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== Kioomars Musayyebi ==
== Kioomars Musayyebi ==


'''Kioomars Musayyebi''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: کیومرث مسیبی, born 1977 in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]) is an [[Iranians in Germany|Iranian-German]] musician and composer, primarily playing the instrument [[santur]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kioomars, Musayyebi |url=http://www.kioomars-musayyebi.com/ |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
'''Kioomars Musayyebi''' ([[DIN 31635|DIN]]: kyūmarṯ mosayebī/ [[Persian language|Persian]]: کیومرث مسیبی, born 1977 in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]) is an [[Iranians in Germany|Iranian-German]] musician and composer, primarily playing the instrument [[santur]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kioomars, Musayyebi |url=http://www.kioomars-musayyebi.com/ |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Musayyebi began teaching santur at the age of 18, and later founded the Avay-e-Shahrzad music school in Tehran.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dialogue of Strings |url=http://www.andreasheuser.com/musayyebi-heuser.html |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Musayyebi - Niederrhein Music Festival |url=http://www.andreasheuser.com/musayyebi-heuser.html |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> During his years in Tehran, he worked as a professional sound engineer and as a musician and producer for film and theater, collaborating with artists such as [[Pari Saberi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kioomars Musayyebi: Dortmund Theater |url=http://www.andreasheuser.com/musayyebi-heuser.html |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
Musayyebi began teaching santur at the age of 18, and later founded the Avay-e-Shahrzad music school in Tehran.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dialogue of Strings |url=http://www.andreasheuser.com/musayyebi-heuser.html |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Musayyebi - Niederrhein Music Festival |url=http://www.andreasheuser.com/musayyebi-heuser.html |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> During his years in Tehran, he worked as a professional sound engineer and as a musician and producer for film and theater, collaborating with artists such as [[Pari Saberi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kioomars Musayyebi: Dortmund Theater |url=http://www.andreasheuser.com/musayyebi-heuser.html |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>


In 2010, Musayyebi received a bachelor's degree in [[instrumental music]] from [[University of Art|The University of Art in Tehran]].
In 2010, Musayyebi received a bachelor's degree in [[Persian musical instruments|instrumental music]] from [[University of Art|The University of Art in Tehran]].


Since 2011, Musayyebi has been working as a teacher, composer and performing musician in Germany. He has played both as a soloist and with musicians from Europe, India, Africa, the Middle East and East Asia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Musayyebi - Niederrhein Music Festival |url=https://www.niederrhein-musikfestival.de/kuenstler_in/musayyebi.html |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> He is active in the fields of [[world music]], [[Free improvisation|new improvisational music]], [[Neue Musik|new music]] and [[Persian traditional music|classical Iranian music]] and regularly gives concerts in Germany and internationally. He has performed at several festivals, including Horizonte<ref>{{cite web |title=21st Horizonte World Music Festival |url=https://horizonte-festival.de/das-programm-2023/programm2018/ |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>, [[Moers Festival|Moers]], [[Fusion Festival|Fusion]], Folk'n'Fusion, Hildesheimer Wallungen, Musica Sacra International, Essen Original, Ruhr International Festival and Dastgah Festival.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kioomars Musayyebi – Musikwelten NRW. |url=https://musikwelten-nrw.de/profil/kioomars-musayyebi/ |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
Since 2011, Musayyebi has been working as a teacher, composer and performing musician in Germany. He has played both as a soloist and with musicians from Europe, India, Africa, the Middle East and East Asia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Musayyebi - Niederrhein Music Festival |url=https://www.niederrhein-musikfestival.de/kuenstler_in/musayyebi.html |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> He is active in the fields of [[world music]], [[Free improvisation|new improvisational music]], [[Neue Musik|new music]] and [[Music of Iran|classical Iranian music]] and regularly gives concerts in Germany and internationally. He has performed at several festivals, including Horizonte<ref>{{cite web |title=21st Horizonte World Music Festival |url=https://horizonte-festival.de/das-programm-2023/programm2018/ |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>, [[Moers Festival|Moers Festival]], [[Fusion Festival|Fusion]], Folk'n'Fusion, Hildesheimer Wallungen, Musica Sacra International, Essen Original, Ruhr International Festival and Dastgah Festival.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kioomars Musayyebi – Musikwelten NRW. |url=https://musikwelten-nrw.de/profil/kioomars-musayyebi/ |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>


