Hello, my name is Joshua Kyan Aalampour. I’m a 23-year-old self-taught classical composer of Chinese and Persian descent. I’m not a classically trained musician and my passion for music began when I was 16 years old in 2017. I originally started out of spite because a piano teacher told me I'd never be able to play after I couldn't sight read at our first lesson. I wanted to prove her wrong, so I began practicing for an average of 6 hours a day using MIDI videos on the internet. However, within about 2 weeks I had accidentally composed something and became obsessed. I no longer cared for proving that teacher wrong because I had made a new lifelong friend - music. My life has completely changed since.

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I am also running a personal experiment with my art. I view life as a personal film, and my music serves as its score. Just as movies assign leitmotifs to characters and ideas, evolving them as the story unfolds, I’ve composed personal leitmotifs that represent different aspects of my life. These leitmotifs appear across my works—some recurring frequently, others emerging more subtly—but all are in constant development. My compositions are deeply self-referential and are filled with easter eggs. As I grow, so will these themes, evolving throughout my lifetime until the final note is played. I hope you enjoy my art.