Composer Performance Links

"The Inspector" was performed in 2018 by the University of Houston’s Moores Opera Center and received recognition from the National Opera Association  with an award for outstanding opera production for “The Inspector,” a quirky, high-spirited opera,

The copy of the performance is featured on John Musto's website:

http://www.johnmusto.com/the-inspector.html

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Folk Songs (Set No. 12A) for Voice, String Quartet, and Piano, by Iranian Composer Reza Vali was performed in 2018 by soprano Maria Khoobyar, pianist Andrea Mut, and string quartet: Claire Niederberger and Cheng-Wei Hsieh on violin, Rui Li on Viola, and Hernan Campa on Cello.

A copy of this performance can be featured on Reza Vali's website:

https://www.rezavali.com/vef/load/4ce121b8321172e5b5306878b97b0eab?width=640&height=365

In 2019, an Opera America Funded workshop performance of Leanna Kirchoff's "Friday After Friday" was performed in NYC.  

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"FRIDAY AFTER FRIDAY is a one-act collage chamber opera amplifying the voices of Syrian women trapped by the ongoing war.  An all-female ensemble plays a multitude of characters conveying sisterhood and solidarity in the face of unspeakable horrors. The libretto draws from numerous sources: memoirs of native Syrian and Western-born female embedded journalists, documentaries, and interviews with a variety of Syrian citizens. Short vignettes of narratives, illuminating a range of political and personal perspectives, chart the role of women as an active galvanized force within the conflict."

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In 2021, arias from Friday After Friday won the IAWM (International Alliance for Women in Music) Miriam Gideon Prize.

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https://fridayafterfridayopera.com/home

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Performances from this production can be found at:

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https://fridayafterfridayopera.com/copy-of-videos-from-nyc-workshop

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Maria Khoobyar has been featured on many virtual performances of the Assyrian Arts Institute's AAI @ home series. In this feature, both Maria Khoobyar and Sveenie Betsgaris performed a special episode featuring  Dr. Freydun Bet-Abram Aturaya’s “Ya Nishra Tkhoumeh”

She continues her work with this organization helping bring an awareness of the many artists in the Assyrian community through song.