Salam Riazy was born in 1982. He is a graduate of Heidelberg University of Music Therapy, Worms Sound Academy, Tehran University of Arts Faculty of Music and Tehran Free University Faculty of Language and Literature. Riazy is a poet, composer, music therapist and sound therapist, his experience as editor of the monthly magazine “Gozaresh Musighi” (per.: music report) can also be referred to. This artist has also published numerous articles in the field of music and music therapy in various magazines and newspapers.
Salam Riazy is known for the model “Consistency of Memory; A preventive music therapy program for the fading memory”. He also introduced “tuning fork therapy” in Iran and developed the “changeTan” instrument. His other activities include translating from English into Farsi, launching the philosophical poetry collection “Barely More Empty” by Greek poet Andreas A. Georgalidis in summer 2021 with the support of Patizeh Publishing House.
He has released three music albums: “zwischen null”, “Piadeh”, and “Az Bushehr”.
Music therapeutic activities
Since 2022
Music therapist
At the “Helios Klinikum Emil von Behring”, Berlin
Active and receptive music therapy in palliative medicine and geriatrics
Music therapist
At the “Pro Seniore” Eichborndamm, Berlin
Active and receptive music therapy with people with motor and cognitive disorders
2021
Music therapist and sound therapist
Own practice for music therapy and sound therapy, Iran
Receptive music therapy and sound therapy to accompany and support the processing of illnesses
2020
Concept design of changeTan
A music therapy side instrument
A significant transfer of vibrations to the body, Iran
2019
Leader for music therapy promotion
Implementation of “journey and sound” in nature, Iran
Active and receptive music therapy in the areas of vitality and affectivity
2018
Music therapist and sound therapist
Introduction of sound puncture and sound massage, Vietnam
Receptive sound therapy with tuning fork
2016 – 2019
Head of music therapy promotion
Conducting workshops on prevention and health culture at home and abroad
Support for health-promoting development processes
2017
Development of the Consistency of Memory model
A preventative, music therapy program for fading memory, Heidelberg/Germany
2016 – 2018
Music therapist and social care worker
In the retirement home “Maria Von Graimberg Haus”, Heidelberg
Accompaniment of people with dementia
Head of music therapy support
Running a drum circle for people with intellectual disabilities and autism at “Communi-Care”, Heidelberg
Active music therapy to brighten the mood and increase mental and physical activity
2015
Music therapist and social care worker
At the “Agaplesion Bethanien Lindenhof”, Heidelberg
Active and receptive music therapy support for dementia patients
2014 – 2015
Music therapist
At the “Stadtresidenz Heidelberg”, Heidelberg
Active and receptive music therapy support for dementia patients
2014
Seminar leader for music therapy support
Mukö
Through music to harmony in your own body, worldwide
2013
Research on “Zār”
In ethnomusicotherapy ritual from Khārg, an island in the Persian Gulf
Music therapeutic effect on symptoms of schizophrenia, Germany
2012 – 2013
Co-therapist
For adolescents with behavioral problems at the “Stiftung Rehabilitation Heidelberg”, Heidelberg
Active music therapy to promote self-perception and perception of others
Internship
In the field of neurology, rehabilitation and cancer, Austria
Artistic activities
2022
German and Persian poetry reading with music performance
Worldwide reading
At the invitation of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the Free University of Berlin
2021
Publication of the book
“barely more empty”
A poetry translation from English into Farsi, Iran
2017
Publication of the album
Az Bushehr
Audio landscape from the south of Iran, Germany/Iran
2016
Film music
Composition
Pouya by Shahbaz Noshir – received more than fourteen international awards
Release of the album
Piade
A feeling of dance and movement, Germany
Piano concerto
John Cage
In the music series “Musik nach Maaß”, Heidelberg
Piano concert
Improvisation
For the “Professional Association of Preventologists”, Hanover
Performance of an improvisation project
Metamorphosis by Ovid
For instrumentalists, singers, dancers, actors, poets, painters and filmmakers, Berlin
2015
Release of the album zwischen null
Improvisation with Fares Ishaq, Germany
Film music
Composition and performance
The Immigrant by Charlie Chaplin
14th Silent Film Festival in Heidelberg
Improvisation
Duet piano and clarinet
At the Stadtresidenz Heidelberg (with Fares Ishaq), Germany
2014
Arrangement
Songs from “Maalula”
For the non-profit association for the support of Maaloula in Syria, Heidelberg
Film music
Composition and performance
