parham
behzad

Parham Behzad is a composer whose work treats musical entities as non-hierarchical systems capable of evolving, interacting, and reorganizing themselves. Rather than imposing form as a fixed structure, he composes conditions in which form emerges—or fails—through systemic agency, participation, circulation, and reuse.

Grounded in an ecological understanding of composition, his practice approaches technology not as a tool but as an environment that conditions interaction and mediation. Individual and collective agencies remain in continuous negotiation, allowing musical processes to unfold through interaction rather than centralized control. Within this framework, aesthetics function as an interface rather than an object, framing situations in which transformation, breakdown, and reconfiguration become structurally audible.

His works have been performed internationally in Germany, Austria, Spain, Hungary, and Iran, including at aspekteFESTIVAL, LIMINA Festival, UpToThree Festival, the International Tehran Contemporary Music Festival, and the Budapest Music Center – Sound Dome. His music has been realized by Ensemble Mosaik, PHACE Ensemble, NAMES Ensemble, Schallfeld Ensemble, LUX:NM Ensemble, ARCO Ensemble, and KlavierDuo Esther & Ernst.

He holds a Master of Arts in Composition from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, where he studied with Laure M. Hiendl. He previously studied composition with Stephan Winkler, Arnulf Herrmann, and Gilbert Nouno at the Barenboim–Said Akademie in Berlin.

Parham Behzad is a composer whose work explores non-hierarchical musical systems, distributed agency, participation, and technology as an environment for interaction.

His music has been performed across Europe and Iran by ensembles including Ensemble Mosaik, PHACE, NAMES Ensemble, Schallfeld Ensemble, LUX:NM, and ARCO.

He holds a Master’s degree in Composition from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, where he studied with Laure M. Hiendl.