About the Artist

Parsa Ferdowsi is a musician and artist born and raised in Karaj, Iran. He has regularly worked with (and befriended) artists such as Nat Baldwin, Mat Wellins, Michael Pestel, Ramtin Mokhtari, Manuel J. Perez, Shawn OSullivan, Eliza Marovitz, Katarina Mazur, Tobias Haus, Sam Boston, Emma Mistele, Loren Wang, Marie Carroll, Xingyan Guo, Negar Soleymanifar. He collaborated on some projects with Peter Zummo, David Vantieghem, Alex Waterman (as a part of the Arthur Russells City Park project led by Nick Hallet), David Behrman, Nicolas Collins, Lea Bertucci, Wesleyan, Laptop Ensemble, Pamplemousse Ensemble and String Noise Duo. He is also a member and assistant director of artistic planning in Shiraz Ensemble. He works with sound, space, image, words, expectations, and frames. His works include compositions, photographs, videos, improvisations, performance, poetry, and acting. His compositions usually benefits form use of verbal notations, theatrics, collaborative environments, site-specificity, and collective improvisation. As an improviser, he implements some of his compositional techniques and issues around decision-making alongside the language and affordances of Iranian Dasta ghi music.
He is currently studying Music Technology in the graduate program at Temple University. He holds an MA in Experimental Music/Performance from Wesleyan University.

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