private university of music, neuer saal: mießtaler str. 8, klagenurt 9020, austria, tel: (+43)5053616552, email: info@gmpu.ac.at

symposium composition and research (13-16.mar.2023)

keynote speaker: claus-steffen mahnkopf

roozbeh nafisi: paper presentation

https://www.komposition-forschung.at/en

19.mar.2023, 16:00 norooz: music to celebrate the arrival of spring universal peace federation: seidengasse 28, vienna 1070, austria

roozbeh nafisi: santur / bashir mirzo: qanun / judit antal: zither, voice / hamidreza ojaghi: daf, voice

http://www.weltfriede.at/

18.apr.2023, 09:25 shaahnaame: myths as they live on today coastal university carolina: conway, south carolina 29528, usa

roozbeh nafisi: guest lecturer (prof. anna oldfield's course)

https://www.coastal.edu/aboutccu/

13.may.2023, 20:20 woman, life, freedom: a trio story salam orient festival 2023 at brunnenpassage: brunnengasse 71, vienna 1160, austria

romachi trio (chiao-hua chang: erhu / yoram rosilio: string bass / roozbeh nafisi: santur)

romachi trio dedicates this performance to vania and vova, the surviving ukrainean twins of the war

whole program starts at 19:30 this evening, also presenting alhan trio and chamma trio

https://www.brunnenpassage.at/kalender/2023/05/salam-orient-hamayun-friends?veranstaltunguid=170847&cHash=bb456ec8c793d4bfff53a6cd08bdf3d4

https://www.facebook.com/events/783187296493372/

https://www.brunnenpassage.at/kalender

31.may.2023, 20:00 die wonderbach frog potatoe soirées (improvisation) semmelweisklinik art and culture center: hockeg. 37, bldg. 4, vienna 1180, austria

michael fischer: saxophone / yoram rosilio: string bass / roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://www.semmelweisklinik.at/index.html#events

https://www.facebook.com/events/544450081235407?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22left_rail%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D%2C%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22calendar_tab_event%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark_calendar%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

07.jun.2023, 19:00 wiener bezirksFestwochen: chamber music compositions by kaufmann, logothetis and nafisi

mariahilf district museum of vienna: mollardgasse 8, vienna 1060, austria

roozbeh nafisi: nava for solo bass clarinet with optional hand drum accompaniment

thomas unterrainer: bass clarinet

https://www.bezirksmuseum.at/de/bezirksmuseum_6/veranstaltungen/

https://www.wien.gv.at/vadb/internet/AdvPrSrv.asp?Layout=VAErgebnis_neu&Type=K&ID=495498&HKAT=&KAT=&KATEGORIE_ID=&UNTKATVON=&brckat=&brckatu=&return=

19.jun.2023, 18:15 instrumental demonstration for young composers (composition studio of prof. johannes kretz)

university of music and performing arts vienna, kleine hörsaal (aw a0201): webern-platz 1, vienna 1030, austria

roozbeh nafisi: guest demonstrator

https://www.mdw.ac.at/

20.jun.2023, 20:00 neighborhood concert open air performance: kurt-pint-platz (brückengasse 7), vienna 1060, austria

ensemble dusha connection features roozbeh nafisi on santur

https://www.dushakultur.org/aktuelles/

https://www.dushaconnection.com/

14.jul.2023, 17:00 iranian traditional music in lives of iranians under the rule of the islamic republic

47th ictm world conference (13-19.jul.2022) - university of ghana: legon, ghana

roozbeh nafisi: paper presentation

http://ictmusic.org/ictm2023

http://ictmusic.org/ictm2023/programme

https://www.ug.edu.gh/ictm/registration-fees

https://www.ictmusic.org/sites/default/files/documents/bulletins/151-ICTM-Bulletin-Jan-2023-good.pdf

27.jul.2023, 15:00-18:00 attuning bodies a study of improvisation and ethics (joshua bergamin: scientist)

university of vienna: auf der schmelz 6a (uszll, 1st floor), vienna 1150, austria

private duo sessions with chiao-hua chang: erhu / yoram rosilio: string bass / and roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://kalender.univie.ac.at/

