Payman Mansouri is a freelance composer and pianist whose work focuses on contemporary music and intercultural sound languages. He completed his Master’s degree in Composition at the Musikhochschule Lübeck, studying with Katharina Rosenberger, and graduated with distinction. Previously, he studied composition with Dieter Mack and Houshang Ostovar, as well as piano at Tehran Azad University. He further developed his compositional practice through private studies, masterclasses, and workshops in composition, as well as orchestral and opera conducting.
His compositions have been performed internationally at festivals and renowned institutions, including the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Brahms Festival, and the European Hansemuseum Lübeck, as well as venues in Athens, Vienna, Denmark, and the United States. He has received numerous commissions for soloists and ensembles, including the Aktapha Ensemble and Ensemble Storstrøm. His recent premieres include works for ensemble, solo instruments, electronics, and performative formats.
Mansouri has received several awards and distinctions, including the Kulturfunk Prize of the Possehl Foundation. He is the winner of the Gilgamesh International Composition Competition and a finalist of the Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition.
At the center of his artistic practice is an exploration of microtonal and spectral structures, extended playing techniques, and the relationship between sound, space, language, and the body. His work brings together elements of different musical traditions with contemporary compositional techniques, creating individual and intercultural sound languages.Payman Mansouri lives now in Germany.