Vahid Hosseini (composer)

Contemporary music - persian music

Born 1984, Tehran. Works performed by notable musicians such as Nicola Baroni, Paolo Ravaglia, Francesco Dillon, Zagros Ensemble, Mikko Raasaka, Anna Grunhartd, Katharina Hoffmann and InterOrchestra conducted by Nader Mashayekhi.
He has studied with Salvatore Sciarrino, Paolo Aralla, Tristan Murail (masterclass) and Veli-Matti Puumala, has taken courses of Composition in Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Chigiana Academy, Siena, and Bologna conservatory. He learned the Setar in his younger age in Iran with Hossein Alizadeh and Massoud Shaari.
In 2020, he was awarded Premio Magone for the piece ‘L’isola Ioniana’  for ensemble, and Premio Alberghini in 2019 as the first prize for ‘Sguardi su Shur’  for cello solo. .
Along with composing, he has been giving lectures about microtonality and other aspects of Persian music, the last one of which was in Levi foundation, Venice.
At the moment, he lives and works between Helsinki and Bologna.