Moscow — September 23, 2026
Mehdi Hosseini’s Abkenari (2013), for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello, will be performed on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at 19:30 in Moscow as part of a concert devoted to contemporary Iranian academic music.
The concert, titled For the Cypress That Wanted to Become a Song”, will take place at the des esseintes library at Moscow International University and will be performed by the Studio for New Music Ensemble, one of Russia’s leading ensembles dedicated to contemporary and experimental music. The ensemble was founded in 1993 at the Moscow Conservatory by composer Vladimir Tarnopolski, conductor Igor Dronov, and musicologist Alexander Sokolov.
The program is presented within a series of events dedicated to the poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad, and is inspired particularly by her influential collection Another Birth (Tavallodi Digar). The concert brings together works by six Iranian composers from different generations, offering a perspective on the diversity of contemporary Iranian composition.
The program includes:
Hanna Mesgari (b. 1998) — For the Cypress That Wanted to Become a Song. for solo cello (2026)
Nastaran Yazdani (b. 1982) — From the Distant Sky / The Sun Poured. for clarinet and cello (2025)
Mehdi Setoudeh (b. 1991) — Saba. for clarinet, violin, and cello (2025)
Ehsan Khatibi (b. 1979) — Stitching II. for flute/bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and tape (2017)
Alireza Farhang (b. 1976) — Anagran. for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (2017)
Mehdi Hosseini (b. 1979) — Abkenari. for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello (2013)
Abkenari by Mehdi Hosseini was composed in 2013 for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello. The work is part of Hosseini’s body of chamber music exploring instrumental timbre, interaction between individual instrumental voices, and approaches to contemporary composition informed by his broader engagement with persian musical materials and traditions. Its inclusion in the present Moscow program establishes a connection between an earlier work from Hosseini’s catalogue and a new generation of Iranian composers whose works are being presented together in the context of contemporary Iranian music.
- Abkenari Mehdi Hosseini 10:06
