Nima A. Rowshan

Nima A Rowshan (b.1985) began studying music by playing the piano. By entering the Art university of Tehran in 2005, he studied with “Hamed Mohajer” and in the same time he started composition experimentally and through studying the great composers. Nima later attended master classes of “Alireza Mashayekhi”. He co-founded “Ensemble-M” in 2006 to perform & introduce contemporary classical music in Iran. In 2009 he decided to pursue further studies with “Michel Merlet” at the “ècole normale de musique de Paris”.

He is based in Tehran and his works are being performed variously in festivals and events in the US, Europe, Asia and the middle east such as Donaueschingen Musiktage and by ensembles and orchestras such as Klangforum Wien, KNM Ensemble Berlin, Living Earth Show, and Nipler Symphonic Orchestra. He is also the curator of discussion panels in “Tehran Contemporary Music Festival” and the artistic director of “Aleph Foundation”.