Biography
Ali Gorji was born in 1978 in Tehran. His Increasing interest in classical music supported by his piano teacher Farimah Ghavamsadri led him to study music theory, harmony and counterpoint under the guidence of Alireza Mashayeki. From 1996 he received lessons in composition from Mashayeki. As interpreter and composer he was an active member of Tehran Music Group, which was established by both his teachers.
Since 2001 he has been living in Germany, where he studied composition at the University of the Arts in Bremen. Trained under Younghi Pagh-Paan he graduated in 2008. He has also received lessons in electronic music and analysis from Kilian Schwoon and Andreas Dohmen respectively. In 2006 he was awarded a scholarship by Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland and ZKM. In 2012 he was a scholarship holder at Akademie der Künste in Berlin. Ali Gorji teaches composition at the institute of music of University of Applied Sciences in Osnabrueck and lives as a freelance composer in Berlin.
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Works
Merke dir den Flug. Der Vogel ist sterblich ... (2011)
~12'
for ensemble
Flatterflügel (2006)
~11'
for accordion and live electronics
Urrealis (2005)
~11'
for piano and live electronics
polymorphose (2002)
~11'
for violoncello solo
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