Setareh Najfar-Nahvi

Violin (Classical Music)

Artistic & Pedagogical Education

  • Lehrbefähigung (Tiroler Landeskonservatorium)
  • Diploma (Tehran Conservatory of Music)
  • Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
  • Master Classes with Arthur Grumiaux, Viktor Liberman, Igor Oistrakh and Josef Suk

Teaching Experience

  • Prayner Konservatorium, Vienna
  • Tehran Conservatory of Music, Tehran/Iran
  • Master classes and seminars including
    • Saba Music Festival
    • Pars Music Institute

Concerts & Performances 

  • World premiere of the Karlheinz Essl string quartet "Helix 1.0." as "Ensemble 86" in the Great Broadcasting Hall of ORF
  • World premiere of the violin sonata by Austrian composer Martin Lichtfuss for ORF Tirol
  • World premiere and first CD recording worldwide of the piece "Elégie pour une amie" for violin and piano by the Austrian-Iranian composer Reza Najfar
  • World premiere of the trio version of "Der Schneemann" by Erich Wolfgang Korngold in an arrangement by the composer Reza Najfar commissioned by the Musikverein in the Brahmssaal as "Ensemble Triophonus Viennensis
  • World premiere of the music for the play "2. Weltkrieg" with music by Tyrolean composer Norbert Zehm for violin solo
  • Performances in various festivals including "Saarbrücken Summer Music 
  • Concert at the Austrian Cultural Institute in Tehran
  • Collaboration with conductors among others Claudio Abbado and Sir. Neville Marriner
  • Orchestra musician with orchestras including
    • Tehran Symphony Orchestra
    • Tonkünstler Kammerorchester
    • Tiroler Landestheater
    • Symphonieorchester Innsbruck
    • Orchester der Wiener Volksoper
    • Vorarlberger Symphonieorchester
    • Duo Artdeco Wien
    • Ensemble Triophonus Viennensis

Discography

  • Ropartz, Schoeck & Poulenc: Violin Sonatas (Austrian Gramophone, 2020)
  • Korngold, Schnittke, Wellesz et al.: Works for violin and piano (Austrian Gramophone, 2017)
  • Boulanger, Senfter et al.: Works for violin and piano (Austrian Gramophone, 2016)