Upcoming Performances


26 MAR 2023


29 MAR 2023


31 MAR 2023


13 APR 2023


14 APR 2023


15 APR 2023


16 APR 2023


12 May 2023


11 JUN 2023


15 JUN 2023


24 JUN 2023

  • Gulistan - Premiere
  • Chamber Music Northwest
  • Portland, OR
  • Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano; Ieva Jokūbavičiūtė, piano; Peter Stumpf, cello
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25 JUN 2023

  • Gulistan
  • Chamber Music Northwest
  • Portland, OR
  • Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano; Ieva Jokūbavičiūtė, piano; Peter Stumpf, cello
  • More Information ›

25 JUN 2023


18 JUL 2023


25 JUN 2023


26 AUG 2023

Recent Performances


11 MAR 2023

  • Outcry
  • Electronic Music Midwest Festival
  • Kansas City, KS
  • Marienn Sánchez, violin

10 MAR 2023

  • Outcry - Music Video Screening
  • Performing Media Festival
  • South Bend, IN

23 FEB 2023

  • Hypnopop - Premiere
  • Indiana University
  • Bloomington, IN
  • Argos Percussion (Thomas Frost, Conner Viets, Drew Neal, Carl Tafoya)

16 FEB 2023

  • Unstoppable - Premiere
  • Copland House Cultivated Spaces 3.0
  • Music from Copland House Ensemble

6 NOV 2022

  • Blessed - Premiere
  • The Parish of Saint Matthew
  • Pacific Palisades, CA
  • The Choir of St. Matthew’s Parish

12 OCT 2022

  • Day of Rest - Premiere
  • Indiana University
  • Bloomington, IN
  • Haley Harrison, clarinet; Chenchun Ma, piano

2 JUL 2022


25 JUN 2022

  • Family Photos (excerpt)
  • Prelude Chamber Music
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • Piotr Szewczyk, violin I; Melissa Barrett, violin II; Chris Chappell, viola; Linda Minke, cello

19 JUN 2022

  • Family Photos
  • Sunset ChamberFest
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Hwi-Eun Kim, violin; Melody Chang, violin; Linnea Powell, viola; Yoshika Masuda, cello

4 JUN 2022

  • Writing a Book - Premiere
  • Boston New Music Initiative “Musica Loquelae” Concert
  • Lexington, MA
  • Arjun Mudan, violin

3 JUN 2022


14 MAY 2022


14 MAY 2022

  • On The Road
  • Prisoners of Hope: A Recital of Works by Kian Ravaei
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Reedplay Quintet

14 MAY 2022

  • Prisoners of Hope
  • Prisoners of Hope: A Recital of Works by Kian Ravaei
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Calvin Kung, cello

14 MAY 2022

  • Arcadia - Premiere
  • Prisoners of Hope: A Recital of Works by Kian Ravaei
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Christian Gonzales, violin I; Celeste Pena, violin II; Jocelyn Pon, viola; Haley Hedegard, cello

14 MAY 2022

  • Latif - Premiere
  • Prisoners of Hope: A Recital of Works by Kian Ravaei
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Yoshika Masuda, cello; Sean Tang-Wang, piano

14 MAY 2022

  • Outcry
  • Prisoners of Hope: A Recital of Works by Kian Ravaei
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Christian Gonzales, violin

10 MAY 2022


28 APR 2022

  • Outcry
  • Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra “Meet the Music” Concert
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Sarah Thornblade, violin

25 APR 2022

  • Family Photos
  • First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church
  • Fort Worth, TX
  • Spectrum Chamber Music Society

22 APR 2022

  • Composing Nostalgia: A Composer's Perspective (Lecture)
  • UCLA Nostalgia, Music and Music Studies Symposium
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Kian Ravaei, speaker

14 APR 2022

  • Advertisements
  • UCLA
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Finn Sagal, baritone; Eliot Fisk, guitar

24 MAR 2022

  • Outcry
  • TUTTI Festival at Denison University
  • Granville, OH
  • Philip Rudd, violin

19 MAR 2022

  • Outcry
  • Boston New Music Initiative "Prismatic Congruency" Series (Online)
  • Arjun Mudan, violin

26 FEB 2022

  • Good Trouble - Premiere
  • Oregon Bach Festival "Music of Hope & Resilience" Concert Series
  • Fear No Music

22 FEB 2022

  • On The Road - Premiere
  • UCLA
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Reedplay Quintet