20.sep.2023, 12:30 composition presentation (a hearning)  haydn conservatory: glorietteallee 2, eisenstadt 7000, austria

roozbeh nafisi: composition presentation in collaboration

https://haydnkons.at/

27.sep.2023, 19:00 NowHere . NoWhere - Partituren Im Jetzt brick-15: herklotzgasse 21, vienna 1150, austria

vienna improvisers orchestra

conductor: michael fischer / santur: roozbeh nafisi

https://www.brick-15.at/event-details/vienna-improvisers-orchestra-nowhere-nowhere-partituren-im-jetzt

https://www.viennaimprovisersorchestra.org/timeline/#concerts

07.okt.2023, 18:00 ascolta un po' e guarda a collaboration of arts and artificial intelligence

aNOther festival 2023: "artisti(fi)c(ial) intelligence?"

future art lab (klang-theater) univ. of music and performing arts vienna: webern-plz 1, vienna 1030, austria

wolfgang liebhart: electronics & visuals / chiao-hua chang: erhu / roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://www.anotherfestival.org/

https://www.mdw.ac.at/6/?daterange=01.10.2023+%E2%80%93+31.10.2023

21.okt.2023, 18:00 reading with staša aras: literature and music ViziRast (dachatelier): lackierergasse 10, vienna 1090, austria

roozbeh nafisi trio (roozbeh nafisi: santur / esad halilović: percussions / alessandro visard: string bass)

hosted by melisa slipac (18:00 reading; 20:00 concert)

https://www.vinzirast.at/

10.nov.2023, 20:00 santur and talk RAUMSCHIFF: pfarrplatz 18, linz 4020, austria

roozbeh nafisi: santur and talk, followed by open stage for conversation and improvisation collaborations

https://fb.me/e/59q9w6qPq

https://www.instagram.com/p/CzGi-lGsKfN/

https://www.raum-schiff.at/

04.dec.2023, 10:00-13:00 attuning bodies a study of improvisation and ethics (joshua bergamin: scientist)

university of vienna: auf der schmelz 6a (uszll, 1st floor), vienna 1150, austria

private music sessions with roozbeh nafisi: santur / claudia cervenca: voice / and valentin duit: drums

https://kalender.univie.ac.at

CANCELED (snow!)

05.dec.2023, 17:00-17:30 music for iran united nations (uno city) open space: wagramer str. 5, vienna 1400, austria

roozbeh nafisi: santur / chiao-hua chang: erhu

https://www.instagram.com/iranrevolution2022vienna/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D

https://www.meinbezirk.at/tag/kaiserm%C3%BChlen

14.dec.2023, 19:30 free forms improvisations night vekks: ratschkygasse 14/1 (entrance: erlgasse) vienna 1120, austria 

roozbeh nafisi: santur / emil gross and michael prehofer: drums / eric arn: guitar / gerhard klösch: viola / 

jaroslav stastny and sylvia bruckner: piano / sandra hernandez: bassoon / karl krbavak: viola da gamba and guitar  

https://www.vekks.com/

15.dec.2023, 14:00-16:00 attuning bodies a study of improvisation and ethics (joshua bergamin: scientist)

university of vienna: auf der schmelz 6a (uszll, 1st floor), vienna 1150, austria

private music sessions with roozbeh nafisi: santur / jakob gnigler and radim hanousek: saxophones

https://kalender.univie.ac.at

16.dec.2023, 15:00 (doors 14:30) winterreise: a vocal journey with santur, clarinet and percussions tandelmarktgasse, vienna 1020, austria

padideh naderi: mezzo-soprano / roozbeh nafisi: santur / georg macho: percussions / claudia macho: clarinet

private house concert (details per email)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TAD9N_KqX4

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2022:

08.jan.2022, 18:00 t'aarof aNOther festival (brick 5): herklotzgasse 21, vienna 1150, austria

an ensemble collaboration of visuals and electro-acoustics

elke perau and mahdieh bayat: visuals, johannes kretz: electronics, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur

http://anotherfestival.org/

13.apr.2022, 19:00 improvisation concert estonian academy of music and theatre, chamber hall: tatari 13, tallinn 10116, estonia

núria andorrà (percussions), roozbeh nafisi (santur) and collaborating artists

https://emtasaalid.ee/uritused/improvisatsioonikursuse-loppkontsert-nuria-andorra-lookpillid-hispaania-3/

https://eamt.ee/en/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oV0t8ie8YA

