Curriculum Vitae

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Composer | Researcher | Sound Artist

Dariush Derakhshani

Education

<aside> <img src="/icons/school_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/school_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> University of California, Santa Barbara

Doctor of Philosophy, Music Composition 2020–2024

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<aside> <img src="/icons/school_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/school_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> Royal Conservatory The Hague

Postgraduate, Sonology 2019–2020

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<aside> <img src="/icons/school_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/school_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Master of Music, Music Composition 2017–2019

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<aside> <img src="/icons/school_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/school_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> University of California, Santa Barbara

Pillars of Teaching Assistantship 2021

Four Pillars </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/school_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/school_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> California State University, Northridge

Bachelor of Music, Music Composition 2015–2017

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Principal Teachers

<aside> <img src="/icons/note-eighth_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/note-eighth_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> João Pedro Oliveira

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<aside> <img src="/icons/note-eighth_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/note-eighth_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> Curtis Roads

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<aside> <img src="/icons/note-eighth_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/note-eighth_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> David Garner

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<aside> <img src="/icons/note-eighth_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/note-eighth_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> Liviu Marinescu

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Awards and Grants

<aside> <img src="/icons/calendar-month_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/calendar-month_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> Arranged chronologically

2024

2023

2022

2021

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

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Academic Appointments

<aside> <img src="/icons/graduate_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/graduate_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> University of California, Santa Barbara

Teaching Assistant – Music Appreciation (Instructor of Record: Stefanie Tcharos) [ SEP/2024 – DEC/2024 ]

Teaching Associate – Beginning & Intermediate Composition [ SEP/2022 – JUN/2023 ]

Teaching Assistant – Computer Music (Instructor of Record: Curtis Roads) [ SEP/2021 – JUN/2022 ]

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<aside> <img src="/icons/graduate_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/graduate_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> Royal Conservatory of The Hague

Tutor – Programming and Music I [ SEP/2019 – MAY/2020 ]

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<aside> <img src="/icons/graduate_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/graduate_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Sound Engineer [ SEP/2018 – MAY/2019 ]

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Workshops & Presentations

<aside> <img src="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> 2023

Workshop with Annette Vande Gorne discussion of spatialization techniques and space design </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> 2022

California State University, Northridge invited guest composer to discuss stochastic methods of composition
University of California, Santa Barbara presentation on Sonar Eclipse in Composition Forum </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> 2021

Visiones Sonoras 17 presentation on “Expansion of Choice Through Stochastic Methods”
University of California, Santa Barbara presentation on Pārsa in the Composition Forum
SCI National Student Conference presentation on stochastic compositional techniques in Pārsa </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> 2018

Divertimento Ensemble Workshop with Mauro Lanza
Festival Mixtur Workshop with Tristan Murail, Alexander Schubert and the PHACE Ensemble </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> 2017

Dias de Música Electroacústica presentation on Synced </aside>

Festivals & Residencies

<aside> <img src="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> 2024

ICMC 2024 Selected for the performance of Pulsar Rays </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> 2023

Akusmatik Festival Selected for the performance of Pulsar Rays
ICMC 2023 Selected for the performance of Pulsar Rays
Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica 2023 Selected for the performance of Pulsar Rays
SEAMUS 2023 Selected composer to present (d)evolution at the 2023 conference at New York University </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> 2022

KotorArt Festival Selected for a ten-day residency to compose two new commissions for string quartet and electronics </aside>

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REF - RESILIENCE FESTIVAL Selected for the performance of Pārsa
SCI National Student Conference Selected for the performance of Pārsa </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> 2019

Divertimento Ensemble Selected to compose a new work for Divertimento Ensemble and work with composer Fabien Lévy and Francesco Filidei
25th Young Composers Meeting Selected to compose a piece for orkest de ereprijs and work with composers Anna Korsun, Silvia Borzelli, Martijn Padding, Richard Ayres, and Ed Bennett
Barcelona Modern Selected to compose a piece for Joan Martí-Frasquier and work with composer Philippe Hurel </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> 2018

Composers Conference Two-week residency to attend masterclasses with Mario Davidovsky, Alex Mincek, and Rand Steiger; and compose a piece for Conference Ensemble
Université d'Altitude Ten-day residency to attend masterclasses with Raphaël Cendo, Yann Robin and compose a piece for l’Ensemble Multilatérale
IRCAM ManiFeste Four-week residency to attend Ensemble Intercontemporain Composition Workshop, work with composer Marko Nikodijević, attend MaxMSP and audio programming courses, and attend daily presentations by renowned composers such as Helmut Lachenmann
Estalagem da Ponta do Sol Residency Ten-day residency to study with Patricia Alessandrini and Gilbert Nouno and compose a piece for Keiko Murakami </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/more_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> 2017

Dias de Música Electroacústica One-week residency to study with João Pedro Oliveira and Jaime Reis and compose Time for 8-channels
Kyiv Contemporary Music Days One-week residency to study with João Pedro Oliveira and Jaime Reis and compose Time for 8-channels
Ecoles d’Art Américaines de Fontaineblea One-month residency to study with Allain Gaussin and François Paris and compose Synced </aside>

Dariush Derakhshani

Education

Principal Teachers

Awards and Grants

2024

2023

2022

2021

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

Academic Appointments

Teaching Assistant – Music Appreciation (Instructor of Record: Stefanie Tcharos) [ SEP/2024 – DEC/2024 ]

Teaching Associate – Beginning & Intermediate Composition [ SEP/2022 – JUN/2023 ]

Teaching Assistant – Computer Music (Instructor of Record: Curtis Roads) [ SEP/2021 – JUN/2022 ]

Tutor – Programming and Music I [ SEP/2019 – MAY/2020 ]

Sound Engineer [ SEP/2018 – MAY/2019 ]

Workshops & Presentations

Festivals & Residencies

Notable Collaborations

Compositions & Performances