COMPOSITIONS BY DATE – Anahita Abbasi

New Work for Mivos Quartet and Mahan Esfahani                                                                                                                                                                                                                      premiere (TBA) 2022 (*USA) 

New Work for solo Piano for Conor Hanick                                                                                                                                                                                                                                premiere (TBA) 2022 (*USA) 

New Work for Flute d’amoure, voice, harp~ 12 min

commissioned by Ginevra Petrucci                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  premiere (TBA) 20 22 (*NYC, USA)

2021:

New work for solo Tuba

commissioned by, Jack Adler                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

premiere: Darmstadt Ferienkurse 2021, Germany                      

 New work for solo percussion

album release 2022 (*Spain) – COVID POSTPONED TBA    

New work for solo bass saxophone

winter 2021- album release 2022 (*Europe) – COVID POSTPONED TBA

New work for Collaborative composition project                                                                                                                                                                                                                       TBA(*Graz, Austria) – COVID POSTPONED

2020:

New work  for Bassoon and Electronics, ~ 16 min

commissioned by Rebekah Heller

premiere: NYC, USA – COVID POSTPONED to Spring 2021

New work  for Isfahan, Seattle project (Ensemble)~ 12 min

commissioned by Naeim Rahmani

premiere: October 2020, Seattle, USA – COVID POSTPONED to Spring 2021

2019:

Living Ice (Trombone, Oboe, Violin, Electronics, Video) ~ 15min

In collaboration with the Scripps Oceanography Institute at UCSD

premiere: May 2019, San Diego, USA

why the trees were murmuring * for La Jolla Symphony Orchestra ~ 14 min

commissioned by Steven and Brenda Schick

premiere: February 2020, San Diego, USA

The wind will carry us*

Premiere: May 2020,  Acht Brücken Festival (Cologne, Germany) – COVID POSTPONED to 5th. May. 2021

2018:

The Matter of Time- Within Hadal & Epi (Fl, Kl, Sax, Pn, Perc, , Vl, Vc, Db) ~ 14 min                                  

commissioned by Siemens Foundation, 5th anniversary of Schallfeld’s ensemble                                               

premiere: November 2018, Graz, Austria 

STIMULUS (solo Flute & Electronics) ~ 30 min                                    

commissioned by Ine Vanoeveren                                                

premiere: July 2018, Darmstadt Ferienkurse, Germany 

Intertwined Distances (solo Harpsichord & Electronics) ~ 14 min                                                                                                                                                                                                     commissioned by Mahan Esfahani                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         premiere: March 2018, Madrid, Spain

… within the shifting grounds …(Symphony Orchestra and soloists) ~ 13 min                                                                                                                                                                         commissioned by San Fransisco Youth Symphony Orchestra & International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)                                                                                                                                                      premiere: March 2018, San Fransisco, USA

2017:

New work for Klangforum Quartet (Vla, Sax, Acc, Db) ~ 10-12 min Commissioned by Open music

premiere: November, 2017, Graz, Austria

Incipio, bibo ( For voice, Perc. Cl) ~ 13 min. Commissioned by Offspring Ensemble

premiere: September 2017, Sydney, Australia

Seven Impressions (for voice and Percussion) ~ 10 min Commissioned by Klangspuren Schwaz

premiere: September 2017, Klangspuren Festival, Austria

Enigma patterns ( for Kl, Pn, Vl) ~ 7 min Commissioned by Platypus Ensemble

premiere: June 2017, Wien, Austria

Togetherness (Vocal piece for 16 Voices/singers) ~ 9 min. commissioned by New York Virtuoso Singers.

premiere May 2017, New York, USA

Sirventès ( Duo, for Perc & Cello) ~ 10 min. Commissioned by Ume Duo.

premiere: May 2017, Teheran, Iran.

Elixir (Night & Mystery) for trio Tuba, trombone and Bariton voice ~ 8 min. Commissioned by Jonathan Nussman

premiere: March 2017, San Diego

No, I am not roaming aimlessly (for Solo Flute) ~ 10 min. Commissioned by Ine Vanoeveren

Premiere: January 2017, San Diego, New York

Cordatum ( Ensemble ) companion piece to Octandre/ Varese Commission by Reed Family concert series / Steven Schick

Premiere: February 2017, San Diego

2016:

Vocal piece for 14 Voices/singers, 1 Persian Instrument and Electronics ~ 8 min commissioned by ACIMC. 1695 Project

premiere: December 2016, Iran, Shiraz

Situation I / Incidents (Ten sax, Acc, Pn, Vc, Perc. Db) ~ 12 min commissioned by Vertixe Sonora Ensemble

premiere: November 2016, Spain

Situation III / Je, Tu, Nous ( for percussion Trio) ~ 8 min written for IRCAM Manifeste Academy 2016/ Percussion Ensemble ~ 8 min.