19.apr.2022, 14:15 iranian santur: the instrument and aspects of its social relevance, with a focus on tuning

estonian academy of music and theatre, conference room A207: tatari 13, tallinn 10116, estonia

roozbeh nafisi: presentation

https://eamt.ee/en/

20.apr.2022, 18:00 twinkling little star

performance of children pupils of tuule kann (kannel) with guest artist roozbeh nafisi (santur)

studio of tuule kann: Uus 19, tallinn 10123, estonia

https://mdw.ac.at/internationalblog/2023/05/31/immersion-in-estonian-culture/

23.may.2022, 20:00 improvisations tunnel: florianigasse 39, vienna 1080, austria

roozbeh nafisi: santur, in collaboration with hans tschiritsch and improvising colleagues

https://www.tunnel-vienna-live.at/events/wiener-weltmusik-tage-2022-copy/

24.may.2022, 18:30 a night of traditional musics  haydn hall (univ. of music and performing arts): webern-platz 1, vienna 1030, austria

a performance of students of univ. of music and performing arts vienna

with a collaboration of roozbeh nafisi's santur studio with magdalena saringer's hackbrett and harp studio

elnaz mohammadzadeh-roshtkhari: santur, isabelle niederhofer: hackbrett,  eva-maria wagner: harp

music by arfa atrai and gregor leutschacher

https://www.mdw.ac.at/veranstaltungen/?y=2022&m=05&d=24

08.jun.2022, 19:30 Planet  Bbl  währinger amtshaus (festsaal): martin-str. 100, vienna 1180, austria

a visuals, music and dance performance of kunstbetrieb ensemble (roozbeh nafisi: piano, santur)

https://kunstbetrieb.co/performances/

https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/waehring/aemter-behoerden/

POSTPONED

22.jun.2022, 18:00-21:00 short night of impro jam: poly-college wieden, turn hall: danhausergasse 1, vienna 1040, austria

an improvisation group session with roozbeh nafisi. come with or without instruments. drums available

all (non-)musicians welcome to join improvisations!

https://www.vhs.at/de/k/283607664

24.jun.2022, 18:00 the unexpected kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11, vienna 1180, austria

wolfgang liebhart (live electronics) in collaboration with romachi trio

chiao-hua chang: erhu, marton palatinszky: woodwinds, roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://kunstbetrieb.co/2022/05/18/fr-24-juni-2022-1800-romachi-liebhart-the-unexpected/?fbclid=IwAR0FZsgLWtte1n55O4PyRcnyfmXwPVJhcIEBUtWntsJOcznIwxZC6hhugJc

26.jul.2022, 12:30 santur-playing iranian-americans in northern california 46th ictm world conference (21-27.jul.2022)

colégio almada negreiros: faculdade de direito da universidade nova de lisboa, tv. estêvão pinto - lisbon, portugal

roozbeh nafisi: paper presentation

http://ictmusic.org/ictm2022

http://ictmusic.org/ictm2022/programme

POSTPONED

05.aug.2022, 18:00-21:00 short night of impro jam: poly-college wieden, turn hall: danhausergasse 1, vienna 1040, austria

an improvisation group session with roozbeh nafisi. come with or without instruments. drums available

all (non-)musicians welcome to join improvisations!

https://www.vhs.at/de/k/283607665

08.sep.2022 (opening), mythos mozart kärntner str. 19, vienna 1010, austria 

a multimedia show as a tribute to w. a. mozart

with musician roozbeh nafisi and film director arash t. riahi

various visits everyday

https://mythos-mozart.com/de/

15.sep.2022, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria 

roozbeh nafisi: santur, and improvising colleagues

https://prueckel.at/index.php/kip-souterrainbuehne/

17.sep.2022, 19:30 portrait concert schallwende festival for contemporary music (16-18.sep.2022) theater am saumarkt: mühletorpl. 1, feldkirch 6800, austria

premiere performance of roozbeh nafisi's chamber music compositions homaayuun and bayaat-e zand

khosro soltani: duduk and ney, lena fankhauser: viola, anna koch: clarinet and bass clarinet, mara achleitner: cello, matthias kronsteiner: bassoon,

ivaylo zlatev: piano, roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://www.saumarkt.at/schallwende-portr%C3%A4tkonzerte-2022-raphael-lins-roozbeh-nafisi