In 2015, Musayyebi completed a master's degree in Cultural Diversity in Music Education at the [[University of Hildesheim]] in the Department of World Music.<ref>{{cite web |title=Isa Lange, Pressestelle der Universität Hildesheim: Voneinander lernen: Musik kann Menschen verbinden. |url=https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/fb2/aktuelles/detailansicht/voneinander-lernen-musik-kann-menschen-verbinden/ |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> During his studies in [[Hildesheim]], he also worked as a lecturer in santur courses at the Center for World Music (CWM) with the University of Hildesheim Foundation. He currently teaches at the State Music Academy of North Rhine-Westphalia and regularly leads workshops and seminars.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dozent:innenliste - Landesmusikakademie-NRW. |url=https://lma-nrw.de/dozenten/alphabetisch-M/p/7/ |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
In 2015, Musayyebi completed a master's degree in Cultural Diversity in Music Education at the [[University of Hildesheim]] in the Department of World Music.<ref>{{cite web |title=Isa Lange, Pressestelle der Universität Hildesheim: Voneinander lernen: Musik kann Menschen verbinden. |url=https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/fb2/aktuelles/detailansicht/voneinander-lernen-musik-kann-menschen-verbinden/ |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> During his studies in [[Hildesheim]], he also worked as a lecturer in santur courses at the Center for World Music (CWM) with the University of Hildesheim Foundation. He currently teaches at the State Music Academy of North Rhine-Westphalia and regularly leads workshops and seminars.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dozent:innenliste - Landesmusikakademie-NRW. |url=https://lma-nrw.de/dozenten/alphabetisch-M/p/7/ |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>


In addition to the santur, Musayyebi plays the [[setar]] and [[cello]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Persian Santur |url=https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/wdr3/wdr3-tonart/musikinstrumente-der-welt/audio-die-persische-santur-100.html |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Iran Journal December 28, 2021 |url=https://iranjournal.org/kultur/musikalischer-brueckenbauer-musayyebi |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Voneinander lernen: Musik kann Menschen verbinden. |url=https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/fb2/aktuelles/detailansicht/voneinander-lernen-musik-kann-menschen-verbinden/ |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
In addition to the santur, Musayyebi plays the [[setar|Iranian setar]] and [[cello]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Persian Santur |url=https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/wdr3/wdr3-tonart/musikinstrumente-der-welt/audio-die-persische-santur-100.html |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Iran Journal December 28, 2021 |url=https://iranjournal.org/kultur/musikalischer-brueckenbauer-musayyebi |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Voneinander lernen: Musik kann Menschen verbinden. |url=https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/fb2/aktuelles/detailansicht/voneinander-lernen-musik-kann-menschen-verbinden/ |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>


== Ensembles and Collaborations ==
== Ensembles and Collaborations ==


Kioomars Musayyebi plays in a duo with the world musician Andreas Heuser and is a permanent ensemble member in the Transorient Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web |title=Musayyebi/Heuser |url=http://www.andreasheuser.com/musayyebi-heuser.html |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> He is a member of the Orchestra of Cultures<ref>{{cite web |title=Orchestra of Cultures |url=https://orchesterderkulturen.de/musiker/ |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, the Nouruz Ensemble<ref>{{cite web |title=Nouruz Ensemble |url=https://www.nouruzensemble.de/musiker |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, Beyond the Roots<ref>{{cite web |title=Beyond the Roots |url=https://www.beyond-the-roots.de/mitglieder.html |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, and other groups and organizations. In 2015 he founded the Kioomars Musayyebi Quartet.
Kioomars Musayyebi plays in a duo with the world musician Andreas Heuser and is a permanent ensemble member in the Transorient Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web |title=Musayyebi/Heuser |url=http://www.andreasheuser.com/musayyebi-heuser.html |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> He is a member of the "[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchester%20der%20Kulturen Orchester der Kulturen]"<ref>{{cite web |title=Orchestra of Cultures |url=https://orchesterderkulturen.de/musiker/ |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, the Nouruz Ensemble<ref>{{cite web |title=Nouruz Ensemble |url=https://www.nouruzensemble.de/musiker |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, Beyond the Roots<ref>{{cite web |title=Beyond the Roots |url=https://www.beyond-the-roots.de/mitglieder.html |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, and other groups and organizations. In 2015 he founded the "Kioomars Musayyebi Quartett".


