TEHRAN -- The Iranian composer Amir-Mahyar Tafreshipur is among ten musicians selected for the Aldeburgh English Song Project in England.
His arrangement for “Gatha” is based on the Gathas: seventeen hymns composed by the Prophet Zarathushtra around 1200 BC, and will be performed during the project, which started in Aldeburgh on February 24 and runs until March 2.
Young singers and musicians are scheduled to work on and perform “Gatha” and pieces by nine other musicians from around the world during master classes with British tenor Ian Bostridge at the Aldeburgh Festival.
The project has been organized to promote the Aldeburgh Festival, which was founded by the British composer, conductor, and pianist Benjamin Britten (1913–1976).
Mostly arrangements of English texts, Britten’s songs, like their predecessors, defined a uniquely intense response to words.
This project is led by British composer John Woolrich, poet Lavinia Greenlaw and pianist Huw Watkins with input from singers including Richard Edgar Wilson.
The project will continue in 2014 and 2015 with new composers.
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