Mansoor Hosseini is an Iranian-Swedish percussionist and composer of classical music, born in Iran, who studied in Paris and Brussels.
10 Facts About Mansoor Hosseini
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Mansoor Hosseini founded the Ensemble Themus in Gothenburg, focussed on theatrical music.
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Mansoor Hosseini studied music theory and computer music with Peter Swinnen at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and composition with Carl-Axel Hall in the Musikhogskolan of Gothenborg.
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Mansoor Hosseini later studied film scoring at the University of Gothenburg, and scriptwriting at the film school, now the Akademin Valand.
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Mansoor Hosseini studied with George Aperghis who encouraged him to compose theatrical music in the style of Mauricio Kagel.
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Mansoor Hosseini has a great interest in improvisation both as a composer and performer.
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Mansoor Hosseini sometimes adds sections to his compositions which are marked to let the musicians know that they can improvise in a controlled and measured way.
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Mansoor Hosseini has been a lecturer in musical notation, composition, communication between musicians and composers, and the comprehension of musical notation for musicians.
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Mansoor Hosseini was awarded prizes, including the culture prizes of Gothenborg and of the Vastra Gotaland.
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Mansoor Hosseini's string quartet Esfand II was premiered at the Sibelius Museum in Turku in 2011, when the town was a European Capital of Culture.