Composition
Arash Safaian was born in Tehran and grew up in Germany. His compositions embody a new understanding of beauty and narrative in classical music. He has composed orchestral works, ensemble pieces, film scores and operas and has received several awards for his compositions. He is the winner of several composition prizes like the international Günther Bialas Prize, the Prize of the Reinl Foundation, the Bavarian Art Promotion Prize and the EON Cultural Award. He was a fellow of the Villa Concordia in Bamberg and the "Cité des Artes in Paris. He received the ECHO KLASSIK in 2017 and the Bavarian Film Award in 2020. His albums have repeatedly reached the top 10 of the German classical music charts several times, made it into the US Billboards and topped the iTunes charts in several countries. Arash Safaian unique combination of compositional artistry and modern sound language is celebrated on international stages.