https://schallwende.at/

https://www.kulturzeitschrift.at/kritiken/musik-konzert/belebtes-musikalisches-beziehungsgeflecht-persische-und-mitteleuropaeische-musik-beim-schallwende-festival-in-inspirierender-verbindung-miteinander

radio talk (search for keyword "schallwende"):

https://sound.orf.at/podcast/vbg/orf-radio-vorarlberg-kultur

29.sep.2022, 19:30 ad libitum art quintet kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11, vienna 1180, austria

roozbeh nafisi's new piece for string quartet and projected visuals

wolfgang dokulil (visuals) and cech string quartet (joanna lewis and tomas novak: violin, simon schellnegger: viola, arne kircher: cello)

https://kunstbetrieb.co/2022/08/22/do-29-september-2022-1930-ad-libitum-kunst-quintett/

11.oct.2022, 11:00 shaahnaame online presentation at coastal university carolina: conway, south carolina 29528, usa

roozbeh nafisi: guest lecturer at prof. anna oldfield's course

https://www.coastal.edu/aboutccu/

12.oct.2022, 19:00 free forms café ponava: lužánecká 1883/3, 602 00 brno, czech republic

roozbeh nafisi: santur, and improvising colleagues

https://ponava.cafe/

13.oct.2022, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria 

romachi trio (roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, marton palatinszky: woodwinds) and friends

https://prueckel.at/index.php/kip-souterrainbuehne/

22.oct.2022, 19:00 inoek days of new music spielraum: gasometer B, guglgasse 8, vienna 1110, austria

roozbeh nafisi's composition (for ensemble with electronics) woman, life, freedom: for the people of iran

max brand ensemble, richard graf: conductor

free admission

https://inoek.at/index.php/en/496-tage-der-neuen-musik-call-for-scores-4

26-30.oct.2022 cymbalom days: žerotín castle, komenského street 1, valašské meziříčí 757 01, czech republic

roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://www.cimbalom.org/2021/07/cwa-congress-now-planned-for-2022/

01.nov.2022, 16:00 soundings chamber music nights cultural forum london: 28 rutland gate, london sw7 1pq, united kingdom

open rehearsal of roozbeh nafisi's string quartet abuuataa (concert on november 2) with the composer

david larkin and darragh morgan: violin, louise mcmonagle: cello, richard jones: viola

composers in residence: roozbeh nafisi, hannah eisendle, daniel oliver moser, and uk composers litha efthymiou, robin haigh and bushra el-turk

https://acflondon.org/events/soundings-2022/

https://www.acflondon.org/events/?tag=Music

02.nov.2022, 19:00 (doors open 18:30) soundings chamber music nights cultural forum london: 28 rutland gate, london sw7 1pq, united kingdom

roozbeh nafisi: abuuataa (for string quartet)

david larkin and darragh morgan: violin, louise mcmonagle: cello, richard jones: viola

composers in residence: roozbeh nafisi, hannah eisendle, daniel oliver moser, and uk composers litha efthymiou, robin haigh and bushra el-turk

https://acflondon.org/events/soundings-2022/

https://www.acflondon.org/events/?tag=Music

radio program:

https://radioklassik.at/programm/sendeformate/thema/soundings-2022/

03.nov.2022, soundings chamber music nights cultural forum london: 28 rutland gate, london sw7 1pq, united kingdom

roozbeh nafisi: isfahan, for the protesting women in iran (for piano)

composers in residence: roozbeh nafisi, hannah eisendle, daniel oliver moser, and uk composers litha efthymiou, robin haigh and bushra el-turk

mary dullea: piano

10:00 open rehearsal of piano piece isfahan: for protesting women in iran with composer roozbeh nafisi and pianist mary dullea

15:30 composer portraits: roozbeh nafisi, hannah eisendle and robin haigh in conversations with shirley j. thompson

19:00 (concert; doors open 18:30)

https://acflondon.org/events/soundings-2022/

https://www.acflondon.org/events/?tag=Music

radio program:

https://radioklassik.at/programm/sendeformate/thema/soundings-2022/

01.dec.2022, 19:30 uninformed kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11, vienna 1180, austria

wolfgang dokulil: live art, roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://kunstbetrieb.co/2022/10/29/do-1-dezember-2022-1930-roozbeh-nafisi-wolfgang-dokulil-absichtlich-uninformiert/

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2021:

