Suspension No. 1 (for Accordion and Fixed Media)

Composer: Soheil Shirangi
Year of Creation: 2012 • Recorded: 2020
Performer: Benoit Ray — Accordion
Dedication: To Rahim Moazen Zadeh, whose voice remains a part of the collective memory of the Iranian people

Suspension No. 1 reflects on memory, nostalgia, and silence—elements that define both personal and cultural identity. It explores the sounds that linger in consciousness: the remembered voice of Azan from childhood, the resonance of faith, and the echoes of shared experience. For me, “suspension” is everything and nothing—moments that cannot be erased, sounds that remain even when unheard. Through the dialogue of accordion and fixed media, the piece becomes a meditation on remembrance, longing, and the invisible presence of sound that never fades.