Reza Vali
Reza Vali was born in Ghazvin, Iran, in 1952. He began his music studies at the Conservatory of Music in Tehran. In 1972 he went to Austria and studied music education and composition at the Academy of Music in Vienna. After graduating from the Academy of Music, he moved to the United States and continued his studies at the University of Pittsburgh, receiving his Ph.D. in music theory and composition in 1985. Mr. Vali has been a faculty member of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University since 1988. He has received numerous honors and commissions, including the honor prize of the Austrian Ministry of Arts and Sciences, two Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships, commissions from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Kronos Quartet, the Carpe Diem String Quartet, the Seattle Chamber Players, and the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, as well as grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Pittsburgh Foundation, and the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust as the Outstanding Emerging Artist for which he received the Creative Achievement Award. Vali's orchestral compositions have been performed in the United States by the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Baltimore Symphony, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra 2001. His chamber works have received performances by Cuarteto Latinoamericano, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Carpe Diem String Quartet, Kronos Quartet, the Seattle Chamber Players, and the Da Capo Chamber Players. His music has been performed in Europe, China, Chile, Mexico, Hong Kong, and Australia and is recorded on the Naxos, New Albion, MMC, Ambassador, Albany, and ABC Classics labels.
Titles:
- 2008 X530027 – Kord for Solo Guitar: Calligraphy No. 9
- 2006 X504074 – Nayshaboorak: Calligraphy No. 6
- 2022 X816212 – Layla (Folk Songs, Set No. 18) for Voice, Contrabass, and Piano
- 1996 X534006 – Folk Songs: Set No. 12B
- 2010 X502020 – Khojasteh: Calligraphy No. 10 for Violin and Cello
- 1991 X504081 – String Quartet No. 2
- 1995 X534005 – Folk Songs: Set No. 11A
- 1986 R01020 – Seven Persian Folk Songs: Set No. 7 for Soprano and Orchestra
- 1981 X814032 – Nine Persian Folk Songs: Set No. 2 (High Voice)
- 2021 X131024 – Hajiani (Reality Music No. 1) for Clarinet in A and Electronics
- 1999 X504056 – Zand: Calligraphy no. 2 for String Quartet
- 1983 X410068 – Der Eisberg
- 1980 X410066 – Gestures
- 2014 X505013 – Ashoob: Calligraphy No. 14 for Santoor and String Quartet
- 1991 X622504 – Folk Songs: Set No. 9 for Flute and Cello
- 2022 X509011 – Chahargah (Calligraphy No. 19) for 10 Solo String Instruments
- 1990 X663901 – Chant and Dance for Mixed Sextet
- 2024 X541003 – Layla (Folk Songs, Set No. 18) for Singing Contrabass Player and Piano
- 2007 R01382 – Kereshmeh: Calligraphy No. 8
- 2012 X410118 – Blue Johannes for Solo Piano
- 1996 X815501 – Folk Songs: Set No. 12A for Soprano and Piano Quintet
- 1987 X110016 – Song for Solo Flute
- 1979 X814033 – Four Persian Folk Songs: Set No. 1
- 2003 R01360 – Toward That Endless Plain: Concerto for Persian Ney and Orchestra
- 2011 X504075 – Gatar: Calligraphy No. 11 for String Quartet
- 2021 R01625 – Girl from Shiraz, The for Violoncello and Orchestra
- 1986 X410067 – Reminiscences
- 2022 X505021 – Shoorafkand (Calligraphy No. 20) for Santoor and String Quartet
- 1996 X534007 – Folk Songs: Set No. 13
- 1987 X094020 – Persian Folklore
- 2020 R01645 – Chaharah (Calligraphy No. 19) for String Orchestra
- 2020 X504106 – Dashti (Calligraphy No. 18) for Singing String Quartet
- 2016 X505022 – Isfahan (Calligraphy No. 17) for String Quartet and Video
- 2021 X191001 – Hajiani (Reality Music No. 1) for Micro-tonal Trumpet in C and Electronics
- 2023 X658502 – Bandari (Reality Music No. 4) for Singing Percussionist and Singing String Quartet
- 2017 R01559 – Isfahan: Calligraphy No. 16
- 2024 X119001 – Chile for Flute Ensemble
