These six pieces were created with the goal of integrating theater, live music-making, sound design, and motion sensors. In these pieces I tried to explore the possibilities that arise when I use my body as a musical instrument. This interdisciplinary project utilizes body movements to generate sounds in real-time. For this purpose, I wear gloves with embedded wireless motion sensors. The data receiving from the sensors is used for three purposes; to generate real-time synthesized sounds through a MAX/MSP patch , to trigger prerecorded samples, and to process my real-time voice.

Year: 2019-2020

(These pieces are all made through the COVID-19 pandemic)

Irvine, California

This is a free improvisation using a variety of instruments, including the piano, drums, and some wind and string instruments that I have collected/played over the years; including a small lyre and a Ney-Taki (from South of Iran). In free improvisation, I attempt to make each event distinct while maintaining a strong structure using sounds and silent moments.

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Solo improvisation concert - Irvine, California, xMPL theater hall, 2020.

Title - The End of the Story

Piano/composer - Adib Ghorbani, Violin and Electronics - soheilshay, Bass - jobergerac , Drums - aknudsrod,

2017, Niavaran, Tehran, Iran

Piano - Adib Ghorbani, Kamancheh - Mohammad Karbalaei

2019, Pars Hall, Tehran, Iran

Waeli Wang improvising on a piece by Adib G. and Soheil Shayesteh

You can find the music here.

This is a live recording that took place via the internet between two sites. One in Amsterdam and the other in California.

Performing in Irvine, California, Adib Ghorbani - piano, Performing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Soheil Shayesteh - Kamancheh

Clowny Sky is a multidisciplinary project involving music, mime and the technology of motion sensors. In this piece the principal performer is equipped with gloves which have embedded motion sensors and his hand movements produce the music required for the performance. The story of 'Clowny Sky' tells the story of an elderly clown who refuses to perform for his masters.The narrative refers to the discriminations against performers in totalitarian societies.

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2019 - Winifred Smith Hall, University of California, Irvine

Eight Musical Skits for Pianist and Electronicist is an interdisciplinary project involving theater, music and technology. The score consists of improvised music, pre-composed music and acting. These skits focus on subjects including today’s sociopolitical issues, immigration and contemporary artistry.

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Performed in SLSA Conference 2019, Irvine, California

UCI Brain is an academic initiative that fosters interdisciplinary interactions about our understanding of the brain. During the UCI Brain launch event in November 2019, the Claire Trevor School of the Arts participated in a demonstration to help illuminate one of the initiative’s cross-cutting themes centered on the arts entitled, The Artistic Brain.

My project studies the immersion level of the audience in two different types of music performances wherein one the audience is passive and in the other active. For this experiment, I composed a piece in two parts. The first part is a solo piano improvisation wherein the audience is passive and the second part is a musical improvisatory game that engages the audience to make music altogether.

PhD thesis, Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology program

2020, UC Irvine, California.