Hadji-Agha The Cinema Actor by Ovanes Ohanian
13th Silent Film Festival in Heidelberg
Skills
Specialized knowledge
School and university degrees
Risk management
Language skills
Additional qualifications
Team player
Creative
Empathy
Charisma
Intelligence
Competences
Certification and membership as a music therapist in the German Music Therapy Society (DMtG), Berlin
Certified Neurological Music Therapy (NMT), USA/Netherlands
Certification in Integrative Validation (according to Richard), Heidelberg
Certification respectare – accompanying, meeting and touching in care and therapy, Heidelberg
Membership of the Honar Credit Fund
Languages
Persian
Studies
2020 – 2021
Diploma and certification as a tuning fork sound therapist at the Klangakademiestimmgabeln, Worms
2011 – 2013
Master’s degree in music therapy at the Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences
2006 – 2009
Master’s degree in music composition at Tehran University of Arts, Iran
2001 – 2006
Bachelor’s degree in Kiswahili language and literature at Azad University in Tehran, Iran
My story and music
My love for music began in my childhood. I went to kindergarten where I started learning the alphabet of music under the guidance of Mr. Masoud Shahini and an instrument called keybord – at that time everyone called it organ – in Bushehr. He was my first music teacher.
During my primary school years, I had classical piano lessons for a while with Mr. Asghar Ghorbani. In middle school, I joined the school choirs and played piano and keyboard as a musician. Later I became familiar with saxophone, clarinet, trumpet and bass drums. Along the way, I also played local Bushehr instruments such as Dammam, Zarb, Dayereh and Senj at events. This allowed me to gain stage experience in various forms. We know that a stage performance or concert is a prerequisite for any musician. I am glad that I had this experience in my youth. During that time, Mr. Saeed Ahmadi and Mr. Ali Reza Rezaei were my mentors and motivators. When I entered high school, my musical activity decreased and I developed an interest in poetry and literature. After preparing for university studies, I fell in love with playing the saxophone and started learning it in Tehran in the lessons of the late Mr. Parviz Shahbazi. At his suggestion, I learned music theory under the guidance of his old friend, Colonel Ahmadvand, a military music teacher.
One summer afternoon on the island of Kish, I met a musician and thanks to music we became friends. He took me to Mr. Hamidreza Dibazar in Tehran and with him I learned listening comprehension, music analysis, basics of music, harmony, counterpoint, form and composition to study at the university. On his recommendation, I took the basics of music performance and creation in Iranian music with Mr. Sharif Lotfi and for solfege and music dictation with Mr. Amir Eslami. Thanks to the encouragement of these three men of honor, I studied composition at the Faculty of Music at Tehran University of the Arts in the master’s program. In addition to studying with these outstanding professors of the faculty, Mr. Ahmad Pejman, Mr. Nader Mashayekhi and Mr. Mehran Rouhani have had the greatest influence on me.
Before entering the university, Mr. Ali Reza Afshar prepared me for the piano repertoire of the four music conservatories. During this period, my cousin Soroosh Riazi, a musician and music critic, and I, with the help of music, obtained permission to publish the music magazine “Gozareshe Musighi” from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, although several years had passed since the application was submitted. My official role in the magazine was that of editor-in-chief; of course, I also wrote articles and conducted interviews. Simultaneously with the ups and downs of magazine business and student life, I started teaching history and music theory, solfege and instrumentology at Tehran Conservatory and Applied Science University.
All this time I was busy composing music for movies, theater and albums and performing concerts in different venues.My story and music therapy
Following an invitation from Mr. Afshin Yadollahi, a psychiatrist and lyricist, I attended a workshop titled “Transformation In Being” organized by the late Farhad Gharib, a film director and psychologist, in Tehran. Although this workshop had no connection to music, it became a turning point in my life. Why? Because the question arose, what does music have in itself that affects the human body and soul?
My story and music
My love for music began in my childhood. I went to kindergarten where I started learning the alphabet of music under the guidance of Mr. Masoud Shahini and an instrument called keybord – at that time everyone called it organ – in Bushehr. He was my first music teacher.