- 2018 X420003 – Blue Johannes for Solo Harpsichord
- 2010 R01544 – Segah, Double Concerto for Persian Ney, Kamanche, and Orchestra
- 2003 X510004 – Calligraphy No. 5 for Violin
- 2022 R01638 – Longing for Solo Violoncello and Orchestra
- 1999 X534008 – Zand: Calligraphy No. 2 for Cello Quartet
- 2021 X151022 – Hajiani (Reality Music No. 1) for Alto Saxophone and Electronics
- 2021 R01634 – Persian Suite No. 2 for Flute, Piano, and Chamber Strings
- 1999 X505004 – Calligraphies (Nos. 1-3) for String Quartet/Quintet
- 2001 X504052 – String Quartet No. 3
- 2014 X511056 – Love Drunk: Folk Songs Set No. 16B
- 2017 X531025 – Persian Folk Songs: Set No. 16C
- 1997 R01009 – Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
- 2013 R01520 – Ravan
- 2003 X560016 – Gozaar: Calligraphy no. 5 for Guitar
- 2024 R01675 – Shoor (Calligraphy No. 22) for 10 Solo String Instruments
- 2023 X110029 – Shemshal (Reality Music No. 3) for Singing Flute Player and Video Projection/Electronics
- 1992 R01017 – Funebre
- 2021 X672701 – Persian Suite No. 2 for Flute, Piano, and String Quintet
- 2020 X945401 – Dashti (Calligraphy No. 18) for Choir and String Quartet
- 2012 X504077 – Geryan: Calligraphy No. 12 for String Quartet
- 2023 X504105 – Chas, in Memoriam Charles Wetherbee
- 1999/2010 X504073 – Zand: Calligraphy No. 2 for Persian Oud and String Trio
- 1987/2023 X504109 – String Quartet No. 1 (revised)
- 1999 X653302 – Folk Songs: Set No. 15
- 2015 X682801 – Sorna: Folk Songs Set No 17 for Solo Saxophone and 7 Players
- 1995 X504032 – Folk Songs: Set No. 11B
- 2014 R01532 – The Ancient Call: Calligraphy No. 13
- 2021 X843401 – Fire in the Reed Garden for Four Male Voices and Four Daf Drums
- 2015 X682802 – Sorna: Folk Songs Set No 17 for Solo Persian Winds and 7 Players
- 1989 R01013 – Folk Songs Set No. 8A for Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano and Mixed Octet
- 2017 X504098 – Ormavi: String Quartet No. 4
- 1996 X531015 – Folk Songs: Set No. 12C
- 2021 X943401 – Fire in the Reed Garden for Male Chorus and Four Daf Drums
- 1993 R01014 – Folk Songs: Set No. 10
- 2023 X504104 – Chahargah (Calligraphy No. 19) for String Quartet (with optional Contrabass)
- 1998 R01068 – Folk Songs: Set No. 14 for Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Orchestra
- 1981/2024 X814063 – Nine Persian Folk Songs: Set No. 2 (Med. Voice)
- 1983 X814064 – Ten Persian Folk Songs: Set No. 3
- 2023 X632718 – The Mystery of the Rose for Flute, Violoncello and Piano
- 1988/2009 R01019 – Opening Music
- 2014 X504087 – Ashoob: Calligraphy No. 14 for String Quartet
- 2002 X111012 – Persian Suite: Folk Songs: Set No. 12E
- 1994 R01010 – The Dervish and the Magus for Cello and Orchestra
- 2023 X504108 – Salmak: String Quartet No. 6
- 2019 X632717 – The Mystery of the Rose for Flute, Violin and Piano
- 1995 R01011 – Deylaman
- 2018 X816402 – Four Persian Mystic Poems for Soprano or Mezzo Soprano, Lute, Guitar, Percussion, and Harp
- 2005 R01334 – The Being of Love: Folk Songs Set No. 16
- 2023 X111025 – Hajiani (Reality Music No. 1) for Flute and Electronics
- 2007 X103009 – Kismet: Calligraphy No. 7
- 2003 X520002 – Calligraphy No. 5 for Viola
- 1993 R01016 – Four Movements for String Quartet and Orchestra
- 1990 R01018 – The Night of Power
- 1999 X504099 – Aksak: Calligraphy No. 3
- 1993 X800041 – Folk Songs: Set No. 10
- 2002 X211005 – Folk Songs: Set No. 12D
- 1984 R01012 – Four Persian Folk Songs: Set No. 5 for Soprano, Chorus and Mixed Quartet
- 2015 X628801 – Sorna: Folk Songs Set No 17 for Solo Clarinet and 7 Players
- 2015 X504088 – Raak: Calligraphy No. 15
- 2011 X511050 – Three Romantic Songs
- 2021 X504103 – Gavesht: String Quartet No. 5
- 2018 X816403 – Four Persian Mystic Poems for Soprano or Mezzo Soprano, Guitar, Percussion, Harp, and Piano
- 2012 R01500 – The Darkness of Fury
- 2003 X504050 – Love Songs
- 2022 X504107 – Lo (Reality Music No. 2) for Singing String Quartet (optional Choir)
- 2001 X505006 – Calligraphy No. 4 for Persian Santoor and String Quartet