KK 24 Amir Nabizad's "Atila" at the 9th Çanakkale Biennial September 20th, 2024

With the friendly support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation

“Putting the KK Composers Cauldron into Türkiye’s Festivals"

Amir Nabizad's "Atila"

Featuring
Troia Trio:
Eda Delikçi, violin
Senem Z. Ercan, piano
Koray Ay, horn

Performed at the 9th Çanakkale Biennial
Opening concert September 20th, 2024 at Mahal Studio
https://www.canakkalebienali.com/?l=en


Organized by the Klasik Keyifler Music Association (a Turkish NGO)
http://www.klasikkeyifler.org/

Sound; Turan Akkale
Visuals: Hüsam Süleymangil

Program Notes:

"Atila" is a 6-minute work for horn trio. The piece is a harmonic and timbral meeting of Asia and Europe, with intervals of exactly 5,
The rich harmonies, maqamal scales and tetrachords of the Middle East and Asia are blended together. Microtonal sounds (coma sounds) and accompanying harmonic structures announce the sound cluster horizontally and vertically, asymmetrical textures horizontally, and clunky rhythm patterns and asymmetrical additions occasionally horizontally.

Inspired by my nephew Atila, who was born in May this year, the piece is a reflection on the era of Atila, the founder of the first empire that united Asia and Europe.
A.N

Amir Nabizad was born in Urmia, Iran in 1991.
After graduating from Urmia Fine Arts High School, he worked as a piano teacher for 10 years. He studied composition, piano and piano technician in Tehran and Azerbaijan.
In 2020, he won the Department of Composition and Orchestra Conducting at Maltepe University Conservatory. He is currently studying in the 4th year in this department.
He participated in festivals such as Journey of Sound Festival and Klasik Keyifler Composers Cauldron. He was accepted to the Duvertlandini Festival in 2023 and 2024 but could not attend due to visa problems.