Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei’s viola and medium voice work …under this blue of my land was selected from a pool of 113 submissions as First Prize Winner of the American Viola Society’s 2022 Gardner Competition. His work will be featured at the 47th International Viola Congress in Columbus, Georgia, June 1-5, 2022.

Daniel’s work At any rate II. باقی مانده “what remains” — commissioned by National Sawdust for the JACK Quartet — won First Prize in the annual Composition Competition sponsored by the Lake George Music Festival. Daniel will be in residence at LGMF in August for performances of the work and coachings with LGMF musicians.
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The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University has selected Daniel for both the Summer 2021 and Academic Year 2021-2022 FLAS Fellowship. This competitive fellowship, supported by the US Department of Education, supports three or four graduate students per year who have a special interest in less commonly studied languages.
This award will allow Daniel to focus on Farsi, Persian studies, and research toward his dissertation.

Daniel’s work گلی از دست برفت (Golī az dast beraft) “A flower was lost”—commissioned by VocalEssence—was selected as winner of Chorus Austin’s Young Composer Competition from a pool of 114 composers from around the world. Daniel will collaborate with the ensemble on performances of the work this Fall in Austin, Texas.

Daniel’s work At any rate II—commissioned by National Sawdust for the JACK Quartet—received honors from ASCAP’s panel of judges.

Among a field of over 400 applicants, Daniel was selected for a commission from loadbang through their annual Commission Competition. Daniel will be collaborating with loadbang over the next year on a new work for the ensemble, with a workshop planned for summer 2022 at Longy’s Divergent Studio.

Chosen from a pool of 150 applicants in 32 states, the District of Columbia, and four countries, Daniel will be collaborating with Music from Copland House on a new commission this June 6 – 14 at Aaron Copland’s National Historic Landmark home in northern Westchester County, NY, and other nearby locations. Full press release here.

Over the course of the year, I will be working with Karen Slack, Joel Ivany, Ian Cusson, and more mentors on new projects, what making opera entails today, and how we drive the art-form forward.