Shiva Feshareki facts for kids

Shiva Feshareki is a super talented British-Iranian artist. She is known for her unique music, which she creates as an experimental composer and a turntable artist. A turntable artist, also called a turntablist, uses record players (turntables) to create new sounds and music. Shiva was born in London in 1987. She studied music and earned a special degree called a Doctorate of Music from the Royal College of Music. In 2017, she won a big award called the Ivor Novello Award for Innovation, which used to be known as the British Composer Award. This award celebrates new and exciting ideas in music.

Her Amazing Music

Shiva Feshareki's work has helped people learn more about some of the first artists who made electronic music. She has explored the music of pioneers like Pauline Oliveros, Daphne Oram, and Éliane Radigue.

Special Projects

One of her important projects was helping to finish and perform a piece called 'Still Point' by Daphne Oram. She worked on this with James Bulley for the BBC Proms, a famous music festival.

Key Compositions

Here are some of the musical pieces Shiva Feshareki has created:

• 2019
  • 'Opus Infinity': This is a special piece for turntables, a music group (ensemble), and a custom sound system. It was first performed by Shiva Feshareki and Ensemble Modern in 2020.
  • ‘Meditation on a Spiral Staircase’: This piece is for turntables and a brass ensemble that creates sounds all around the space. Shiva Feshareki and the brass players of Szczecin Philharmonic first performed it at SOUNDLab.
  • 'Vapour': This is an electronic music track that was released as a single song.
  • ‘Liquid Pyramid’: This is a project that combines sound and visuals, made with alx.000000.
  • ‘Perpetual Motion (in two contrasting movements)’: This piece is for violin, cello, and electronic sounds. The Britten Sinfonia first performed it at Milton Court, Barbican Centre.
  • NEW FORMS LP: This is an album of her music.

Awards and Recognition

Shiva Feshareki has won several important awards for her music:

• BASCA British Composer Award for Innovation in 2017
• London Music Masters Composer Award in 2016
• Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in 2009
• Women Make Music PRS award
• BBC/Guardian Young Composer of the Year in 2004

Where She Performs

Shiva Feshareki has performed her music at many famous festivals in the UK and around the world, including:

• The BBC Proms
• MUTEK, Montreal
• MaerzMusik (The Long Now) - Kraftwerk, Berlin

See also

In Spanish: Shiva Feshareki para niños