28.apr.2021, 17:30 (doors open) now kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11, vienna 1180, austria

wolfgang dokulil: visuals, ivaylo zlatev: piano, roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://kunstbetrieb.co/performances/

CONCERT WITHOUT AUDIENCE (corona!):

30.apr.2021, 19:00 piano solo: ivaylo zlatev plays works by roozbeh nafisi st. peter's cathedral (krypta): petersplatz, 1010 vienna, austria

http://www.peterskirche.at/home/

12.jun.2021, 10:30 translating artmann's 'persische qvatrainen'  literaturhaus salzburg: strubergasse 23, salzburg 5020, austria

a talk by roozbeh nafisi for the occasion of artmann's 100th birthday

https://w-k.sbg.ac.at/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/H.C.-Artmann-Programmkarte.pdf

12.jun.2021, 18:00 der west–östlicher artmann literaturhaus salzburg: strubergasse 23, salzburg 5020, austria

gunda könig: recitation, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur

http://www.literaturhaus-salzburg.at/content.php?id=186&programmdetail=8912&mm_id=90&mmm_id=97

26.jun.2021, 19:00 a night of microtones theater am lend: wienerstr. 58a, graz 8020, austria
ensemble NeuRaum plays roozbeh nafisi's segaah. conductor: bruno strobl

https://www.theateramlend.at/jart/prj3/theater-am-lend/main.jart?rel=de&content-id=1490815612664&reserve-mode=active

03.jul.2021, 14:00 shaping the air kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11, vienna 1180, austria

yoram rosilio: double bass, roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://kunstbetrieb.co/performances/

POSTPONED:

10.jul.2021, 19:30 vienna orient ensemble lalish theater: gentzgasse 62, vienna 1180, austria

with bashir mirzo: qanun, roozbeh nafisi: santur

http://www.lalishtheater.org/juli-august/

26.aug.2021, 19:00 book presentation: artmann & berlin cultural forum berlin: stauffenbergstr. 1, berlin 10785, germany

roozbeh nafisi: a contributing writer to the book "h.c. artmann & berlin"

https://kulturforumberlin.at/veranstaltungen/zum-100-geburtstag-von-h-c-artmann-szenische-lesung-mit-musik/

21.sep.2021, 19:00 quatrains and quartet main library: urban-loritz-platz 2a, vienna 1070, austria
a celebration of poet h.c. artmann's 100th birthyear through presenting his quatrains together with roozbeh nafisi's string quartet based on this poetry
(library's presentation series „dem wort die freiheit“)
gunda könig and roozbeh nafisi: recitation,

with cech quartet (joanna lewis and tomas novak: violin, simon schellnegger: viola, arne kircher: cello)

the performance starts with a miniature quartet composition by christoph cech, welcoming the cech quartet on its debut
https://buechereien.wien.gv.at/B%C3%BCchereien-Wien/Veranstaltungen

reservation:

https://ticket.wien.gv.at/M13STB/QVATRAINEN/

22.sep.2021, 19:30 equinox kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11, vienna 1180, austria

romachi trio (roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, marton palatinszky: woodwinds) with wolfgang dokulil (visuals)

https://kunstbetrieb.co/performances/

27.oct.2021, 20:00 quatrains and quartet echoraum: sechshauser str. 66, vienna 1150, austria

a celebration of poet h.c. artmann's 100th birthyear through presenting his quatrains together with roozbeh nafisi's string quartet based on this poetry

gunda könig and roozbeh nafisi: recitation,

with cech quartet (joanna lewis and tomas novak: violin, simon schellnegger: viola, arne kircher: cello)

https://www.echoraum.at/site/qvatrainen-und-quartett/

28.oct.2021, 19:30 (doors 18:30) der west–östlicher artmann sargfabrik: goldschlagstraße 169, vienna 1140, austria  

gunda könig: recitation, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://sargfabrik.at/veranstaltungen/der-west-ostliche-artmann-ir-tw-at-281021

06.nov.2021, 17:30 teatri del suono / paradiso. festival di musica e culture contemporaneen sala luttazzi, magazzino 26, trieste 34135, italy

ensemble NeuRaum plays roozbeh nafisi's segaah. conductor: bruno strobl 

https://www.bmeia.gv.at/kf-mailand/veranstaltungen/detail/teatri-del-suono-paradiso-festival-di-musica-e-culture-contemporanee-konzerte-oesterreichischer-mu

