Background
Mariam grew up in Gateshead, England, playing the classical piano.
Mariam grew up in Gateshead, England, playing the classical piano.
Mariam works predominantly with turntables, piano, vocals and electronics. Life and She first developed an interest in DJing at the age of fifteen and began writing music at this time. Her interest in writing with turntables developed a little while later, as she was competing in local and national DJ competitions.
Mariam Rezaei is the Musical Director of NOISESTRA, a turntable ensemble of young people who are residents at the Old Police House in Gateshead.
She is also the musical director of Northern Proud Voices, an LBGT choir based in Newcastle. She is currently researching the poetry of the Persian poet, Rumi, and the aesthetic of the Lion as Ego, the dichotomy between Intellect and Love and its relationship with Artist
Foreign the Cultural Olympiad, she composed for NOISESTRA, to perform with Apartment House at the Sage Gateshead, and Edinburgh in 2013. She was invited by Ilan Volkov as a guest improviser for the British Broadcasting Corporation Proms 47 in, at the John Cage Centenary Celebration.
She performed ‘Jig Hop’ with Kathryn Tickell and Folkestra for the British Telecom River of Music Festival as part of the Cultural Olympiad, in Trafalgar Square.
With support from Arts Council England, Mariam began the first ever composer residency at the Literary and Philosophical Society Library, Newcastle, in May, working with Neil Davidson (Glasgow), Rhodri Davies (Gateshead) and Michael Duch (Norway) in short term research projects.
ANX’ was a commission for TECTONICS GLASGOW and the British Broadcasting Corporation, for members of the British Broadcasting Corporation SSO and Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, premiered on May 1 and broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3.