CEO Luxonaria GmbH

Hassan Zanjirani Farahani (BA, MA, MA) is an Iranian-Austrian art collector, media artist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Qom, raised in Tehran, he completed his academic education in Vienna and Linz. His family roots lie in Farahan—a region known for its historic Sarouk and Ziegler carpets—and in Qom, world-famous for some of the most precious silk carpets in the world. His father was a carpet designer and calligrapher since childhood, and his mother was an exceptionally talented carpet weaver who worked in Farahan and Qom as a minor. Since 2017, he has been the managing director of the company Luxonaria GmbH in Vienna specializing in art restoration & trading. He studied piano, trumpet and clarinet at the Tehran Conservatory, worked as a pianist, clarinetist and trumpeter in various orchestras before moving to Vienna. He studied composition and music and media technology at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and Anton Bruckner University Linz and has taken numerous academic courses in sound recording, PA, computer music, media arts, acoustics and physics, lighting design, animation and graphics. Among his most important teachers are Andrew Weixler and Carol Bauckholt. He completed all studies in composition and music and media technology with distinction. His academic activities include music production, Media art, stage performance and music pedagogy as a guest lecturer at several music universities, including the Bruckner University and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, as well as at festivals such as the Ars Electronica Festival. As a performer and improviser, Hassan Zanjirani Farahani focuses on electroacoustic music, synthesizer and piano music. He performed at numerous international festivals among others ORF Music Protocol Graz (Austria), Mantova Chamber Music Festival (Italy), Ars Electronica Festival (Linz), Wien Modern (Vienna) on. He is also an improviser, performing at many festivals and venues such as Vienna Konzerthaus (Vienna), Vienna State Opera, Vienna Volksoper, Raimund Theater (Vienna), Ars Electronica Center, Helmut List Halle (Graz), Porgy & Bess (Vienna), Bruckner House (Linz) etc. played. His compositions are stylistically diverse. Most are pieces for piano, ensemble and live electronics. He has also written pieces for film, theatre, dance performance and music theatre. He deals with stage lighting, architectural lighting, projection, graphics, animation and visualization. In addition, he has already developed architectural installations worldwide, especially in Austria, Germany, the Emirates, Turkey, Iran etc. His professional field also includes educational activities such as university lectures and courses in composition, electronic music, digital audio workstation (DAW), sound synthesis, Light design, visualization and media art, etc. In addition to his musical activities, he works as a sound engineer, sound and light designer, music producer, graphic designer and VFX artist.