Behzad Abdi (born 1973,
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...
,
Iran
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) is an
Iranian
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* Iran, a sovereign state
* Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran
* Iranian lan ...
composer of
opera
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,
film, and television music.
Abdi studied
setar
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and
Iranian traditional music
Persian traditional music or Iranian traditional music, also known as Persian classical music or Iranian classical music, refers to the classical music of Iran (also known as ''Persia''). It consists of characteristics developed through the cou ...
.
His opera "Rumi" from 2009, based on the life of
Rumi
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلالالدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ( fa, مولانا, lit= our master) and Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( fa, مولوی, lit= my ma ...
, with
libretto by Behrouz Gharibourm, and with
Mohammad Motamadi, has been released on a UK
label
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,
Naxos
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.
Abdi is currently based in
Kyiv
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, Ukraine.
Selected works
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Rumi (opera)
''Rumi'' is a Persian-language opera by Iranian composer Behzad Abdi to a libretto by puppet theatre director Behrouz Gharibpour. The opera combines Persian traditional dastgāh modal system and sama dance with Western music. The libretto is based ...
*
Hafez (opera)
''Hafez'' is a Persian-language opera by Iranian composer Behzad Abdi to a libretto by Behrouz Gharibpour. It is the second puppet opera by Abdi after the earlier ''Rumi
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلالالدین محم� ...
2013
References
1973 births
Living people
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