Maestro Majid Entezami will conduct a concert of the 150-piece orchestra on October 29 at the Espinas Palace Hotel in Tehran. The concert will feature memorable works he created for Iranian films and television series.
Among the pieces to be performed are 'Kolah Pahlavi', 'From Karkheh to Rhein', 'The Glass Agency', 'The Scent of Joseph’s Shirt', 'The Insane Flew Away', 'Kani Manga', 'Men of Anjelos', 'Duel', 'Once Upon a Time, Cinema', 'The Eagles', 'Zaal and Simorgh', 'The Train', 'The Wolves', and 'The Symphony of the Epic of Khorramshahr', reports Honaronline.
In 2023, veteran composer and conductor Entezami held a concert titled 'Along with Memories'. During this performance, he presented a selection of his works accompanied by the National Orchestra of Iran at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran. His appearance on stage, which followed an 11-year hiatus, was met with great enthusiasm from the audience, and the concert was extended to several shows.
Entezami, who is also a flutist and is 78 years old, has composed music for over 80 films, 10 television series, and 10 symphonic suites. He holds the record for the most 'Crystal Simorgh' awards in the 'Best Original Soundtrack' category at the Fajr International Film Festival.
He studied at the State University of West Berlin under the guidance of Karl Steins and Lothar Koch in 1968. From 1969 to 1972, he performed with the Berlin University Symphony Orchestra in Lyon, Nancy, and Marseille, where he gave successful concerts.
In 1973, Entezami arrived in Iran at the invitation of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra and performed as a solo flutist in a successful Mozart concert conducted by Helge Dors. He then returned to Germany, becoming a member of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Westdeutsche Philharmonie.
In 1974, he joined the Tehran Symphony Orchestra and also became a lecturer at the Tehran Conservatory and the Faculty of Music at the University of Tehran. In 1976, he performed two flute recitals with Lussett Martirosian on piano and harpsichord, and with Ivan Pristas on bassoon, as well as a concert with the Les Jeunesses Musicales de l’Iran orchestra, conducted by Ali Rahbari and Valodie Tarhaniyan, as a soloist on viola d'amore.
Despite being the son of the renowned Iranian actor Ezzatollah Entezami, Majid's entry into the film industry was his own choice.
He possesses a deep understanding of the picture and always strives to convey the untold essence of the story. He also has experience working with various styles, which gives his portfolio diversity—from comedies to epic war films.
Entezami's music is orchestral and based on Western classical music, but it incorporates Iranian instruments and unusual rhythms that give his works an oriental flavor. He believes that every theme and musical color in his work has a rational explanation in the plot, as music, in his opinion, reveals that part of the story that has not yet been told in the film.