Musayyebi has participated several times in the musical design of theater productions by the Israeli director [[Amos Gitai]] in Paris and London. For example, he took part in “A Letter to a Friend in Gaza”<ref>{{cite web |title=A Letter to a Friend in Gaza |url=https://www.thecoronettheatre.com/whats-on/a-letter-to-a-friend-in-gaza/ |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> in 2018 and 2019 and “The House”<ref>{{cite web |title=The House |url=https://www.colline.fr/en/spectacles/house |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> in 2023.
The transcultural "Bridges Kammer-orchester"<ref>{{cite web |title=Bridges - Kammerorchester |url=http://bridges-kammerorchester.de/bridges-kammerorchester/ |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> has been performing compositions by Musayyebi since 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=Kioomars Musayyebi - Biography |url=https://kioomars-musayyebi.com/en/biography/ |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, as has the [[Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie|orchestra]] of the state government of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Musik wie aus 1001 Nacht |url=https://www.tonhalle.de/veranstaltung/komet/13131-musik-wie-aus-1001-nacht |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>.


The transcultural Bridges Chamber Orchestra<ref>{{cite web |title=Bridges - Kammerorchester |url=http://bridges-kammerorchester.de/bridges-kammerorchester/ |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> has been performing compositions by Musayyebi since 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=Kioomars Musayyebi - Biography |url=https://kioomars-musayyebi.com/en/biography/ |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, as has the [[Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie|orchestra]] of the state government of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Musik wie aus 1001 Nacht |url=https://www.tonhalle.de/veranstaltung/komet/13131-musik-wie-aus-1001-nacht |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>.
Musayyebi participates in the Tember Ensemble<ref>{{cite web |title=Website of Alireza Ostovar |url=http://aliostovar.com/tember-ensemble/?i=3 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, founded by Alireza Ostovar, which combines traditional modal music with contemporary electro-acoustic elements. The recording of the ensemble's 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Das iranische Tember Ensemble auf dem Moers Festival. |url=https://www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/west-art/sendungen/tember-ensemble-moers-festival-100.html |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> performance at the [[Moers Festival]] was released as an album.<ref>{{cite web |title=Moers Journey by Tember Ensemble |url=https://tember.bandcamp.com/album/moers-journey |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> Musayyebi is also part of the Kosmotronix artist collective, which arranges and performs various visual and audial material that integrates Middle Eastern music, art and history with contemporary and electronic sounds and displays.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kosmotronix |url=https://www.kosmotronix.com |access-date=24 February 2024}}</ref>


Musayyebi also participates in the Tember Ensemble<ref>{{cite web |title=Website of Alireza Ostovar |url=http://aliostovar.com/tember-ensemble/?i=3 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, founded by Alireza Ostovar, which combines traditional modal music with contemporary electro-acoustic elements. The recording of the ensemble's 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Das iranische Tember Ensemble auf dem Moers Festival. |url=https://www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/west-art/sendungen/tember-ensemble-moers-festival-100.html |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> performance at the [[Moers Festival]] was released as an album.<ref>{{cite web |title=Moers Journey by Tember Ensemble |url=https://tember.bandcamp.com/album/moers-journey |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>
Musayyebi has participated several times in the musical design of theater productions by the Israeli director [[Amos Gitai]] in Paris and London. For example, he took part in “A Letter to a Friend in Gaza”<ref>{{cite web |title=A Letter to a Friend in Gaza |url=https://www.thecoronettheatre.com/whats-on/a-letter-to-a-friend-in-gaza/ |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> in 2018 and 2019 and “The House”<ref>{{cite web |title=The House |url=https://www.colline.fr/en/spectacles/house |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> in 2023 and 2024.


