Parisa Sabet
Freelance Composer, producer, and adjunct music instructor in Aurora, ON, Canada
Award-winning composer Parisa Sabet writes music that is commissioned and performed internationally. Her distinctive musical language springs from her Iranian roots, Western education, and passion for socially engaged arts. Interweaving sounds both recognizable and new, her compositions evoke emotions, conjure images, and relate stories, often about pressing social issues. A Cup of Sin, for instance, scored for soprano and electric guitar quartet,examines violence against women. The Seville Orange Tree,for flute and piano, depicts a sacred site in Shiraz, Iran where a treasured tree would scent the breeze.
Recent premieres of her music have taken place in her adopted home of Toronto as well as in Seattle, Sydney and Chicago. Among her recognitions, Sabet was selected in 2020 by the Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes to compose an opera in collaboration with librettist, Nika Khanjani; productions are planned for 2021 in four Canadian cities. In 2015, she was awarded the Ann H. Atkinson prize for her poignant piece, Visiting Grandpa. Her song cycle, Dance in Your Blood, with text by 13th-century Persian poet Rumi, won the 2014 Violet Archer Composer’s Prize and is published by Plangere Editions.
Learn more about Parisa Sabet and listen to her music at her website: ParisaSabet.com