The Baluch
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Baluch is a composition by Iranian
Composer
Mehdi Hosseini
for six instruments, written in 2009. It is in three movements and inspired by Persian folk music.
It is one of the first works of Hosseini's total minimalism
work. It was premiered on the 11th of June in 2009 at the Saint Petersburg House of Composers. This performance was given by selected soloists from the St. Petersburg State Conservatory and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
, and was conducted by Brad Cawyer, an American
conductor based in Saint Petersburg
.
There are three movements:
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
Composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Mehdi Hosseini
Mehdi Hosseini
Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Bami is a contemporary Persian composer and Musicologist.-Biography:...
for six instruments, written in 2009. It is in three movements and inspired by Persian folk music.
It is one of the first works of Hosseini's total minimalism
Minimalism
Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts...
work. It was premiered on the 11th of June in 2009 at the Saint Petersburg House of Composers. This performance was given by selected soloists from the St. Petersburg State Conservatory and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
The Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra was formed in 1882 and is Russia's oldest symphony orchestra.It was initially known as the "Imperial Music Choir" and performed privately for the court of Alexander III of Russia. By the 1900s it had started to give public performances at the...
, and was conducted by Brad Cawyer, an American
United States
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conductor based in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
.
There are three movements:
- Liku Dalgani
- Kalampour
- Zoljalal-Guati