Shiva Feshareki

Shiva Feshareki is a British-Iranian experimental composer, turntable artist and radio presenter. As a turntablist, she plays her compositions solo or alongside classical orchestras. She was born in London in 1987. She obtained a Doctorate of Music from the Royal College of Music.. In 2017 she was honoured with the Ivor Novello Award for Innovation (formerly British Composer Award).

Through her research and compositional work she contributed to a rediscovery of some early pioneers of electronic music, such as Pauline Oliveros, Daphne Oram and Éliane Radigue.. This includes her work on the completion and realisation of Daphne Oram's 'Still Point' at the BBC Proms alongside James Bulley.

2019

'Opus Infinity' - A Spatial Composition for Turntables, Ensemble and Bespoke Soundsystem. Premiere by Shiva Feshareki and Ensemble Modern at Frankfurt LAB (2020).

‘Meditation on a Spiral Staircase’ - for Turntables and Spatialised Brass Ensemble, premiered at SOUNDLab by Shiva Feshareki and the Brass players of Szczecin Philharmonic.

'Vapour' - Electronic Track (single)

‘Liquid Pyramid’ - Audio-Visual Collaboration with alx.000000

‘Perpetual Motion (in two contrasting movements)’ - for Violin, Cello and Electronics, premiered by Britten Sinfonia at Milton Court, Barbican Centre.

NEW FORMS LP

2018

'Venus/Zohreh' - for String Quartet, premiered Ligeti Quartet.

‘Venus/Zohreh’ - for String Orchestra, premiered by Dusseldorf Symphoniker conducted by Zoi Tsokanou

‘Unknown, Remembered’ - for Solo Soprano, Viola da Gamba and Piano (all amplified and through delay systems), commissioned by Spitalifelds Music Festival.

'Dialogue' - for Live Turntable Manipulation (or electronic playback) and Orchestra, premiered by Shiva Feshareki & BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Bramwell Tovey

‘GABA-analogue’ and ‘O’ (revised) - premiered at York Hall by Shiva Feshareki, Kit Downes & Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andre de Ridder.

'Zohra' - for Amplified Violin and Turntable Manipulation, released and performed by Galya Bisengalieva

'Photek Remix on Mini Oramics Machine' - for Mini Oramics Machine and modifed Turntable (built by Tom Richards)

'Composition no.1' - acoustic, electronic, turntables and mixed media.

'Still Point’ – Daphne Oram (1949, realised by Shiva Feshareki & James Bulley) for double Orchestra, treated instrumental recordings, microphones and discs, premiered at the Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms with London Contemporary Orchestra conducted by Robert Ames.

Star at Dawn - Electronic Track (Single)

2017

'The System (rework)' – with installation artist Haroon Mirza, for videos, LEDs and turntables. Premiered at Zabludowicz Collection, London.

‘O’ (version 1)– for re-structured orchestra, organ and turntables. Premiered by Shiva Feshareki, Kit Downes and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra at Musikhuset Aarhus, Denmark.

‘GABA-analogue’ (version 1)– for deconstructed spatialised orchestra & electronic dance break. Premiered by Shiva Feshareki and London Contemporary Orchestra at Printworks, London.

2016

‘Still Point’ – Daphne Oram (1949, realised by Shiva Feshareki & James Bulley), for double orchestra, 5 microphones, 3 78 RPM discs, commissioned by the Southbank Centre.

2015

‘The Calling’ - with Haroon Mirza, for soprano, prepared turntables, amplified cello, UGKI, volunteers, lamps, transistor radios, tables, PA system, projector, wooden screen (4X7ft), LEDs, control box, speaker cone wood, metal stand, light bulb, glass cabinet, cabling, remote control socket, electronics. Text by Laura Marling (25mins approx). Premiered at Barbican Centre.

‘Volcano Diaries’ - with Haroon Mirza, for E flat, B Flat, bass and contrabass Clarinet, soprano, organ, video, LEDs and prepared turntables (45mins approx). Premiered at Union Chapel Islington.

‘Revolutions dethrone kings and enthrone columns and watering cans’ - for piano, turntables, trumpet, cello, clarinet and voice. Premiered at Kettle's Yard Cambridge.

'For Jack (Volcano)' - LED torch, light-sensitive oscillators (aka "box of joy"), korg kaoss pad, “classic record” vinyl disc and turntable. Premiered at Kettle's Yard Cambridge.

2014

'Volcano’- for four turntables and LED circuit. Premiered at Casa Fiorucci, Italy 2014.

'State/Jam/Reflect' - for two cellos, clarinet, Bass Clarinet and French Horn. Premiered at Shoreditch House.

'12 graphic scores for 12 solo instruments. Inspired by children's fantasy, for children' - Royal College of Music.

'A surround-sound piece for 8 prepared turntables, 9 instruments, video, and LEDs' - In collaboration with Haroon Mirza.Preview by London Sinfonietta at the ICA London.

2010

"out of sorts" - for String Octet. Premiered by the London Philharmonia. Royal Festival Hall.

2009

"TTKonzert" - for 4 Turntables, Kaoss Pad, Sax Quartet and Large Orchestra. Performed by Shiva Feshareki and the London Contemporary Orchestra, Roundhouse, London.

2008

"critical distortions" - for solo cello and 2 turntables. Premiered by Natalie Clein and Shiva Feshareki at Bath International Music Festival.

"on the 12th floor" - for violin, cello, clarinet and piano.

"insistent distortions"- chamber orchestra. Premiered by the National Youth Chamber Orchestra of Great Britain, Chelthenham Music Festival.

2007

"dancefloor distortions" - for chamber orchestra + bass guitar. Premiered by The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Queen Elizabeth Hall.

"she cried" - for female voice. Recorded by Mica Levi @ RCM Studios.

"she cried" - for solo bass flute. Premiered by Carla Rees. St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, London.

• BASCA British Composer Award for Innovation in 2017
• London Music Masters Composer Award in 2016
• Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize 2009
• Women Make Music PRS award
• BBC/Guardian Young Composer of the Year in 2004

• The BBC Proms
• MUTEK, Montreal

• Maerzmusik (The Long Now) - Kraftwerk, Berlin.

• PRS Foundation’s New Music Biennial - Southbank Centre and Hull.

• Sonar, Barcelona.

• General Assembly, VAC Foundation, Moscow Museum of Modern Art.

• London Jazz Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall.

• Aldeburgh Festival.

• Hyperreality Festival for Club Culture, Vienna.

• Saturnalia at Macao, Milan.

• Concrete Lates, Southbank Centre.

• Arty Farty - Auditorium-Orchestre National de Lyon.

• SOUNDLab, Szczecin Philharmonic.

• Longplayer Day - Lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Warf.

• Sheffield Chamber Music Festival (Music in the Round).

• Aarhus Festuge.

• Uniqlo Tate Lates.

• Deep Minimalism, Southbank Centre.

• Station to Station, Barbican Centre.

• Forget Amnesia, Volcano Extravaganza, Stromboli.

• Reverb at Roundhouse.

• Cheltenham Festival.

• Cambridge International.

• Bath International.