The international musicians Musayyebi has worked with include [[Ramesh Shotham]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Transorient Orchestra |url=http://www.andreasheuser.com/transorient-orchestra.html |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, [[Reza Samani]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Reza Samani Project |url=https://www.rezasamani.com/projekte |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, Syavash Rastani<ref>{{cite web |title=Jazz und Weltmusik im Hofgarten – Kioomars Musayyebi Quartett. |url=https://www.jazz-schmiede.de/aktuelles/jazz-und-weltmusik-im-hofgarten-kioomars-musayyebi-quartett/ |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, Bassem Hawar<ref>{{cite web |title=Nouruz Ensemble |url=https://www.nouruzensemble.de/musiker |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, Rageed William<ref>{{cite web |title=Nouruz Ensemble |url=https://www.nouruzensemble.de/musiker |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, Annette Maye<ref>{{cite web |title=Beyond the Roots |url=https://www.beyond-the-roots.de/mitglieder.html |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, Alireza Ostovar<ref>{{cite web |title=Website of Alireza Ostovar |url=http://aliostovar.com/tember-ensemble/?i=3 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, Valentina Bellanova<ref>{{cite web |title=Website von Kioomars Musayyebi: Projekte: Tember Ensemble |url=https://kioomars-musayyebi.com/projekte/tember-ensemble/ |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> and Susanne Schönwiese<ref>{{cite web |title=Susanne Schoenwiese |url=http://www.susanne-schoenwiese.de/ |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>.
The international musicians Musayyebi has worked with include [[Ramesh Shotham]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Transorient Orchestra |url=http://www.andreasheuser.com/transorient-orchestra.html |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, [[Reza Samani]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Reza Samani Project |url=https://www.rezasamani.com/projekte |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, Bassem Hawar<ref>{{cite web |title=Nouruz Ensemble |url=https://www.nouruzensemble.de/musiker |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, Rageed William<ref>{{cite web |title=Nouruz Ensemble |url=https://www.nouruzensemble.de/musiker |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, Annette Maye<ref>{{cite web |title=Beyond the Roots |url=https://www.beyond-the-roots.de/mitglieder.html |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, Alireza Ostovar<ref>{{cite web |title=Website of Alireza Ostovar |url=http://aliostovar.com/tember-ensemble/?i=3 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, Valentina Bellanova<ref>{{cite web |title=Website von Kioomars Musayyebi: Projekte: Tember Ensemble |url=https://kioomars-musayyebi.com/projekte/tember-ensemble/ |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> and Susanne Schönwiese<ref>{{cite web |title=Susanne Schoenwiese |url=http://www.susanne-schoenwiese.de/ |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>.


== Awards ==
== Awards ==


Musayyebi received the WDR Jazz Prize in the “Music Cultures” category in 2017 with the Transorient Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gewinner des WDR Jazzpreises 2017 stehen fest - Presselounge - WDR. |url=https://presse.wdr.de/plounge/radio/wdr3/2016/28/20161128_jazzpreis.html |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>
The Transient Orchestra, in which Musayyebi participates and performs, received the WDR Jazz Prize in the “Music Cultures” category in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gewinner des WDR Jazzpreises 2017 stehen fest - Presselounge - WDR. |url=https://presse.wdr.de/plounge/radio/wdr3/2016/28/20161128_jazzpreis.html |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>


