Parsa Sotoudeh
Born 1997, Tehran, Iran
•Co-founder and Supervisor of Dream House Ensemble
Education
•Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture
Islamic Azad University, Tehran
Graduated: 2019
As an Artist
•Apartment 1776: Redesign and direction of an experimental performance for four Persian vocalists at the Artist House of Iran, 2023
•Bazi-Sazi: Directed and designed an interactive performance project in darkness at the Artist House of Iran, 2023
Film Music Composition
•Pirate: Composed theme music for a cryptocurrency platform, 2017
•I Am Not an Actoress: Composed soundtrack for a short film directed by Ali Jalali;
Special Jury Award, Accolade Global Film Competition (USA), 2018
•Howling: Composed soundtrack for an experimental film directed by Parsa Bozorgani;
Winner, Best Experimental Film, Khorshid and Nahid Film Festivals
Nominee, Best Animation, Spektrum and NFFTY Film Festivals, 2018
•King Lear: Composed soundtrack for an animation directed by Omid Movahedi;
Winner, Lerter Award, Icoic Images Film Festival, 2020
•COVID-19: Composed soundtrack for a film-theater project directed by Navid Memar, 2020
Children’s Music Education
•Facilitated a summer children’s music festival, Traffic Park, Tehran, 2019
•Guided children in performing works by La Monte Young, Traffic Park, Tehran, 2019
•Music Project Manager, Kids Project Team, since 2019
•Produced and arranged children’s educational music videos
•Organized Introduction to Classical Music workshop, 2019
•Organized virtual Scat Workshop (Introduction to Jazz for Kids), 2019
•Conducted Recycled Instrument Making Workshop, 2019
•Conducted virtual My Sounds Workshop (Introduction to Contemporary Music for Kids), 2020
•Organized Introduction to Orchestral Instruments workshop, 2020
Poetry
•Napasoudeh (Poetry Collection), published by Almaas Danesh Publications, 2019
Vocals
•Performed as part of the Carmina Burana choir, Nuri Choir, as a children’s choir singer, 2006
•Sang in Mozart Requiem and Gabriel Fauré Requiem with Iran Philharmonic Choir as a child singer, 2008
•Official Member, Iran Philharmonic Choir as a bass vocalist, performing pieces by Mozart, Bach, Handel, Rossini, and Loris Tjeknavorian at Vahdat Hall, 2015-2018
•Performed with Iranian Symphony Orchestra Choir, invited by Loris Tjeknavorian to sing selected works, 2019
•Official Member, Hamgam Instrumental and Vocal Ensemble, performing works by Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, Mozart, Rossini, and Persian folk songs arranged by Sergei Aghajanian and Samin Baghcheban, 2016-2018
Voice Acting
•Narrated five episodes of the Cinérama TV magazine series on Aparat, 2019-2020
•Narrator, Mozart’s Biography animation, 2020
•Narrator, Elvis Presley’s Biography animation, 2020
•Narrator for the National Student Film Festival (Saye), 2018
Video Editing
•Edited seven video artworks by Mahmoud Bakhshi, displayed at the Friend and Enemy exhibition, 2020
•Edited educational videos for Kids Project Team, since 2019