15 DEC 2021


11 DEC 2021

  • Family Photos
  • Multicultural Arts Center
  • East Cambridge, MA
  • Juventas New Music Ensemble

12 NOV 2021

  • Composing Identity: Notes from an Iranian-American Composer (Lecture)
  • UCLA
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Kian Ravaei, speaker; Christian Gonzalez, violin 1; Alisa Khodos, violin 2; Jocelyn Pon, viola; Haley Hedegard, cello

9 NOV 2021

  • Outcry
  • UCLA
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Christian Gonzalez, violin

29 OCT 2021


15 OCT 2021

  • Outcry - Premiere
  • UCLA
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Christian Gonzalez, violin

8 OCT 2021


10 SEP 2021

  • Virtue - Premiere
  • UCLA (Livestream)
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Michelle Rice, soprano; Paul Floyd, piano

24 JUL 2021

  • Microverse - Premiere
  • Quelque part... (Du vert à l'infini)
  • Château de Fresne-Saint-Mamès, France

6 JUL 2021

  • Family Photos
  • Salastina Happy Hour No. 62, Sounds Promising World Premieres (Livestream)
  • Salastina

19 JUN 2021

  • From the Heart to the Heart - Premiere
  • Fresh Inc Festival (Livestream)
  • Nelson Mendoza, violin; Samantha Peng, viola; Raphael Marnon, cello; Pei-yeh Tsai, piano

15 JUN 2021

  • Lotf Nemīkhâm
  • Suoni Per Il Popolo
  • Deterritorializing the Realm of New Music (Livestream)
  • Anoush Moazzeni, speaking pianist

12 JUN 2021

  • Ideal Conversation
  • UCLA (Livestream)
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Julia Johnson, voice; Valerie Stern, piano

12 JUN 2021

  • Advertisements (excerpts)
  • UCLA (Livestream)
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Kian Ravaei, voice and guitar; Justin Birchell, baritone; Joseph Seyedan, guitar

10 JUN 2021

  • Family Photos - Premiere
  • EMERGE: Solstice Virtual Concert (Livestream)
  • The Julius Quartet

7 JUN 2021

  • Written by Children - Premiere
  • UCLA (Livestream)
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Rachel Boehl, horn

26 MAY 2021


27 APR 2021

  • Ideal Conversation
  • UCLA (Livestream)
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Julia Johnson, voice; Valerie Stern, piano

27 APR 2021

  • Advertisements (excerpts)
  • UCLA (Livestream)
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Kian Ravaei, voice and guitar; Justin Birchell, baritone; Joseph Seyedan, guitar

19 MAR 2021


6 MAR 2021


16 FEB 2021

  • Prisoners of Hope - Premiere
  • UCLA (Livestream)
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Jocelyn Yeh, cello

31 JAN 2021

  • Advertisements - Premiere
  • KC VITAs VOICES OF VITAs (Livestream)
  • Kansas City, Kansas
  • Patrick Graham, baritone; Aleia Gonzales Gulino, guitar

18 DEC 2020


12 DEC 2020

  • Caprice
  • UCLA (Livestream)
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Lavinia Chen, violin; Christopher Ye, cello

27 NOV 2020

  • A Little Consort Music - European Premiere
  • Festival Osmose
  • Espace Toots, Belgium
  • Alexandre Debrus, Bruno Ispiola, Johannes Burghoff; cello

10 NOV 2020

  • A Little Consort Music - Premiere
  • UCLA (Livestream)
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Calvin Kung, Jocelyn Yeh, Peter Walsh; cello

10 NOV 2020

  • Caprice - Premiere
  • UCLA (Livestream)
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Lavinia Chen, violin; Christopher Ye, cello

29 AUG 2020

  • Sestina - Premiere
  • Curtis Institute of Music Young Artist Summer Program Young Composers Marathon
  • Paul Demers, bass clarinet

25 JUL 2020

  • Ideal Conversation - Premiere
  • N.E.O. Voice Festival (Livestream)
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Tiffany-Alaine Solinap Militante, voice; Abraham Ross, piano

6 MAR 2020

  • Duo for Trombone and Piano - Premiere
  • UCLA
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Gwang Hyun Kim, trombone; Hana Kim, piano

5 MAR 2020


25 FEB 2020

  • Migration Variations - Premiere
  • UCLA
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Veola Sun, piano 1; Brandon Zhou, piano 2; Robby Good, perc. 1; Cash Langi, perc. 2

23 NOV 2019


5 NOV 2019


1 AUG 2019