Ali Ostovar

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Welcome---Alireza Ostovaris an interdisciplinary artist, composer, producer, sound engineer/designer, researcher, music teacher, and performance artist currently based in Berlin. He was born in Tehran. He completed his bachelor's degree in electronic music at S. Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and his master's degree in integrative composition at Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. He wrote his master's thesis on "TRANSCULTURAL MUSIC: A RESEARCH ABOUT INTERCULTURAL AND TRANSCULTURAL PROCESSES IN ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC" shortly after officially releasing his first album "REFLECTIONS"...

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Workshop/Concert - Conservatory of Livorno #01 2023.09.20 10.10.2023 55:44

This is the concert presentation of a 3-day workshop, "Transcultural electroacoustic music and interdisciplinary arts," with the Conservatory of Livorno students, led by Alireza Ostovar. Piano: Giacomo Masoni Flute: Fausto Caricato Electric guitar: Martino Rappelli Viola/objects: Mattia Gabbriellini Guitar: Niccolò Chiaramonti Laptop/sample: Ian Da Preda Live-electronics: Ali(reza) Ostovar Contemp...

Fall and Rise 15.09.2023 1:05:34

“FALL AND RISE“ is a transcultural interdisciplinary performance, research, and creation by Alireza Ostovar in collaboration with Tember Ensemble and guests. The piece is about "life and death" inspired by Maulana's (Rumi's) poetry called "When I die." This is a music recording from our live performance on 17 September 2022 in Berlin. For more info about the piece, please check: http://aliostovar....

Saz-e Shekasteh (Broken instrument) live 07 - Rome 2023 13.07.2023 49:50

Saz-e Shekaste (broken instrument) Live 07 Roma (improvisation) The new music and sound performance by Ali Ostovar explores working with objects associated with his memories from the past, especially in relation to his childhood memories with his father in his native Iran. The title of the performance refers to a song of the same name by Delkash, one of the iconic singers of the 1940s–1960s in Ira...

Saz-e Shekasteh #05 03.07.2023 47:12

Saz-e Shekaste (broken instrument) Live 05 (improvisation) The new music and sound performance by Ali Ostovar explores working with objects associated with his memories from the past, especially in relation to his childhood memories with his father in his native Iran. The title of the performance refers to a song of the same name by Delkash, one of the iconic singers of the 1940s–1960s in Iran. Al...

Relative Silence (2023) 05.05.2023 30:00

Suggestion: read the text after listening to the track. -- Relative Silence (2023) By Ali Ostovar The piece, Relative Silence, is commissioned by "Cute Community Radio" for a program in May - June 2023. The project is entitled "Hudu' Nisbi" and is named after Ziad Rahbani's Album describing a state of relative calm. The concept is how the (relative) silence is seen and experienced by the artist in...

The emergence of the unknown (Live) (Santur, flute, percussions, and live-electronics (2022) 31.07.2022 19:35

Tember Ensemble (2022, rearranged from the live recording) Alireza Ostovar (live-electronics, mix & mastering) Azin Zahedi (santur & flute) Petros Tzekos (percussions) This research/production project aimed to explore how "transcultural electroacoustic music" might evolve, intending to create a new electroacoustic piece that explores innovative sounds and compositional possibilities directed by Al...

Oud & Live-Electronics (2022) 25.07.2022 18:18

Tember - Between Mind and Love 02.03.2022 9:02

Between Mind and Love (2021/22) By Tember Ensemble Live-Electronics & production: Alireza Ostovar Tanbur & vocal: Pouria Solhjou Back-vocal: Aysel Shahmoradi Photo/cover: Saleh Kazemi This research/production project aimed to explore how "transcultural electroacoustic music" might evolve, intending to create a new electroacoustic piece that explores innovative sounds and compositional possibilitie...

Lalai (Lullaby) - Ali Ostovar (feat Hani Mojtahedy & Shahram Mohamadi) 15.02.2022 24:42

LALAI: BY ALI OSTOVAR VOCAL: HANI MOJTAHEDY SEHTAR: SHAHRAM MOHAMADI POEM: TRADITIONAL PERSIAN LULLABY Released on: 2020-07-03 ℗ 2020 Alireza Ostovar The lullaby (Lalai) is a piece originally made for a performance called "Picture of Resistance" and performed at the "Magacin Art Gallery" in Belgrade. The event, which was planned independently, featured the piece, along with other pieces of my coll...

Reflection - Act 2 01.12.2017 12:17

"REFLECTIONS" in 4 acts for quartet and live-electronics Conception, Composition, live Electronics, and production by Ali Ostovar Djoze: Bassem Hawar Bansuri: Julia Ohrmann Santur: Kioomars Musayyebi Tombak & Daf: Erfan Pejhanfar Released 12/1/2017 ℗ 2017 Alireza Ostovar Links: aliostovar.bandcamp.com/album/reflections Streaming on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/57kDb7eKkG3yJzMk5nWKur Streaming...

Reflections - Act 3 01.12.2017 9:23

Reflections - Act 4 01.12.2017 7:19

The Reflection Of Memories Of A Room(2016)(stereo version) 05.06.2017 10:26

The Reflection Of Memories Of A Room(2016)(4 channels) For Bansuri and live-Electronics Concept, composition and live-electronics: Ali Ostovar Bansuri: Julia Ohrmann [This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License .]

Reflection - Act 1 12.01.2017 11:08

"REFLECTIONS" in 4 acts for quartet and live-electronics Conception, Composition, live Electronics, and production by Ali Ostovar Djoze: Bassem Hawar Bansuri: Julia Ohrmann Santur: Kioomars Musayyebi Tombak & Daf: Erfan Pejhanfar Recorded on 16.02.2017 at Folkwang UDK, Essen Germany. Released 12/1/2017 ℗ 2017 Alireza Ostovar Links: https://aliostovar.bandcamp.com/album/reflections Streaming on Spo...