AMIR POURKHALAJI COMPOSER

PEJMAN KHALILI COMPOSER

Awards/Nominations/Honors

Amir Pourkhalaji امیر پورخلجی

Winner of the Barbad Award for Best Composer in the Contemporary Orchestral  Music category, 36th International Fajr Music Festival (Iran – 2021)

Winner of the award for best original score “One Person” (Nahal International Short Film Festival – 2019)

Winner of the award for best original score “Light Sight” (1st Enginuity International Film Festival, United States, Shepherdstown – 2017)

Award of recognition for best original music score animation short film by “Light Sight” (FICOCC _ Five Continents International Film Festival, Venezuela-2017) 

Nomination for best score “Light Sight” (2nd Revolution Me International Film Festival United States, New York – 2017)

Winner of the award for best original score “Light Sight” (13th Nahal International Short Film Festival Tehran – 2016)

Nomination for best score “Light Sight” (6th Southampton International Film Festival, England – 2016) 

Winner of the award for best original score “Light Sight” (18th Iran Cinema Celebration – 2016)

Nomination for Barbad Award for Best Classical Music Album of the Year (Iran – 2016)

Best music composer award in 25th International Fajr Music Festival (Iran – 2009) “Arash the Archer” Suite for Symphony Orchestra, performed and recorded by Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko at Kyiv House of Voice

Ferdowsi )Persian poet( Millennium Special Award for “Arash the Archer” Suite for Symphony Orchestra, performed and recorded by Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko at Kyiv House of Voice (Iran – 2009)

• “Top student” Master of Arts “MA” in music composition – Tehran University of Art (2009)

• 2nd rank in the field of music composition, in the Iranian university’s nationwide master’s degree program entrance examinations (2007)

• Member of Fajr Music Festival nominated group as Violin player (Iran – 2003)

• Winner of music group award in theater festival for “Chain & Wing” play (Iran – 1999)