Sepehr Pirasteh - Chamber (2-8 players)

Fracture (2025) - ca. 3'

for flute, clarinet, cello, piano

*Commissioned by Network for New Music, Philadelphia
Premiere: May 18, 2025The American Philosophical Society - Benjamin Franklin Hall, Philadelphia, PAmore info

More Equal (2024) - ca. 12'

for flute, trombone, percussion, piano, and electronics (fixed media)

*Commissioned by Ensemble MISE-EN
Premiere: Ensemble MISE-EN - June 20, 2024 at National Opera Center, NYC

And I See You Everywhere (2023) - ca. 9'

for flute, trumpet, horn, cello, piano

*Commissioned by Composers Conference Chamber Music Workshop in memory of Susan Horvath.
Premiere: Chris Oldfather, piano - Charlie Anderson, trumpet - Michael Welles, horn - Eva Ding, flute - Emma Kato, cello - Julian Gau, conductor - August 2nd, 2023, Avaloch Farm Music Institute

This is not a poem (2022) - ca. 9'

for voice (Dastgahi singer), violin, viola, cello, bass

Premiere: Mahya Hamedi, Voice - Carlos Santiago, Violin - Melinda Rice, Viola - Tom Kraines, Cello - Matt Engle, Bass - December 2022, William Way Community Center, Philadelphia, PA

Wailing at the Moon - chamber opera (2022) - ca. 20'

for two sopranos, flute, electric guitar, cello; libretto by Traci D. Williams

*Commissioned by ENA Ensemble for Serial Opera Projects.Premiere: ENA Ensemble, 04 January 2023, Free Library Philadelphia, PA.

Solitary Confinement (2021) - ca. 20'

for string quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)

Written for Argus Quartet as a part of their residency at Temple University
Premiere: Argus string quartetNovember 10th, Rock Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Transgression (2021) - ca. 13'

for saxophone quartet (sop. sx, alto sx, tenor sx, bari. sx)

*Commissioned by Philadelphia Student Composers Project for PRISM Quartet
Premiere: PRISM Saxophone Quartet, 06 December 2021, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PASubsequent: 07 December 2021, Christ and St. Stephens Episcopal Church, New York City, NY

Last testament (2020) - ca. 8'

for soprano, bassoon, and electronics

*Commissioned by Pushback Collective
Premiere: Pushback Ensemble, Ben Roidl-Ward (bassoon) and Ally Smither (soprano)Thursday, May 27, 2021, Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TX

Blank (2020) - ca. 6'

for clarinet, violin, cello, piano

Premiere: Un-heard of Ensemble
Summer 2020, NYC

Poems (2019) - ca. 14'

for saxophone sextet (1 sop. sx, 2 alto sx, 2 tenor sx, 1 bari. sx)

Premiere: Alex Toth (sop. sx), Justin Evangelist, Kaylee Bernard (alto sx), Sydney Pointer, Aaron Rajewski (t. sx), Taylor Huitema (bari. sx)05 October 2019, Art-Reach Gallery, Mount Pleasant, MI

Shelter (2019) - ca. 8'

for cello and piano

*Commissioned by New Music from the Mitten
Premiere: Joshua DeVries, Cello, Samantha Kao, Piano
15 November 2019, Chamichian Recital Hall, School of Music, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

Episodes (2019) - ca. 15'

piano and 6 percussions (Version 1)
alto saxophone and percussion quartet (Version 2)

*Commissioned by Central Michigan University’s Percussion Ensemble
Premiere: Matteo Generani, piano soloist - Kai Johnson, Conductor02 April 2019, Staples Family Concert Hall, School of Music, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

Motrebi (2018) - ca. 7'

for cello quartet

*Commissioned by Detroit Composers’ Project
Premiere: Hole in the Floor Cello Quartet19 December 2018, Matthew’s St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, Detroit, MI, 20 December 2018, Third Place Concert Series, Ann Arbor, MI

Fracture (2018) - ca. 6'

for two pianos

Premiere: Da Luna Duo, Abigail Mullis, Deniza Derdovski28 April 2019, Chamichian Recital Hall, School of Music, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

Lullaby for silent victims (2017) - ca. 8'

for string quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)

Premiere: Audrey Hartson (vl), Shannon Tayler (vl), Willie Martinez (vla), Arthur Bencke (vc)17 November 2017, Chamichian Recital Hall, School of Music, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

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Fracture (2025) - ca. 3'

for flute, clarinet, cello, piano

More Equal (2024) - ca. 12'

for flute, trombone, percussion, piano, and electronics (fixed media)

And I See You Everywhere (2023) - ca. 9'

for flute, trumpet, horn, cello, piano

This is not a poem (2022) - ca. 9'

for voice (Dastgahi singer), violin, viola, cello, bass

Wailing at the Moon - chamber opera (2022) - ca. 20'

for two sopranos, flute, electric guitar, cello; libretto by Traci D. Williams

Solitary Confinement (2021) - ca. 20'

for string quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)

Transgression (2021) - ca. 13'

for saxophone quartet (sop. sx, alto sx, tenor sx, bari. sx)

Last testament (2020) - ca. 8'

for soprano, bassoon, and electronics

Blank (2020) - ca. 6'

for clarinet, violin, cello, piano

Poems (2019) - ca. 14'

for saxophone sextet (1 sop. sx, 2 alto sx, 2 tenor sx, 1 bari. sx)

Shelter (2019) - ca. 8'

for cello and piano

Episodes (2019) - ca. 15'

piano and 6 percussions (Version 1)

alto saxophone and percussion quartet (Version 2)

Motrebi (2018) - ca. 7'

for cello quartet

Fracture (2018) - ca. 6'

for two pianos

Lullaby for silent victims (2017) - ca. 8'

for string quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)