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Farhang Foundation and UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music

present

Azam Ali & Ramin Loga Torkian

In Conversation with Dr. Shahab Paranj

Intersection of Art & Technology

Farhang Foundation welcomes Azam Ali and Ramin Loga Torkian, the incredible creative duo behind NIYAZ, to discuss intersecting art and technology in their work and creative process. Azam and Ramin will be joined in conversation by Dr. Shahab Paranj, a Postdoctoral Scholar of Iranian Music at UCLA and Musical Director of the Iranshahr Orchestra.

About Niyaz

Niyaz is an internationally renowned musical group founded by Iranian-born, Indian-raised vocalist, composer Azam Ali, and Iranian multi-instrumentalist and composer Loga Ramin Torkian. Their music blends traditional Persian and Middle Eastern sounds with contemporary electronic elements, creating a unique fusion that transcends borders and cultures. Today with four best-selling and critically acclaimed albums released on Six Degrees Records, all of which have debuted at #1 on iTunes and garnered the band an incredible amount of media attention, including features on NPR, PRI, BBC World, Billboard magazine, Wall Street Journal, and The Huffington Post, Niyaz continues to tour internationally and build on its impressive and loyal fan base worldwide. Their performances have captivated audiences worldwide, and their groundbreaking multimedia production, "The Fourth Light," has received critical acclaim for its innovation and artistic vision.

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About Dr. Shahab Paranj

Shahab Paranj is an Iranian composer, instrumentalist and educator. He is considered as one of the pioneers among his generation whose composition style integrates Iranian and Western composition techniques.Paranj holds degrees in music composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music(BM), the Manhattan School of Music(MM), and the University of California, Los Angeles(Ph.D.) where he currently serves as the Postdoctoral Scholar of Iranian music and oversees the Iranian Music Program of the UCLARecent commissions include works for ensemble such as Russian String Orchestra, Long Beach Opera, Intersection Contemporary Music Ensemble and Aleron Trio. Paranj is a founder and artistic director of “Du Vert à L’Iinfini” a contemporary music festival in the Franche Comte region in France and he currently serves as the Music Director of the Iranshahr Orchestra of Los Angeles.