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Pejman, Ahmad |
Date of Birth
10 July 1937, Lar, Iran
Ahmad Pejman (July 10, 1937, Lar, Iran)
Ahmad Pejman (born 1937), also spelled as Ahmad Pezhman, is an Iranian classical composer who resides in the United States.
Born in 1937 in Lar, Iran, Pejman was exposed to the sounds and rhythms of southern Iran from early childhood.
In high school he started violin lessons with Heshmat Sanjari and music theory with Hossein Nassehi.
As a young violinist with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, he was awarded a scholarship to study composition at the Music Academy in Vienna.
He studied composition with Thomas Christian David, Alfred Uhl, and Hans Jelineck.
As a first year student at the Academy, Pejman's compositions were performed by the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and his orchestral work Rhapsody was performed by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
In his third year as a student, he was commissioned to write the first Persian Opera Rustic Festival for the opening of the Tehran Opera house, Rudaki Hall.
Upon graduation from the Academy of Music in Vienna, Pejman returned to Iran in 1969.
He continued to compose symphonic works, operas, ballets, and also wrote many scores for motion pictures and television programs.
He entered Columbia University's Doctorate of Music program in New York in 1976 and continued his studies with Buelant Arel, Vladimir Ushachevsky and Jack Beeson.
After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Pejman moved to Los Angeles and continued to compose and arrange music for jazz and pop ensembles, and motion pictures Threat, 1985.
In 1992, Pejman was commissioned to write a cantata for choir and orchestra for the liberation of Khorramshahr Beh Yade Khorramshahr, 1992.
He was then commissioned to write music for a musical theater to be performed at Vahdat Hall (previously called Rudaki) Mokhtar, 1993.
Since 1993 Pejman has been writing film music and composing for the orchestra and choir and released various soundtracks and CDs.
Film and Television
Sadeh Celebration - Askari-Nasab director, 1971 Daliran Tengestan - TV series, Homayoon Shahnavaz director 1973 Shazdeh Ehtejab - 1974 Tall Shadows of the Wind - 1977 Made in Iran Film - 1978 Crossroads of Civilization TV series, 1978-1979 Veiled Threat Film Music, Cyrus Nowrasteh director, 1986 Checkpoint - 1987 The Actor - 1993 Zinat - 1993 Kimia - 1995 Blue Scarf (Roosari Abi) - 1995 Iranair documentary - Mostafa R. Karimi 1997 Friendly Persuasion - Jamsheed Akrami director 1999 Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine Film Music, 2000 Baran - 2001 Along the Wind Documentary film music Manouchehr Tayyab director 2001 A House Built on Water - 2002 Astan Ghods Razavi Documentary Film Music Manouchehr Tayyab director 2003 A Little Kiss - 2004 The Willow Tree - 2005 Sea of Pars Documentary Film Music Manouchehr Tayyab director, 2006 Alborz Documentary Film Music Manouchehr Tayyab director, 2011
Recordings
Hameh Shahre Iran (Ethnic Music of Iran) - Naydavood Records Jing-o-jing-e saaz - Alladin Records Eternal River - Alladin Records Symphonic Sketches - Alladin Records Tigress - Alladin Records Memories of Tomorrow - Hermes Records Mirage - Hermes Records Lunatic - Hermes Records Haft Khan Rostam - MZM Records
Selected works of
Pejman, Ahmad
2005
A Little Kiss - Yek Boos-e Koochooloo (2005)
2005
The Willow Tree | Beed-e majnoon (2005)
2005
A Little Kiss - Yek Boos-e Koochooloo (2005)
2002
A House Built On Water | Khanei ruye ab (2002)
2001
Baran | Hamsay-e khoda (2001)
2000
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine | Booye Kafoor, Atre Yas (2000)
1995
Kimia (1995)
1995
The blue Veiled | Rusari Abi (1995)
1994
Zinat (1994)
1987
Checkpoint (1987)
1979
Sayehaye bolande bad | Tall Shadows Of The Wind (1979)
1978
Made in Iran - Sakhte Iran (1978)
1974
Prince Ehtejab | Shazdeh Ehtejab (1974)
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