The album “Prima Materia – Al-Rahem Al-Aoual” by the Nouruz Ensemble, in which Musayyebi plays, received the [[Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik|German Records Critics’ Prize]] in the “Traditional Ethnic Music” category in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=German Records Critics' Prize |url=https://www.schallplattenkritik.de/bestenlisten/2023/01 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> Several albums on which Musayyebi appeared were also nominated for this award, including his 2021 album “A Voice Keeps Calling Me”<ref>{{cite web |title=Longlist 4/2021 |url=https://www.schallplattenkritik.de/bestenlisten/longlist/longlist-4-2021 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> and the 2024 album “Transorient Express”<ref>{{cite web |title=Longlist 1/2024 |url=https://www.schallplattenkritik.de/en/quarterly-critics-choice/long-list/long-list-1-2024 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> by the Transorient Orchestra.
The album “Prima Materia – Al-Rahem Al-Aoual” by the Nouruz Ensemble, in which Musayyebi plays, received the [[Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik|German Records Critics’ Prize]] in the “Traditional Ethnic Music” category in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=German Records Critics' Prize |url=https://www.schallplattenkritik.de/bestenlisten/2023/01 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> Several albums on which Musayyebi appeared were also nominated for this award, including his 2021 album “A Voice Keeps Calling Me”<ref>{{cite web |title=Longlist 4/2021 |url=https://www.schallplattenkritik.de/bestenlisten/longlist/longlist-4-2021 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>, the 2024 album “Transorient Express”<ref>{{cite web |title=Longlist 1/2024 |url=https://www.schallplattenkritik.de/en/quarterly-critics-choice/long-list/long-list-1-2024 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> by the Transorient Orchestra and the album "Moers Journey" by the Tember Ensemble.


== Discography ==
== Discography ==

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Kioomars Musayyebi

Kioomars Musayyebi

Kioomars Musayyebi (DIN: kyūmarṯ mosayebī/ Persian: کیومرث مسیبی, born 1977 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-German musician and composer, primarily playing the instrument santur.[1]

Biography

Kioomars Musayyebi began studying the santur at an early age[2] with the Iranian santur master Faramarz Payvar. He later studied music theory and composition with the film composer Farhad Fakhreddini.

Musayyebi began teaching santur at the age of 18, and later founded the Avay-e-Shahrzad music school in Tehran.[3][4] During his years in Tehran, he worked as a professional sound engineer and as a musician and producer for film and theater, collaborating with artists such as Pari Saberi.[5]

In 2010, Musayyebi received a bachelor's degree in instrumental music from The University of Art in Tehran.

Since 2011, Musayyebi has been working as a teacher, composer and performing musician in Germany. He has played both as a soloist and with musicians from Europe, India, Africa, the Middle East and East Asia.[6] He is active in the fields of world music, new improvisational music, new music and classical Iranian music and regularly gives concerts in Germany and internationally. He has performed at several festivals, including Horizonte[7], Moers Festival, Fusion, Folk'n'Fusion, Hildesheimer Wallungen, Musica Sacra International, Essen Original, Ruhr International Festival and Dastgah Festival.[8]

In 2015, Musayyebi completed a master's degree in Cultural Diversity in Music Education at the University of Hildesheim in the Department of World Music.[9] During his studies in Hildesheim, he also worked as a lecturer in santur courses at the Center for World Music (CWM) with the University of Hildesheim Foundation. He currently teaches at the State Music Academy of North Rhine-Westphalia and regularly leads workshops and seminars.[10]

In addition to the santur, Musayyebi plays the Iranian setar and cello.[11][12][13]

Ensembles and Collaborations

Kioomars Musayyebi plays in a duo with the world musician Andreas Heuser and is a permanent ensemble member in the Transorient Orchestra.[14] He is a member of the "Orchester der Kulturen"[15], the Nouruz Ensemble[16], Beyond the Roots[17], and other groups and organizations. In 2015 he founded the "Kioomars Musayyebi Quartett".

The transcultural "Bridges Kammer-orchester"[18] has been performing compositions by Musayyebi since 2022[19], as has the orchestra of the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia[20].