During my primary school years, I had classical piano lessons for a while with Mr. Asghar Ghorbani. In middle school, I joined the school choirs and played piano and keyboard as a musician. Later I became familiar with saxophone, clarinet, trumpet and bass drums. Along the way, I also played local Bushehr instruments such as Dammam, Zarb, Dayereh and Senj at events. This allowed me to gain stage experience in various forms. We know that a stage performance or concert is a prerequisite for any musician. I am glad that I had this experience in my youth. During that time, Mr. Saeed Ahmadi and Mr. Ali Reza Rezaei were my mentors and motivators. When I entered high school, my musical activity decreased and I developed an interest in poetry and literature. After preparing for university studies, I fell in love with playing the saxophone and started learning it in Tehran in the lessons of the late Mr. Parviz Shahbazi. At his suggestion, I learned music theory under the guidance of his old friend, Colonel Ahmadvand, a military music teacher.
One summer afternoon on the island of Kish, I met a musician and thanks to music we became friends. He took me to Mr. Hamidreza Dibazar in Tehran and with him I learned listening comprehension, music analysis, basics of music, harmony, counterpoint, form and composition to study at the university. On his recommendation, I took the basics of music performance and creation in Iranian music with Mr. Sharif Lotfi and for solfege and music dictation with Mr. Amir Eslami. Thanks to the encouragement of these three men of honor, I studied composition at the Faculty of Music at Tehran University of the Arts in the master’s program. In addition to studying with these outstanding professors of the faculty, Mr. Ahmad Pejman, Mr. Nader Mashayekhi and Mr. Mehran Rouhani have had the greatest influence on me.
Before entering the university, Mr. Ali Reza Afshar prepared me for the piano repertoire of the four music conservatories. During this period, my cousin Soroosh Riazi, a musician and music critic, and I, with the help of music, obtained permission to publish the music magazine “Gozareshe Musighi” from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, although several years had passed since the application was submitted. My official role in the magazine was that of editor-in-chief; of course, I also wrote articles and conducted interviews. Simultaneously with the ups and downs of magazine business and student life, I started teaching history and music theory, solfege and instrumentology at Tehran Conservatory and Applied Science University.
All this time I was busy composing music for movies, theater and albums and performing concerts in different venues.My story and music therapy
Following an invitation from Mr. Afshin Yadollahi, a psychiatrist and lyricist, I attended a workshop titled “Transformation In Being” organized by the late Farhad Gharib, a film director and psychologist, in Tehran. Although this workshop had no connection to music, it became a turning point in my life. Why? Because the question arose, what does music have in itself that affects the human body and soul?
My story and music therapy
Following an invitation from Mr. Afshin Yadollahi, a psychiatrist and lyricist, I attended a workshop titled “Transformation In Being” organized by the late Farhad Gharib, a film director and psychologist, in Tehran. Although this workshop had no connection to music, it became a turning point in my life. Why? Because the question arose, what does music have in itself that affects the human body and soul?
I delved into questions of this nature and found “music therapy” as the answer; a phenomenon whose ritual practice has existed in our region in the south of Iran for about two centuries. I decided to pursue this seriously and scientifically. I insisted on studying music therapy at university and as an independent academic subject. Such a course did not exist in Iranian universities and had not been defined until today.
So I went to Germany and finally completed a degree course in music therapy at Heidelberg University. The theoretical studies and internships in the field of music therapy fundamentally changed my view of music.
During my studies, Mr. Thomas Keems had the greatest influence on me. After graduating, I specialized in music therapy for seniors at the Agaplesion Academy and in music therapy for autism at Communi-Care Heidelberg and worked as a professional music therapist. Later I obtained a specialized Master in Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) at the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy in the Netherlands under the guidance of Mr. Michael Thaut, the founder of this technique. After several years of continuous work, I received official international recognition (DMtG) as a music therapist from the German Music Therapy Society.
In a later phase, I concentrated on the subject of sound and the expression of sounds, vibrations and acoustic frequencies. I therefore attended a practical course at the Klangwerkstatt in Berlin and trained in the construction of therapeutic instruments under the guidance of Bernhard Deutz. As a result, I developed the “changeTan” therapy instrument in Iran.
I also completed a specialized course in the technique of “Tuning Fork Therapy” at the Klangakademie Worms in Germany under the guidance of Georg Garbowski and expanded my professional activities as a sound therapist.
After that, I introduced tuning fork therapy for the first time in Iran and implemented it in theoretical and practical activities.
Since the summer of 2022, I have been working in palliative medicine and psychiatry.