06.nov.2021, 19:00 'morakkabnavaazi': a modal journey through the radif music of iran

eötvös 10 house of culture (eötvös10 művelődési ház): eötvös u. 10, budapest 1067, hungary 

roozbeh nafisi: solo santur

https://eotvos10.hu/

07.nov.2021, 19:00 iranian folk songs from azerbaijan provinces 

solti hall of liszt academy of music: liszt ferenc tér 8, budapest 1061, hungary

roozbeh nafisi: solo santur

https://zeneakademia.hu/all-programs/2021-11-07-cimbalom-recital-10273

https://zeneakademia.hu/

CANCELED (corona!)

19-21.nov.2021, chilli jazz congress 2021 gasthof pummer: obere hauptstr. 11, heiligenkreuz im lafnitztal 7561, austria

roozbeh nafisi (: santur) and improvising artists

http://www.limmitationes.com/

POSTPONED (corona!)

02.dec.2021, 19:30 janus ensemble concert bruckner university: hagenstr. 57, linz 4040, austria 

janus ensemblechristoph cech: conductor, roozbeh nafisi: soloist (santur)

odysseas manidakis: "Loodweh's Zither" for large ensemble, electronics, and santur

https://www.bruckneruni.at/de/veranstaltungen/aktuelle-veranstaltungen?tx_gtncachedevents_events%5B%40widget_0%5D%5BcurrentPage%5D=5&cHash=4a910068482efd7ff2fdde59b84f6a34

 

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2020:

09.jan.2020, 18:15 improvisations casa della music: via dei capitelli 3, trieste 34121, italy 

roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://www.scuoladimusica55.it

11.feb.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria 

roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ... 

http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur

 

27.feb.2020, 19:00 romachi (debut of trio romachi). kunstverein klangwerk: laudongasse 28, vienna 1080, austria

roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, marton palatinszky: woodwinds

https://mcusercontent.com/4054c4682fbe0a9088ff95f76/images/b097ccbe-5e73-49b8-84b9-204846a11c67.jpg

https://www.tschiritsch.com/deutsch/termine_aktuell.htm

CANCELED (corona!):

11.mar.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria 

roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ... 

http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur

12.mar.2020, 19:00 pictures of music galerie nuu: wilhelm-exnergasse 15, vienna 1090, austria 

roozbeh nafisi: santur, lis kelvin: saxophone and bass clarinet, bostjan perovsek: laptop, sisa suchankova: flute 

http://www.nuu.at/new-events/2020/3/12/ausstellung-branko-brandjas-free-forms

31.mar.2020, 19:00  Planet Bbl online concert (click the link below on 31.mar.2020 at 19:00 to attend!)

a collective artwork/performance with painter wolfgang dokulil, roozbeh nafisi and fellow word and music artists

https://kunstbetrieb.co/2020/03/02/di-31-marz-2020-1900-improper/

 

04.apr.2020, 19:00 polylogue with/out words (impro währing 2020) online concert 

roozbeh nafisi: santur, doris lang: live typography, wolfgang dokuli: live digital graphic, elena waclawiczek and anna adensamer: dance, yoram rosilio: bass

https://kunstbetrieb.co/2020/03/06/sa-4-april-2020-1900-polylogue-live-videomeeting/

CANCELED (corona!):

08.apr.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria 

roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ... 

http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur

CANCELED (corona!):

10.jun.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria 

roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ... 

http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur

19.jul.2020, festival schnittpunkte der musik 2020 gasthof pummer: obere hauptstr. 11, heiligenkreuz im lafnitztal 7561, austria

roozbeh nafisi (: santur) and improvising artists

http://kultur.net/gasthof-rudolf-pummer/programm/schnittpunkte-der-musik-2020

12.aug.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria 

roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ... 

http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur

20.sep.2020, 20:00 the sound of 6th: compositions from the viennese mariahilf district museum of vienna: mollardgasse 8, vienna 1060, austria

compositions by roozbeh nafisi (afschaari string trio), dieter kaufmann, bruno liberdaerich w. korngold, gerhard lampersberg, ernst kölz, ivan eröd, wilhelm zobl.

