Modern Musicking Podcast

In this final interview of the season, I sat down with composer Ramin Akhavijou to discuss his life and work. Ramin is a fascinating individual with an amazing backstory. His pieces are beautiful and he has been gaining notoriety and winning awards since his arrival in the US. Don't believe me? Here's some information: Ramin Akhavijou was born in Iran. Having completed B.Mus., ranked first, he pursued a Master's degree in music composition at Art University of Tehran and graduated with rank 1 in 2015. He is living in the USA in order to pursue his second Master Composition degree at Carnegie Mellon University. He has received some awards for his compositions, including the Iranian Music Association Prize (Tehran, Iran, 2013), ACIMC Award (Paris, France, 2014), IMHM prize (London, England, 2014), Iranian Music Association Prize (Tehran, Iran, 2015), CNMF (North Carolina, USA, 2015), ConTempora Award, Association of Macedonia (Skopje, Macedonia, 2015), Orient/Occident Award (Lviv, Ukraine, 2015), ABLAZE Re