Shiva Feshareki
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| Biography | Shiva Feshareki (*1987) is the Ivor Novello award-winning British-Iranian composer, artist and turntablist, described as «the most cutting-edge expression of turntablism» and as «one of the most astonishing acts of musical alchemy» (BBC Radio 3). Over the last decade, she has been a pioneer at the leading edge of both contemporary classical and electronic music scenes. As a self-described sonic architect, Feshareki is fascinated by the materiality of sound. Her intrepid exploration of a 360-degree sound world encompasses compositions for orchestral, solo, choral, chamber, electronic and interdisciplinary installation works. In her live electronic compositions, she masterfully contorts samples of her acoustic compositions along with peculiarities from her LP collection, employing an array of technology from vintage analogue tape echo, vinyl turntables, CDJs, to state-of-the-art ambisonic technology to create experiences that reveal the fluid and infinite interplay between sound and the physics of space. Her acoustic and electronic compositions are deeply intertwined and this hybrid approach has placed Feshareki at the forefront of electronic, acoustic and spatial composition. A doctoral composition graduate from the Royal College of Music, Feshareki has performed extensively across the world in concert halls, art galleries, festivals and raves, with notable appearances at BBC Proms (Royal Albert Hall, London), the Tanks at Tate Modern (London), Southbank Centre (London), Barbican Centre (London), De Bijloke (Ghent), Helmut List Halle (Graz), Dom-im-Berg (Graz), Sonar Festival (Barcelona), the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (VAC Foundation, Moscow), Casa Del Lago (Mexico City), Mutek (Montreal), Hyperreality Festival of Club Culture / Vienna Festwochen (Vienna), Maerzmusik / Berliner Festspiele (Kraftwerk, Berlin), Hellerau (European Centre for the Arts, Dresden), Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen (Hannover), Spor Festival (Aarhus), Szczecin Philharmonic, Amsterdam Dance Event, Stavanger Konserthus and SNF Nostos, Greek National Opera (Athens). Shiva has also performed her works alongside the BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Orchestre National de Lyon, Haroon Mirza, Yoshi Sodeoka and Arlo Parks to name just a few. |
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