PEJMAN KHALILI COMPOSER

ABOUT

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Born on December 31, 1982, Tehran

He initiated music in 1992  by learning the piano. Alireza Farhang, Alireza Tehrani, and Siroos Sangi were his first music instructors. Getting interested in composing musical pieces and being encouraged by his instructors, he decided to professionally continue music by learning the specialized courses of composition in 1997.

He learned the Theory of music and Sight Singing from Qodratollah Ahmadvand and the Basics of Rhythm, Drums, and some styles of music from Einollah Keivanshokooh. Moreover, he learned the sciences of Composition including Classical Harmony, Counterpoint, Musical Forms, Instrumentation, and Film music from Kambiz Roshanravan in a specialized way for three years. In order to complete his education, he studied in the field of composition at M.A level in Soore Art University and he could take the advantage of the musicians such as Mostafa Kamal Poortorab, Taqi Zarrabi, Vartan Sahakian, Kiawash SahebNassaqh, Sharif Lotfi and Nader Mashayekhi. In order to get familiar with Iranian Classical Music (Radif and Folk music), he benefited from the instructions of Masoud Shaari and Mohammadreza Darvishi.

Composing “Poem Symphonic, no 1” as his practical thesis and its recording with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, he graduated with the highest rank from Soore Art University in 2010.

In 2002, he seriously started composition by composing music for the theater. He composed and arranged music for various dramas for about 2 years. Moreover, He has composed more than 20 short films (Animations) and documentaries since 2004 so far. Film music and generally dramatic music have been some of his serious interests and specialties. His most important concern in music has been independent composition based on his personal ideas and experiences. He has constantly composed pieces in form of various combinations of instruments concurrent with the composition for film.
The effective elements on the development of his ideas toward composing independent pieces of music are the modern human being, cultural-social existence, effects of other arts, literature as well as the indirect effects of Iran’s music. regardless of Instrumentation, In his works, it is constantly observed a kind of visual narrative and ideation.

Furthermore, He has been active in the domain of teaching and research. These activities include the teaching basics of composition (theory of music, harmony, and counterpoint), basics of music, and Film music, translation of 3 books regarding film music, and counterpoint. He has cooperated as Visiting Lecturer with the Faculty of Art in Soore Art University as well as the Faculty of Cinema and Theater in Tehran University of Art since 2015.



  • Lecturer of "Film music", "Music" and "Introduction to music" courses in the B.A degree of Cinema and M.A degree of Animation in the Faculty of Cinema & Theater at Tehran University of Art since 2017
  • Lecturer of "Music" and "Film music" courses in the B.A degree of Cinema in the Faculty of Art at Soore University (2015-2021)
  • Lecturer of “Harmony” and “Counterpoint” courses in the B.A degree of Music at University of Applied Science and Technology_unit 46 (2015-2019)
  • Holding “Music and Animation” Workshop (5 sessions) in Faculty of Cinema & Theater at Tehran University of Art (March & April 2018)
  • Holding “Film Music” Course (6 months) in 5khat Music Academy (Summer & Autumn 2017)
  • Lecturer of Basics of Composition (Theory of music, Classical Harmony, Counterpoint and Composition principles) since 2007

  • Member of The Iranian Association of Film Score Composers

  • Member of The Association of Composers in The House of Iranian Music

  • Composing for Orchestra and Various Ensembles from 1999. Selected Works:

    • Fugue for Piano (2006)
    • Duet for Violin & Piano, in two movements (2008)
    • "Prowl in Silence" for Piano (2013)
    • "Khalseye Khial" for Symphonic Orchestra (2009)
    • "Poem Symphonic no.1" for Symphonic Orchestra (2010)
    • "Privation" for Oboe & String Orchestra (2014)
    • "Dark City" for Alto Flute (2020)
    • "Sepidrood Suite" for Orchestra (2022)

  • Composing and Music Arrangement for Theater from 2002. Selected Works:

    • "A crow that became a star" , Directed by Fahimeh Mirzahosseini (2003)
    • "Daily Conversation" , Directed by Ali Hosseinpourian (2004)
    • "The Little Prince" , Directed by Ali Afshari (2004)
    • "Mahtaab" , Directed by Bahar Karimzadeh (2004)
    • "Maahrokh" , Directed by Maryam Eghbali & Ali Paakdast (2009)

  • Composing for Film (Short,Documentary) from 2004. Selected Works:

    • "Hengaam" , Directed by Sara Khalili (2004)
    • "Deserted Restaurant" , Directed by Ramak Aminkazemi & Maryam Abbaspour (2005)
    • "No.121" , Directed by Amin Montazeri (2007)
    • "Dolls" , Directed by Shiva Sadegh Asadi (2009)
    • "I Was Two" , Directed by Shiva Sadegh Asadi (2010)
    • "A Woman Sings Under The Ices" , Directed by Maryam Khalilzadeh (2011)
    • "When the tree..." , Directed by Sara Khalili (2011)
    • "The Kitten" , Directed by Shiva Sadegh Asadi (2012)
    • "House of The Sun" , Directed by Sana Karimi (2013)
    • "Grandfather" , Directed by Shiva Sadegh Asadi (2014)
    • "Butterfly" , Directed by Maryam Khalilzadeh (2016)
    • "Slowness" , Directed by Yaser Khayyer (2016)
    • "Locked" , Directed by Ahmad Khoshniat (2018)
    • "Eclipse" , Directed by Mohsen Ostad ali (2019)
    • "The White Whale" , Directed by Amir Mehran (2020)
    • "Where The Winds Die" , Directed by Pejman Alipour (2020)
    • "The Lovely Sky" , Directed by Amir Mehran (2021)

  • The Second Recording of "Poem Symphonic no.1" with Tehran Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Alexander Rahbari (2015), from Recordings collection of The Iranian Contemporary Composers Works.

  • Golden Statuette & Honor Diploma of The Best Music for intelligent cognition of Image and Orchestration, to create Glorious music, for "The Lovely Sky" animation from The 13th Tehran International Animation Festival (TIAF 2024)
  • Statuette of The Best Music Goldie Award for "The Lovely Sky" animation from The 18th Annual Vancouver Island Short Film Festival (VISFF 2023)
  • Statuette & Honor Diploma of The First Rank Award of Composition from "Peace & Justice" Music Festival for the piece "Poem Symphonic no.1" on the occasion of 101th Anniversary of the Genocide of Armenians, from Hoor Institute (2016)
  • Golden Statuette & Honor Diploma of The Best Music for Companionship of Music with the concept of Film and proper usage of required musical instruments in affecting of film, for "A Woman Sings Under the Ices" & ''The Kitten''
    animations from The 8th Tehran International Animation Festival (TIAF 2013)
  • Statuette & Honor Diploma of The Best Musical Score for "A Woman Sings Under the Ices" animation from The 15th Iran Cinema Celebration (2011)
  • Honor Diploma of The Second rank Award of Composition Section from The 25th Fajr International Music Festival for the piece "Khalseye Khial" (2010)
  • Nominated for The Best Musical Score for "Eclipse" documentary from The 13th Iran International Documentary Film Festival (Cinema Verite 2019)
  • Nominated for The Best Musical Score for "Grandfather" animation from The 17th Iran Cinema Celebration (2015)
  • Nominated for The Best Musical Score for "Kitten" animation from The 16th Iran Cinema Celebration (2014)