Aida Shirazi, graduate student in composition, will have her “Vestiges” for strings and flute premieres on March 12 by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble in an evening titled “Sonnets to Orpheus.” The performance takes place in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music at 7:30 p.m.
The concert will be repeated on March 17 at Berkeley Hillside Club at 7:30 p.m.
Shirazi was recently featured in an interview on the Left Coast Chamber Music Ensemble’s website.
Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Aida Shirazi is a PhD student in composition and works with Pablo Ortiz. Shirazi’s music is described as “well-made” and “affecting” by The New Yorker.
She holds her B.A. in classical piano from Tehran University of Art (Iran), and her B.M. in music composition and theory from Bilkent University (Turkey). She studied santoor (traditional Iranian dulcimer) with Parissa Khosravi Samani.
