Zahra Mani

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Zahra Mani - musician, composer, sound architect from Pakistan & the UK. Lives in Croatia and Austria. NEWS: "In Mia's Head" by Mia Zabelka and Zahra Mani (Mia's Factory, DER 019, Delphi Entertainment Records) is quoted and recommended in the charts "15 tracks to chill the spine when suffering from one too many midsummer hot flashes" in THE WIRE/ July 2009 Short CV: Instruments include contrabass, piano, guitar, studied the sitar and classical Indian / Pakistani music at the Sanjan Nagar Institute in Lahore with Ashraf Sharif Khan. Composes instrumental intermedial pieces, radio and sound art and creates multichannel sound installations and performances based on an application in the max/msp rt environment which she continues to develop with Stephan Moore (Merce Cunningham Dance Company, www.oddnoise.com). Education South Hamstead High School, London, UK German & Philosophy (MA Oxon) Oxford University (Brasenose College) German, Philosophy & History of Art University of Vienna Inderdisciplinary MFA in Music and Composition Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY Teachers & mentors include Daniel L’Homme, Bernard Oneil, Ashraf Sharif Khan, Mia Zabelka (www.miazabelka.com), Pauline Oliveros (www.deeplistening.org, http://paulineoliveros.us), Maryann Amacher, Richard Teitelbaum, Laetitia Sonami, Miya Masaoka, George Lewis.

Member Since:

January 19, 2009

Members:

PHONART_the Lost Languages of Europe an EU Network Project by Enterprise Z (AT), Mani D.O.O. (HR) , Pucko Otvoreno Uciliste Grada Rovinja (HR), Ring Ring (RS) & mamapapa (CZ)

Record Label:

Extraplatte, Trost Records, Angel Lab