premiere: June 2016, Paris Manifeste

Situation II / Dialoge for Schallfeld ensemble ( Fl, Cl, Sax, Vl, Vc, Db, Pn, & Objects) ~ 9 min commissioned by Festival Tage neuer Musik Graz premiere: May 2016, Graz

German Premiere: August 2016, Darmstadt

Situation IV / Io e iO (Solo Violin) ~ 11 min commissioned by Marco Fusi

premiere: May 2016, Paris

Faab IV / a femme fatale ( revised version for Neuverband Ensemble) for Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello. ~ 9 min.

Swiss premiere: March 2016, Basel

Sketch II (Solo Kamancheh, Tape and live electronic) ~ 6 min written for ICM conference, San Diego

premiere: February 2016, San Diego

2015:

Distorted Attitudes IV / Facile synthesis (String Quartet) ~ 7 min Written for Quatour Diotima, Time of music festival

premiere: July 2015, Time of music festival, Finland

Moving Surfaces II (Flute, clarinet, piano, violin, Cello and Double bass and 2 percussions) ~ 10 min written for Calithumpian consort

premiere: October 2015, San Diego, USA

Moving Surfaces III / Another birth (piano, Tenor Sax, and Perc.) ~ 15 min Commissioned by Tamgram trio

premiere: November 2015, Spain

2014:

Distorted Attitudes II / Labyrinth ( Flute, Sax, Bassoon, Violin, Cello, Double bass) ~ 7 min Commissioned by die andere saite, written for Schallfeld ensemble

premiere: March 2014, Graz, Austria

Faab IV / a femme fatale (Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello) ~ 7 min. Commissioned by Schallfeld Ensemble

premiere: June 2014, Graz, Austria

Distorted Attitudes III/ Scattered (for baritone and a large tam-tam) ~ 12 min
premiere: January 2015, San Diego, USA

2013:

FAAB I (Miniature piece/ for Sopran & Bariton) ~ 2 min commissioned by Schoenberg center Vienna.

premiere: March 2013, Vienna, Austria

Distorted Attitudes I (Flute, Clarinet, Piano, Violine, Cello, and Contrabass.) ~ 30 sec. written for dissonArt Ensemble, for 48th Dimitria festival

premiere: fall 2013, 48th Dimitria festival, Thessaloniki, Greece

FAAB III, Re-route (5 dancers, bass flute, tape, and live electronics). ~ 8 min.
premiere: December 2013, Graz

2012:

Sama’ (Duduk, Panflute, Erhu, Viola da gamba, Double bass, Perc., Qanun, M.Soprano and Bariton) ~ 8 min commissioned by Ensemble Zerafin.

premiere: Amsterdam Tillburg, Alkmaar, Eindhoven and Den Haag, Netherlands

Zavaya (Nay, violin, viola, cello, Chang and Percussion) ~ 12 min commissioned by Ensemble Omnibus, TIMPF ( Tongyoung music festival in Korea)

premiere: Korea, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

Paso a Paso (Petzold block flute, Pan flute, Viola, Accordion, Percussion) ~ 7:30 min commissioned by Ensemble Black pencil.

premiere: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sketch (Solo Setar, Tape and live electronic) ~ 4:30 min
premiere: Matrix 2012, Atlas academy & Experimental studio des SWR Freiburg, Amsterdam

Ahou ( Pan flute, Guitarre, Harp, Mezzo Sopran) ~ 4 min Commissioned by Duo Verso & Duo Bilitis, Grachten Festival & Amnesty House Amsterdam

premiere: Amsterdam, Den Haag, Netherlands

2011:

Safar I (solo cello and 3 instruments – Flute, Harp, Accordion) ~ 6 min.
premiere: January 2011, Graz

Reporterlied (four men voice and Accordion) ~ 8 min commissioned by Kunst Uni Graz, for “Die letzten Tage der Menschheit, Alice Schalek Theater

premiere: 2011, Graz, Austria

Schattenfragmente ( solo Accordion) ~ 12 min.
premiere: Austria, Irland, Netherlands, Germany

Safar II (Shakuhachi, Pan flute, Erhu, Pipa and Percussion) ~ 5:30
premiere: summer 2011, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Stagnant color Palette (solo Harp) ~ 8 min
premiere: 2011, Den Haag, Netherlands

Dropping furniture ( music for film- 4 channel tape). ~ 4:30
premiere: 2011, Graz, Austria