Shahin Farhat Information

Farhat, Shahin (born March 28, 1947), Iranian contemporary composer Childhood and Educations He was born in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. His father Golam Ali Farhat a player of Tar (one of the Iranian music instruments), was one of the apprentices of Darvish Khan the great Iranian musician of the Qajar era. When Shahin was only five, started to learn music and from 13 he played the piano masterly. By completing the course of music in the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University and by receiving his B.A. he left Iran for France to follow his education in the field of music at Sorbonne University and received his master’s in Musicology from Strasburg, France, and then by receiving an invitation letter from the Faculty of Music of New York, he departed to the USA and started to educate in music composing at the Ph.D. level. At this level, he enjoyed the presence of the great American composer Ezra Lederman. His Ph.D. thesis was about the works of Iranian composers. Professional Activities In 1976 he started to teach in the music group at Tehran University. He also for a while taught Iranian music at the Music Academy of Sweden. Heretofore Farhat has composed more than 80 musical works in various forms and modes such as a symphony, quartet, concerto, and many other pieces. Works Opus 01 – Fantasy and fugue for six Flute Opus 02 – Symphony No. 1 – Khayyam Opus 03 – 4 Piano pieces Opus 04 – Symphonic cantata Opus 05 – Symphony No. 2 Opus 06 – Fantasy for Piano, voice, and clarinet Opus 07 – Suite for strings (Mirage) Opus 08 – Reflection for strings and tympani Opus 09 – The Heaven bird for chorus Opus 10 – Piano concerto No. 1 Opus 11 – The voyage for strings Opus 12 – The Cage for chorus Opus 13 – 4 Piano pieces Opus 14 – Piano sonata No. 1 Opus 15 – Cantata No. 2 Opus 16 – Elegy for orchestra Opus 17 – Quartet No. 1 Opus 18 – Quartet No. 2 Opus 19 – Six bagatelles for Piano Opus 20 – Song on flares Opus 21 – Symphony No. 3 Opus 22 – 2 preludes and fugues Opus 23 – Sonata for Guitar Opus 24 – Trio for Flute Oboe and Bassoon Opus 25 – Symphony No. 4 Opus 26 – Elegy for Piano Opus 27 – 6 Piano pieces Opus 28 – Variation for Piano Opus 29 – Choral fantasy No. 1 Opus 30 – Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Opus 31 – 5 songs for tenor and string quartet Opus 32 – 5 songs on Saadi Opus 33 – Choral fantasy No. 2 Opus 34 – 5 songs Opus 35 – 6 bagatelles for Clarinet and Piano Opus 36 – Piano sonata No. 2 Opus 37 – Ballade and fugue for Piano Opus 38 – The twilight of love Opus 39 – 2 pieces for Piano Opus 40 – Piano sonata No. 3 Opus 41 – Serenade for Piano and Clarinet Opus 42 – Symphonic poem Opus 43 – Echo for string orchestra Opus 44 – 2 Piano pieces duet Opus 45 – Ballade No. 2 for Piano Opus 46 – Symphony No. 5 (Iranian Symphony) Opus 47 – Ballade No. 3 for Piano Opus 48 – Elegy No. 2 for Piano Opus 49 – Armenian fantasy for string orchestra Opus 50 – 2 Piano pieces duet Opus 51 – Iranian Suite for Piano Opus 52 – Iranian suite for orchestra Opus 53 – A Piano Piece Opus 54 – Iranian Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra Opus 55 – Homage to Majid Vafadar (Piano) Opus 56 – Tehran film music Opus 57 – Concerto for orchestra (Iranian Concerto) Opus 58 – Piano concerto No. 2 Opus 59 – 2 Piano pieces Opus 60 – Prelude and fugue for Organ Opus 61 – The Last Night Opus 62 – Symphony No. 6 (Damavand) Opus 63 – 2 Piano pieces Opus 64 – Symphonic poem (Mehr) Opus 65 – Homage to Morteza Mahjoubi Opus 66 – Sinfonietta for string Opus 67 – Song on Hafez and Saadi (Angels) Opus 68 – The Iranian song for string Opus 69 – Song on Khayyam Opus 70 – Symphony No. 7 (Iran) Opus 71 – Symphony No. 8 Opus 72 – Symphony No. 9 (Persian Gulf) Opus 73 Opus 74 Opus 75 – Symphony No. 10 Opus 76 – A Piano piece Opus 77 – Symphony No. 11 (The Prophet) Opus 78 – Quartet No. 3 Opus 79 Opus 80 – Film Music Opus 81 Opus 82 – Symphony No. 12 (Tehran) Opus 83 – Symphony No. 13 Opus 84 – Symphony No. 14 Opus 85 – Symphony No. 15 Opus 86 – Quartet No. 4 Opus 87 – Piano Pieces Opus 88 – Quartet No. 5 Opus 89 – Quartet No. 6 Opus 90 – Symphony No. 16 (Hormoz Farhat) Opus 91 – Two Piano Pieces Opus 92 – Symphony No. 17