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Pierre Pouria Derieux Eghdami

DMA in Composition

Pierre Pouria Derieux Eghdami is a composer and sonic artist. He delves into the outermost boundaries of sound, music technology, and the forefront of experimental electroacoustic music, instrumental mechanisms, and physicality. His sonic journey ventures into a relentless exploration of morphological intricacies and the perceptual unity of timbre, forging a pioneering approach to articulation that places special emphasis on the enigmatic realms of undefined pitch and non-pitched sonic materials, effectively fusing heterogeneous and disparate elements into a cohesive context.

Through the twisting and convergence of data and sonic materials from various angles and extremes, his work aims for transcendental sound hybridization. This endeavor involves meticulously weaving sonic materials and their multidimensional propellant agents into an idiosyncratic exploration and tapestry of alienation and reorientation. Eghdami's music has resonated in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia, including numerous international festivals. His visionary contributions have led to his selection for multiple international projects and garnered several awards and scholarships.

Research Interests: 

Neue Musik/New Music, electroacoustic music, audio signal processing, sound spatialization, sonic hybridization, timbral morphology, spectromorphology, instrumental mechanism, alternative reflection on music history (unknown masterpieces and rarities by the forgotten/unknown composer) 

Honors and Awards: 

• The Chancellor’s Fellowship from University of California, CA, USA

• Project fund & Scholarship from the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Thuringia, Thuringia, Germany

• Residency at the Studio for Electroacoustic Music at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany

• Scholarship/Project fund from the Musikfonds e.V., Berlin, Germany

• Goethe-Institut: Virtual Partner Residencies for musical artists, Scholarship/Project fund, Germany

• Residency at the Künstlerstadt Kalbe, 9th International Summercampus, Germany

• 22nd international composition competition for acousmatic (Weimarer Frühjahrstage für zeitgenössische Musik), Germany

• Scholarship/project fund from the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Thuringia, Thuringia, Germany

• ÖGZM. International electro-acoustic composition competition - (Austrian Society for Contemporary Music), Austria

• Scholarship & residency at the Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

• Composer in residence at the international contemporary music festival CROSSROADS, Austria

• Scholarship & residency at Schleswig-Holsteinisches Künstlerhaus Eckernförde, Germany

• Saxony State Scholarship (Sächsisches Landesstipendium), Germany

• The Sixth International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky city/ Moscow, Russia

• Duo project at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt, Germany

• Chamber sessions project at Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt, Germany

• “Solo Flute composition” project at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt, Germany

• Composer in residence at the 1th “Asia- Europe” New Music Festival, Hanoi, Vietnam

• etc.

Education and Training: 
Music composition and electroacoustic music, University of Music and Theatre »Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy« Leipzig, with Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf
Music composition and electroacoustic music, University of Music "Carl Maria von Weber" Dresden, with Mark Andre and Franz Martin Olbrich
Electroacoustic music composition and sound design, Media Art / Media Design, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, with Robin Minard
Chaya Czernowin, Steven Kazuo Takasugi, Helmut Lachenmann, Brian Ferneyhough, Mathias Spahlinger, Rebecca Saunders, Beat Furrer, Wolfgang Rihm, José María Sánchez Verdú, Brice Pauset, Manos Tsangaris, et al.
Internationalen Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt
The Sixth International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky city/Moscow