Sussan Deyhim
Is an award winning Iranian composer, vocalist, performance artist and activist. LA Times quotes her as "One of Iran's most potent voices in exile". And NY Times reviews her voice as "Her voice remains in your ears a long time after you have left the theater". Sussan can be heard on multiple award winning sound tracks including Argo, The Last Temptation of Christ and The Kite Runner among others. She has scored for multiple video works by artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat, including Turbulent the winner of Golden Lion at The Venice Biennial.
Her Stage production The House is Black Media Project has been presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Royce Hall/CAP UCLA and The Wallis. Other collaborations include U2, Peter Gabriel, Eve Ensler, Bobby McFerrin, Robert Egan and her longtime partner, composer and co-creator, Richard Horowitz.
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Live Events
La Belle et La Bete in Concert
La Belle et La Bête is Sussan Deyhim’s most recent recording project. The project brings together a compilation of vintage international romantic tunes and some original compositions. In this jazz-influenced cycle of songs, Sussan is collaborating with a stellar world-class...
The House is Black Media Stage Production
The House is Black Media Stage Production The House is Black The House is Black is Sussan Deyhim’s media-film-performance project, inspired by the works of Forough Farrokhzad, one of Iran’s most influential feminist poets and filmmakers of the 20th Century....
Vocodeliks, Electronic Solo Vocal Concert
Vocodeliks, an electronic solo vocal concert event by Sussan Deyhim Incorporating the ancient mysticism of Middle Eastern music with the wizardry of modern technology, vocalist/composer/performance artist, Sussan Deyhim creates a haunting and lushly layered vocal performance in her cutting...
