Suspension No. 2 (for Electronic Voices & Prepared Piano)
Composer: Soheil Shirangi
Year of Creation: Spring 2013
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Award:
Second Prize – Tehran International Electronic Composing Competition (2017)
Performances:
September 2017 – Da Hall, Tehran, Iran (Closing of the 2nd Tehran International Electronics Festival)
April 2018 – And Off Borders Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece
June 2018 – Body, Light, Sound Festival, Luigi Cherubini Conservatory, Florence, Italy
November 2018 – Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Event Link (Hannover)
Suspension No. 2 emerged from a space of uncertainty—moments of hesitation, unanswered questions, and fleeting emotional impulses. It represents a “suspension” of many things: feelings, memories, thoughts, and the invisible dialogue between self and others. Combining electronic voices with the resonance of a prepared piano, the work blurs the boundary between the organic and synthetic, between reflection and sound. Each texture unfolds as a fragment of inner discourse, echoing both intimacy and distance. It is a meditation on tension, stillness, and the fragile beauty of unresolved emotion.