Peyman Yazdanian


Peyman Yazdanian is an Iranian pianist and music composer. He has written over forty pieces for solo piano and has composed for both national and foreign feature films. He wrote original soundtracks for plays and multimedia.

Early life

He was trained by pianist Farman Behboud. He attended the courses of Gerhard Geretschlaeger in Vienna and Ginette Gaubert in Marseille. In conducting, he studied under Iradj Sahbai in Strasbourg.

Career

As a pianist-interpreter, he won first prize in the competition of excellence at the Musical Confederation of France in 2000. He is recognized for his interpretations of works by Rachmaninov, Liszt, Beethoven, and Chopin.
In 1998, he began writing film music for the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's The Wind Will Carry Us.
Peyman Yazdanian composed the music for Summer Palace by Chinese filmmaker Lou Ye, a film selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. He composes for Iranian film makers, such as One Night for Niki Karimi or Fire Party for Asghar Farhadi, but also contributes to French-Italian productions, German productions or American productions such as Man Push Cart.
Peyman Yazdanian writes music for the theater as well as solo piano works. He is the creator of a new form of expressionism based on Persian motifs and oriental accents. He is currently preparing the recording of his work A Tea Collection for String Ensemble, dedicated to the benefits of tea, by the London Symphonic Orchestra.

Soundtracks

Films for which he has composed music include:
Yazdanian wrote music for Prophet Joseph, an Iranian TV Show directed by Farajollah Salahshoor.

Discography

  • 2001 – Themes, Hermes Records
  • 2003 – Iradj Sahbai, Igor Stravinsky, Kargah-e Musiqi
  • 2003 – Goosh 1, Mahriz-e Mehr
  • 2004 – Second Take, Hermes Records
  • 2005 – La Muerte del Angel, Ahange Parsian
  • 2005 – Crossing, Hermes Records
  • 2008 – Clouds,
  • 2008 – On the Wind, Hermes Records
  • 2010 – Suites, Hermes Records
  • 2016 - Tame, Hermes Records
  • 2020 - Pulse, Hermes Records
  • از انعکاس شهرهای دور = Echoes From Distant Lands
  • ? – Morceaux choisis, Ohrwurm

Works

Piano Compositions
More than 40 pieces for solo piano including 4 preludes, 2 fantasies, 1 ballad, 1 barcarolle, 5 suites and a few pieces in free style.
Orchestral Compositions
A Tea Collection for A String Ensemble in six movements.
Piano Recordings
Played and recorded 3 Inventions, Un homage de Ravel and 15 traditional voices for piano by Irajd Sahbai in a CD published by Kargah Musiqi.
Played and recorded a piece named "Eghbal" by Mohammad Reza Darvishi published in the "Goosh" series by Mahriz publishing company.
Music for plays
The original soundtrack for the play For a More Important Thing, based on the story Hope For the Flowers, directed by Sheyda Safavi, Iran 1998
Music for multimedia
The original soundtrack for Negah Multimedia CD-ROM, Cinema ’76, Iran 1997
The original soundtrack for Negah Multimedia CD-ROM, Footballopedia ’98, Iran 1998
The original soundtrack for Multimedia CD-ROM Kish ‘77, produced by Kish Free Zone Organization, Iran 1998
The original soundtrack for Negah Multimedia CD-ROM, Art Gallery, Iran 2001