elisabeth sykora: voice and flute, gunda könig: voice, elena denisova: violin, györgy gulyás nagy: viola, alenka piotrowicz: cello, dieter kaufmann: sound direction

https://www.bezirksmuseum.at/de/bezirksmuseum_6/veranstaltungen/

29.sep.2020, 19:30 beethoven pocket orchestra celebrates beethoven's 250th birth year sargfabrik: goldschlagstraße 169, vienna 1140, austria 

janus ensemble, christoph cech: conductor, roozbeh nafisi: soloist

johannes kretz: "patheTimbriQue" 

viola falb: "ERGONIMA" (santur solo and ensemble)

odysseas manidakis: "Loodweh's Zither" (santur solo, electronics and ensemble),

roozbeh nafisi: "bee-gaah" (santur solo and ensemble),

hannes löschel: "Was sein muß, muß sein Was?" and "Funeral"

https://www.sargfabrik.at/Home/Programm-Detail?concert-id=42567

03.oct.2020, 19:00 der west–östlicher artmann museum retz: znaimer str. 7, retz 2070, austria

gunda könig: recitation, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://www.retz.gv.at/de/Der_west-oestliche_Artmann_br_Samstag_3_Oktober_2020_19_Uhr_Museum_Retz_1

 

09.oct.2020, 20:00 der west–östlicher artmann echoraum: sechshauser str. 66, vienna 1150, austria

gunda könig: recitation, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://www.retz.gv.at/de/Der_west-oestliche_Artmann_br_Samstag_3_Oktober_2020_19_Uhr_Museum_Retz_1

12.oct.2020 , 20:00 romachi trio celeste: hamburgerstr. 18, vienna 1050, austria

chiao-hua chang: erhu, márton palatinszky: woodwinds, roozbeh nafisi: santur

http://www.celeste.co.at/

14.oct.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria 

roozbeh nafisi: santur, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ... 

http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur

POSTPONED:

16.oct.2020 t'aarof: a corona contested show galerie hinterland: krongasse 20, vienna 1050, austria

mahdieh bayat: live painting, elke perau: text performance, johannes kretz: live elektronics, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://www.hinterland.ag/2020/hospitality

27.oct.2020, 19:30 NeuRaum premiere night of microtones konzerthaus: mießtaler Str. 8, klagenfurt 9020, austria

ensemble NeuRaum directed by bruno strobl. roozbeh nafisi: composer (segaah for ensemble)

recorded live by the austrian national radio (ORF)

https://ensembleneuraum.at/de/konzerte/

02.nov.2020 , 20:00 improvisation celeste: hamburgerstr. 18, vienna 1050, austria

http://www.celeste.co.at/

 

CANCELED (corona!):

08.nov. 2020, 11:00 EXPAN: ensemble music matinée  expan festival 2020: porcia castle, spittal an der drau 9800, austria

ensemble NeuRaum directed by bruno strobl. with: roozbeh nafisi (composition segaah for ensemble)

https://www.ignm.at/kaertnen

CANCELED (corona!):

10.nov.2020 19:00 piano solo: ivaylo zlatev plays works by roozbeh nafisi peterskirche (krypta), petersplatz, 1010 vienna, austria

http://www.peterskirche.at/home/

CANCELED (corona!):

11.nov.2020, 19:00 free forms kip (café prückel): stubenring 24 (luegerplatz), vienna 1010, austria 

roozbeh nafisi: santur, ivaylo zlatev: piano, chiao-hua chang: erhu, emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., ... 

http://www.prueckel.at/kunst-und-kultur

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2019:

10.jan.+07.mar.+02.may.+06.jun.2019, 20:15 free forms au: brunnengasse 76, vienna 1160, austria. roozbeh nafisi: santur,

chiao-hua chang: erhu, jaka ropret: e-bass,  emil gross: drums, elisabeth kelvin: sax. & bcl., márton palatinszky: bcl., moritz benedikt nolden, simon öggl

https://www.facebook.com/events/296948410799560/

10.may.2019, 19:30, + 12.may.2019, 12:15 festival schnittpunkte der musik 2018 gasthof pummer: heiligenkreuz, südburgenland, austria. roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://www.facebook.com/udo.preis/media_set?set=a.10219517389794628&type=3

17.may.2019, 16:30 sounds of transition volkshilfe: weinberggasse 77, vienna 1190, austria. santur improvisations at buddies for refugees

https://www.volkshilfe-wien.at/event/

18.may.2019, 18:00 soundrufen: 44th festival A4: karpatská 2 (budova ymca), bratislava 81105, slovakia. roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://a4.sk/en/events/2019/05/18/impro-kafe-2/

