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:
- 1979 – Four Persian Folk Songs: Set No. 1
- 1980 – Gestures
- 1981 – Nine Persian Folk Songs: Set No. 2
- 1983 – Der Eisberg
- 1984 – Four Persian Folk Songs: Set No. 5 for Soprano, Chorus and Mixed Quartet
- 1986 – Seven Persian Folk Songs: Set No. 7 for Soprano and Orchestra
- 1986 – Reminiscences
- 1987 – Persian Folklore
- 1987 – Song for Solo Flute
- 1987/2023 – String Quartet No. 1 (revised)
- 1988/2009 – Opening Music
- 1989 – Folk Songs Set No. 8A for Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano and Mixed Octet
- 1990 – Chant and Dance for Mixed Sextet
- 1990 – POP see x663901 Chant and Dance
- 1990 – The Night of Power
- 1991 – Folk Songs: Set No. 9 for Flute and Cello
- 1991 – String Quartet No. 2
- 1992 – Funebre
- 1993 – Four Movements for String Quartet and Orchestra
- 1993 – Folk Songs: Set No. 10
- 1993 – Folk Songs: Set No. 10
- 1994 – The Dervish and the Magus
- 1994 – The Dervish and the Magus for Cello and Orchestra
- 1995 – Folk Songs: Set No. 11B
- 1995 – Deylaman
- 1995 – Folk Songs: Set No. 11A
- 1996 – Folk Songs: Set No. 12A for Soprano and Piano Quintet
- 1996 – Folk Songs: Set No. 12A
- 1996 – Folk Songs: Set No. 12C
- 1996 – Folk Songs: Set No. 12B
- 1996 – Folk Songs: Set No. 13
- 1997 – Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
- 1998 – Folk Songs: Set No. 14 for Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Orchestra
- 1999 – Zand: Calligraphy No. 2 for Cello Quartet
- 1999 – Aksak: Calligraphy No. 3
- 1999 – Folk Songs: Set No. 15
- 1999 – Calligraphies (Nos. 1-3) for String Quartet/Quintet
- 1999 – Zand: Calligraphy no. 2 for String Quartet
- 1999/2010 – Zand: Calligraphy No. 2 for Persian Oud and String Trio
- 2001 – String Quartet No. 3
- 2001 – Calligraphy No. 4 for Persian Santoor and String Quartet
- 2002 – Folk Songs: Set No. 12D
- 2002 – Persian Suite: Folk Songs: Set No. 12E
- 2003 – Calligraphy No. 5 for Viola
- 2003 – Toward That Endless Plain: Concerto for Persian Ney and Orchestra
- 2003 – Gozaar: Calligraphy no. 5 for Guitar
- 2003 – Love Songs
- 2003 – Calligraphy No. 5 for Violin
- 2005 – The Being of Love: Folk Songs Set No. 16
- 2006 – Nayshaboorak: Calligraphy No. 6
- 2007 – Kismet: Calligraphy No. 7
- 2007 – Kereshmeh: Calligraphy No. 8
- 2008 – Kord for Solo Guitar: Calligraphy No. 9
- 2008 – Kord for Solo Cello: Calligraphy No. 9
- 2010 – Segah: Double Concerto for Persian Ney, Kamanche, and Orchestra
- 2010 – Khojasteh: Calligraphy No. 10 for Violin and Cello
- 2010 – Segah, Double Concerto for Persian Ney, Kamanche, and Orchestra
- 2011 – Gatar: Calligraphy No. 11 for String Quartet
- 2011 – Three Romantic Songs
- 2012 – The Darkness of Fury
- 2012 – Blue Johannes for Solo Piano
- 2012 – Geryan: Calligraphy No. 12 for String Quartet
- 2013 – Ravan
- 2014 – Love Drunk: Folk Songs Set No. 16B
- 2014 – Ashoob: Calligraphy No. 14 for String Quartet
- 2014 – Ashoob: Calligraphy No. 14 for Santoor and String Quartet
- 2014 – The Ancient Call: Calligraphy No. 13
- 2015 – Raak: Calligraphy No. 15
- 2015 – Sorna: Folk Songs Set No 17 for Solo Clarinet and 7 Players
- 2015 – Sorna: Folk Songs Set No 17 for Solo Persian Winds and 7 Players
- 2015 – Sorna: Folk Songs Set No 17 for Solo Saxophone and 7 Players
- 2016 – Isfahan (Calligraphy No. 17) for String Quartet and Video
- 2017 – Ormavi: String Quartet No. 4
- 2017 – Isfahan: Calligraphy No. 16
- 2017 – Persian Folk Songs: Set No. 16C
- 2018 – Four Persian Mystic Poems for Soprano or Mezzo Soprano, Lute, Guitar, Percussion, and Harp
- 2018 – Four Persian Mystic Poems for Soprano or Mezzo Soprano, Guitar, Percussion, Harp, and Piano
- 2018 – Blue Johannes for Solo Harpsichord
- 2019 – The Mystery of the Rose for Flute, Violin and Piano
- 2020 – The Mystery of the Rose for Flute, Viola and Harp
- 2020 – Dashti (Calligraphy No. 18) for Singing String Quartet
- 2020 – Chaharah (Calligraphy No. 19) for String Orchestra
- 2020 – Dashti (Calligraphy No. 18) for Choir and String Quartet
- 2021 – Gavesht: String Quartet No. 5
- 2021 – Girl from Shiraz, The for Violoncello and Orchestra
- 2021 – Hajiani: Reality Music No. 1 for Clarinet in A and Electronics
- 2021 – Persian Suite No. 2 for Flute, Piano, and String Quintet
- 2021 – Hajiani: Reality Music No. 1 for Micro-tonal Trumpet in C and Electronics
- 2021 – Fire in the Reed Garden for Male Chorus and Four Daf Drums
- 2021 – Fire in the Reed Garden for Four Male Voices and Four Daf Drums
- 2021 – Hajiani: Reality Music No. 1 for Alto Saxophone and Electronics
- 2021 – Hajiani: Reality Music No. 1 for Schalmei (Shawm) and Electronics
- 2021 – Persian Suite No. 2 for Flute, Piano, and Chamber Strings
- 2022 – Shoorafkand (Calligraphy No. 20) for Santoor and String Quartet
- 2022 – Layla (Folk Songs, Set No. 18) for Voice, Contrabass, and Piano
- 2022 – Layla (Folk Songs, Set No. 18) for Singing Contrabass Player and Piano
- 2022 – Chaharah (Calligraphy No. 19) for 10 Solo String Instruments
- 2022 – Longing for Solo Violoncello and Orchestra
- 2022 – Lo (Reality Music No. 2) for Singing String Quartet (optional Choir)
- 2023 – Salmak: String Quartet No. 6
- 2023 – Chas, in Memoriam Charles Wetherbee
- 2023 – Hajiani: Reality Music No. 1 for Flute and Electronics
- 2023 – Chaharah (Calligraphy No. 19) for String Quartet (with optional Contrabass)
- 2023 – Charsegah, Concerto for Kamâncheh, Percussion, Harp, Piano, and Strings
- 2023 – The Mystery of the Rose for Flute, Violoncello and Piano