Gity Razaz

Gity Razaz is an American composer of Iranian origin. She has written music for symphony orchestra, opera, ballet, chamber ensemble, and solo instrumentalist, as well as pieces with multimedia and electroacoustic elements. Life and career Gity Razaz began her classical training at the age of seven, and graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music composition from The Juilliard School where she studied with John Corigliano, Samuel Adler, and Robert Beaser. She was the composer-in-residence at the inaugural season of National Sawdust from 2016 to 2017. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Corigliano has called her a “unique composer whose ‘Middle-Eastern roots have merged with her Western sensibilities to produce music that is both original and startling. She is on her way to becoming a major force in contemporary music.’” Her music has been described by The New York Times as “ravishing and engulfing” and possessing “an uncompromising beauty” by BBC Music Magazine. Razaz’s music has been performed throughout the United States and internationally, including at London’s Royal Albert Hall for the Last Night of the 2021 BBC Proms, Carnegie Hall, National Sawdust, The Jerome L.