14.jun.2019, 21:00 free forms festival preddvor, slovenia. roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://www.mojekarte.si/si/festival-free-forms-•-preddvor-2019/vstopnice-1121127.html

26.oct.2019, 16:00 - ca 19:00 Planet Bbl a collective artwork/performance with painter wolfgang dokulil, roozbeh nafisi and fellow word and music artists

kunstbetrieb: klostergasse 11/1 vienna 1180, austria

https://kunstbetrieb.co

05.nov.2019, 20:00 improvisations collective concert

villa for forest: viktringer ring 21, 9020 klagenfurt am wörthersee, austria.

https://forforest.net/event-location/villa/

 

06.nov.2019, 19:30 improvisations collective concert

trubarjeva hiša literature: stritarjeva ulica 7, 1000 ljubljana, slovenia.

https://www.trubarjevahisaliterature.si/

 

19.nov.2019, 20:00 der west–östlicher artmann gunda könig / recitation, chiao-hua chang / erhu, roozbeh nafisi / santur

kulturforum teheran, iran (tel: +982188765525)

انجمن فرهنگی اتریش در تهران

خیابان سهروردی، خیابان خرمشهر، خیابان عربعلی، خیابان ششم، نبش سیبویه، پلاک ۱

https://www.bmeia.gv.at/kf-teheran/

 

21.nov.2019, 17:00 artmann night talk and poetry recitation by gunda könig and roozbeh nafisi. vartan house: 514 taleghani west, tehran - iran.

شب رباعیات آرتْمان، با گوندا کُئِنیگ و روزبه نفیسی

(معرفی کتاب رباعیات آرتمان، برگردان روزبه نفیسی)

تهران ـ خانه وارطــان

 میدان فلسطین - طالقانی غربی - پلاک ۵۱۴

https://www.instagram.com/vartanhouse_/?hl=de

 

03.dec.2019, 17:00 interactive space design laboratory  in collaboration with visual artist karin písaříková. music: roozbeh nafisi. 

gallery umakart: lidicka 40, brno, czech republic

http://myartguides.com/art-spaces/non-profit/gallery-umakart/

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2018:

01+03.mar.2018: der west–östlicher artmann gunda könig: recitation, chiao-hua chang: erhu, roozbeh nafisi: santur

01.mar.2018: spittal an der drau, austria

http://www.millstaettersee.com/de/spittal-an-der-drau/events/in-szene-der-west-oestliche-artmann-lesung-mit-musik.html

03.mar.2018: feldkirchen, austria

http://www.bezirksjournal.info/events/der-west-oestliche-artmann/

der gralsritter der poesie führt uns nach japan, zur kürzesten lyrik der welt, den 3zeiligen haikus; nach persien, zu den eigenwilligen, 4zeiligen persischen quatrainen und nach 'bradnsee', in das weite land der österreichischen seele, die so gern in 'ana schwoazzn dintn' badet.

04.apr.2018, 20:15 freie dialog: just music au: brunnengasse 76, vienna 1160, austria. roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://askhelmut.com/events/2018-04-04-20-15-au-free-forms-just-music

mit: chinesischer pipa spielerin LUCY ZHAO, CHIAO-HUA CHANG/taiwan an der erhu (chin. geige); von australian LIS KELVIN am sax und bcl, der österr. komponist und elektroniker CHRISTOF RESSI, der griechische geiger CHRISTO ZIOUTIS, SIMON ÖGGL/electronics und SIMON FRICK/ electr. geige

11-13.may.2018, 19:00 festival schnittpunkte der musik 2018 gasthof pummer: heiligenkreuz, südburgenland, austria. roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://www.musicaustria.at/schnittpunkte-der-musik-2018/

06.jun.2018, 20:15 free forms au: brunnengasse 76, vienna 1160, austria. roozbeh nafisi: santur

http://vienna.carpediem.cd/events/6860791-just-music-free-forms-meeting-at-au/

06.dec.2018, 20:15 free forms au: brunnengasse, vienna 1160, austria. roozbeh nafisi: santur

https://askhelmut.com/events/2018-04-04-20-15-au-free-forms-just-music

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