upcoming events
Saturday, February 21, 2026 - 7:30pm
Mari Kimura, Pamela Z, and Thea Farhadian in Concert
San Francisco, CA
Saturday, February 28, 2026 - 7:30 p.m.
h)3ar~ / Acciones Experimentales y Artes Sonoras
Joining A.H. Fork, guitarist/composer, for a duet set.
El Sindicato Centro Cultural Comunitario
Recreo 4, Centro, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Selected Past Events
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA)
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Chris Brown & Thea Farhadian - Solos and Duo Improvisation
West Oakland Sound Series | Oakland, CA
Chris Brown & Thea Farhadian improvisation
Southern Exposure Gallery | San Francisco, CA
Thea Farhadian and Silvia Matheus duo
Mosswood Sound Series | Oakland, CA
Thea Farhadian and Tim Perkis duo
Downtown Music Gallery | Chinatown, NYC
Solo Violin & Interactive Electronics & duo with Shelley Hirsch
Berkeley BART Station | Berkeley, CA
A New Sense of Place (site-specific sound installation)
Thea Farhadian and Dean Santomieri
Coaxial | Los Angeles, CA
Solo violin and interactive electronics improvised to video of Heike Liss
Adobe Books | San Francisco, CA
Quartet: Shelley Hirsch, Gino Robair, Thomas Dimuzio, Thea Farhadian
Garden of Memory Solstice Concert | Oakland, CA
Garden of Memory Solstice Concert
Center for New Music | San Francisco, CA
Quark Matters (Farhadian, Vinkeloe, Robinson, Reed, and Perkis)
Spektrum | Berlin
skratchklang: Heike Liss (visuals) & Thea Farhadian (violin) with featured artist Andrea Parkins (objects and electronics)
Active Music Series | Oakland, CA
Tim Perkis & Thea Farhadian Duo
Artist-Homes | Berlin
Thea Farhadian Solo & Alchimia Organica (Duo Bauer/Lucchese)
Spektrum | Berlin
Thea Farhadian Solo CD Release & Alchimia Organica (Duo Bauer/Lucchese)
Galeria Monumental | Lisbon
Solo Violin (acoustic) - Small Format Materials Festival
O’culto da Ajuda | Lisbon
with Ernesto Rodrigues, and ensemble
Galeria Monumental | Lisbon
Improvised Music Series - Quartet with Abdul Moimêm, Carlos Godinho Carlos Santos, Eduardo Chagas
San Francisco Electronic Music Festival | San Francisco
Solo Violin & Interactive Electronics
t-Berlin | Berlin
Trio with Tomomi Adachi, kriton b. and Thea Farhadian
Kühlspot Social Club | Berlin
Quartet with Tania Chen, Chris Heenan, Alexander Frangenheim & Thea Farhadian
Quiet Cue | Berlin
CD Release concert for eXcavations
Klaus Kürvers - doublebass, Thea Farhadian - violin
studioboerne45 | Berlin
With Hong Yoo, Jieun Kang, Floros Floridis, and Alexander Frangenheim.
Directed by Sandeep Bhagwati from MatraLab, Montreal.
Sowieso | Berlin
With Alexnder Frangenheim, Tom Arthurs, Samuel Hall, Nikalaus Neuser, & Richard Scott
The Vamp | Oakland, California
Tim Perkis & Thea Farhadian Duo
Kühlspot | Berlin
Klaus Kürvers & Thea Farhadian Duo
Montalvo Arts Center | Saratoga, CA
Solo Violin & Interactive Electronics
Berkeley Arts Festival | Berkeley, CA
Outsound Fundraiser
Duo with Amy X Neuburg
Quiet Cue | Berlin
Solo Violin & Interactive Electronics
T-Berlin | Berlin
DUO'S: Thea Farhadian & Klaus Küvers; Thea Farhadian & Dean Santomeri
Amsterdam Undercurrent XXX at K77 | Berlin
Satomeri-Farhadian Duo
House Concert | Berlin
Solo Violin & Interactive Electronics
Garden of Memory | Oakland, CA
Satomeri-Farhadian Duo
Meridian Gallery | San Francisco
Satomeri-Farhadian Duo
K77 - Curated by Amsterdam Underkurrent XXX | Berlin
Solo Violin & Electronics
Duo’s with Alexander Beierbach - Saxophone
Museum der Unerhörten Dinge | Berlin
Happening with Natalja Struve, Hanning Bransis & Alexander Beierbach - Saxophone
Galerie Mario Mazolli | Berlin
Solo Violin & Interactive Electronics
Room Series | San Francisco, CA
Solo Violin & Interactive Electronics
Salon Bruit | Berlin
Solo Laptop
German House | Sanaa', Yemen
Solo Performance, Sound Art Presentation
SAE Institute | Amman, Jordan
Artists’s Talk
Zenith Foundation | London
City University London
Volatile Frequencies: Topologies of Authority, Technology and Production in Contemporary Middle Eastern Music Practices. Artists' Talk.
Sowieso | Berlin
Solo Electronics
Madame Claude | Berlin
Solo Electronics
Soweiso | Berlin
Duo with Daniel Schorno (electronics)
Tom's Place | Berkeley, CA
Duo Pantomorf (Sweden) Kyle Bruckmann, and Tim Perkis
21 Grand | Oakland, CA
Bruce Ackley, Henry Kaiser, Eva Mendoza, Kanoko Nishi, Tim Perkis, Gino Robair
Center for New Music & Audio Technology | Berkeley, CA
SF Sound, Jane Rigler, and Phil Gelb
Audio Radio Village Nomade | Etavayer-le-lac, Switzerland
Voices From Behind The Veil
Salon Bruit | Berlin
Solo Electronics
Meridian Gallery | San Francisco, CA
Solo Performance, Tattoos and Other Markings
Columbia University | New York City
Speaking Beyond Living Room Walls:
The Armenian Diaspora & Its Discontents
Threading Cultural Space (PDF)
Beyond Living (PDF)
Women's Electroacoustic Listening Room | Fullerton, CA
California State University Fullerton
Tattoos and Other Markings, section 1 12:08
Issue Project Room | Brooklyn, NY
Tattoos and Other Markings, 29:00 (with Iron Dog)
International Women's Listening Room Project | Amsterdam
BIMhuis in the Muziekgebouw
Voices from Behind the Veil, 21:38
Excerpt from two-channel audio piece, 2004 (In English and Arabic)