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| Mozhgan Chahian Boroojeni, Musicology
 Mozhgan Chahian
She is a composer, singer, folk music researcher, and Santoor player. She is a Ph.D. Candidate in Music Composition at Duke University. She is also an MA graduate in Composition from Tehran University of Art and her thesis was chosen as the best composition thesis. Both her BA and Diploma are in Iranian Musical Performance. She won the first and special prizes in some Competitions like the International Composition Competition “2 Agosto” (Italy), Fem Festival, AMAT International Composition Competition (Italy), ACIMC International Contemporary Composition Competition (France), the National 3MT Competition (Iran), and Kamalolmolk” award as the talented artist from National Elites Foundation (Iran). One of her pieces for Solo Viola was published in Nemano Gaona album by New Focus Recordings in the US. Her book about some vocal Moqams in Iranian folk music was published in Tehran, Iran. She also sang with the Toscanini Orchestra for her piece entitled "Elegy for Peace" in the International Composition Competition “2 Agosto”, Bologna, Italy. She was a music lecturer at Tehran University of Art, Music Faculty, Iran. She was invited to cooperate as a composer, singer, performer, and music researcher in various festivals and projects including Musikakademie Rheinsberg (Germany), the 22nd Festival Duni, (Italy), 46th and 44th Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte, (Italy), Solo for Double Bass, (Italy), Vancouver Iranian Choir (Canada), 12th Iranian Folk Music Festival (Iran), 7th Festival of Music Weblogs and Websites (Iran), the 2nd and 3rd Tehran International Contemporary Music Festival (Iran), the 1st and 2nd professional Iranian Folk Music Workshops, Tehran University of Art (Iran), 2nd and 3rd Tehran International Contemporary Music Festival (Iran), 29th Fajr International Music Festival (Iran), and Bastami Music Festival (Iran). She also has cooperated in concerts and albums as a singer such as Mediterranean Opera (Italy), “Voix De L’ombre” Singing in Shadow music album, (France), Hafez Opera concert and music album (Iran), and different albums and tracks like Goriz, Narration, In the Distance a Call, Nobahar, Atashe Del, Morqe Shabahang and Shekve. Her documentary entitled "Faryad-e Kouhestan" about her research in Nortern Khorasan folk music was published in Iran. - Contact Info:
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