Musayyebi participates in the Tember Ensemble[21], founded by Alireza Ostovar, which combines traditional modal music with contemporary electro-acoustic elements. The recording of the ensemble's 2023[22] performance at the Moers Festival was released as an album.[23] Musayyebi is also part of the Kosmotronix artist collective, which arranges and performs various visual and audial material that integrates Middle Eastern music, art and history with contemporary and electronic sounds and displays.[24]

Musayyebi has participated several times in the musical design of theater productions by the Israeli director Amos Gitai in Paris and London. For example, he took part in “A Letter to a Friend in Gaza”[25] in 2018 and 2019 and “The House”[26] in 2023 and 2024.

The international musicians Musayyebi has worked with include Ramesh Shotham[27], Reza Samani[28], Bassem Hawar[29], Rageed William[30], Annette Maye[31], Alireza Ostovar[32], Valentina Bellanova[33] and Susanne Schönwiese[34].

Awards

The Transient Orchestra, in which Musayyebi participates and performs, received the WDR Jazz Prize in the “Music Cultures” category in 2017.[35]

The album “Prima Materia – Al-Rahem Al-Aoual” by the Nouruz Ensemble, in which Musayyebi plays, received the German Records Critics’ Prize in the “Traditional Ethnic Music” category in 2023.[36] Several albums on which Musayyebi appeared were also nominated for this award, including his 2021 album “A Voice Keeps Calling Me”[37], the 2024 album “Transorient Express”[38] by the Transorient Orchestra and the album "Moers Journey" by the Tember Ensemble.

Discography

Artist Album Year
Kioomars Musayyebi Quartett Tamanna 2017
Nouruz Ensemble Goldener Flügel 2018
Kioomars Musayyebi Entezar 2019
Transorient Orchestra Zip Zip 2021
Kioomars Musayyebi A Voice Keeps Calling Me[39] 2021
Al-Rahem Al-Aoual Prima Materia 2023
Transorient Orchestra Transorient Express 2023
Tember Ensemble Moers Journey 2023

References

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  2. ^ "Kioomars Musayyebi's Album "A Voice Keeps Calling Me"". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Dialogue of Strings". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Musayyebi - Niederrhein Music Festival". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Kioomars Musayyebi: Dortmund Theater". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Musayyebi - Niederrhein Music Festival". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  7. ^ "21st Horizonte World Music Festival". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Kioomars Musayyebi – Musikwelten NRW". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Isa Lange, Pressestelle der Universität Hildesheim: Voneinander lernen: Musik kann Menschen verbinden". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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  11. ^ "The Persian Santur". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Iran Journal December 28, 2021". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Voneinander lernen: Musik kann Menschen verbinden". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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  15. ^ "Orchestra of Cultures". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
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  17. ^ "Beyond the Roots". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  18. ^ "Bridges - Kammerorchester". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Kioomars Musayyebi - Biography". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  20. ^ "Musik wie aus 1001 Nacht". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  21. ^ "Website of Alireza Ostovar". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  22. ^ "Das iranische Tember Ensemble auf dem Moers Festival". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  23. ^ "Moers Journey by Tember Ensemble". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  24. ^ "Kosmotronix". Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  25. ^ "A Letter to a Friend in Gaza". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  26. ^ "The House". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  27. ^ "Transorient Orchestra". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  28. ^ "Reza Samani Project". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  29. ^ "Nouruz Ensemble". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  30. ^ "Nouruz Ensemble". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  31. ^ "Beyond the Roots". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  32. ^ "Website of Alireza Ostovar". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  33. ^ "Website von Kioomars Musayyebi: Projekte: Tember Ensemble". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  34. ^ "Susanne Schoenwiese". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  35. ^ "Gewinner des WDR Jazzpreises 2017 stehen fest - Presselounge - WDR". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  36. ^ "German Records Critics' Prize". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  37. ^ "Longlist 4/2021". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  38. ^ "Longlist 1/2024". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  39. ^ "Die Nächte reden mit mir". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
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