The piece is based on a Maqam of Mazandarani folk music called “Amiri”. Saman Samadi (1984) is a Persian avant-garde composer residing in New York City. Samadi has written an extensive amount of repertoire including large scale orchestral works, chamber music for various combinations, solo instruments, electro-acoustic, and concrete music. Samadi’s music has been influenced by the “New Complexity”. He developed his own unique style which entails a new system of pitch organization that uses microtones from traditional Persian music, improvisation, complex poly-rhythms, and heterophonic texture. Samadi is currently pursuing his PhD in composition at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
