Niloufar Shahbazi
Composer and Kamānche player
INGAH
The project was organized by Multiphon.
INGAH means “this moment” or “this place” in Persian.
The project INGAH explores the current themes and musical forms of expression of six young composers working within the context of international contemporary music.
Commissioned compositions by:
Parham Izadyar, Dina Jooghi, Amin Khoshsabk, Zampia Betty Mavropoulou, Rojin Monibi, Negar Zolfaghar.
Performed by:
Ehsan Ebrahimi (Santur), Niloufar Shahbazi (Kamānche), Almut Lustig (Percussion), Justus Czaske (Clarinet).
Classical
Persian
Music
The project was organized by Multiphon.
Performed with the Gohar Ensemble, led by Ehsan Ebrahimi, presenting traditional and contemporary Iranian music.
Concerts in Hannover and Hamburg,
October 2024 – anuary 2025.
Performed by:
Ehsan Ebrahimi (Santur), Niloufar Shahbazi(Kamānche), Shahram Teymoury(Setar), Ammar Zein (Oud), Hossein Arabzadeh (Vocal)
Blind
Date
Performed as part of the Blind Date project
at Codarts Rotterdam, November 2023.
Performed by:
Niloufar Shahbazi (Composer, Voice and Kamānche),
Massimiliano Vizzini (Composer, Electronic, Piano and Chalumeau)
Ivan Boaro (Percussions)
CUT_
YOUR_
HAIR
October 2023 – Berlin, Zentrum für Aktuelle Kunst
Performed in the two-part concert CUT_YOUR_HAIR, featuring music by Iranian women composers for both European and Persian instruments. The works were interwoven through improvisational concepts by Ulrike Brand, creating a unified spatial experience.
CUT_YOUR_HAIR, directed by Sara Abazari, supports and gives artistic voice to the pursuit of freedom.
Performed by:
Matthias Badczong (clarinet), Ulrike Brand (cello), Carolin Daub (recorder), Seth Josel (guitar), Sepher Lajevardi (tar), Christine Paté (accordion), Niloufar Shahbazi(Kamānche), Samuel Stoll (horn), Susanne Zapf (violin).
Composers:
Sara Abazari, Farzia Fallah, Arefeh Hekmatpanah, Shadi Kassaee, Rojin Monibi, Elnaz Seyedi, Niloufar Shahbazi
Over
Time
Performed as Kamānche and Alto Kamānche player with several ensembles (2012–2025).
participating in over 100 concerts, festivals, events, and recording projects.
Ensembles include; Ghamar Ensemble, Hamkhanan Ava Ensemble, Arnavaz Ensemble, Khorshid Ensemble, and Codarts World Music Orchestra.
Posters
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