Idin Samimi Mofakham (b. 1982;
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: آیدین صمیمی مفخم) is an
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composer
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, born in 1982 to
Hengameh Mofid
Hengameh Mofid (born 22 December 1955, ) is a prominent Iranian film and theatre actress, director, dramatist, musician and university tutor.
Life
She was born in January 1956 in Tehran, Iran. She is the youngest child of Gholamhossein Mofid, ...
and
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. He is married to Polish composer,
Martyna Kosecka.
Biography
He studied contemporary composition at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan with
Ashot Zohrabian as his professor.
In 2009, his piece "Pastorale" for flute trio won the first prize at the Areon Flutes International Composition Competition.
Samimi Mofakham's compositions have been commissioned or selected and performed in different festivals by ensembles such as
Klangforum Wien
The Klangforum Wien is an Austrian chamber orchestra, based in Vienna at the Konzerthaus, which specialises in contemporary classical music.
Founded by composer and conductor Beat Furrer in 1985, it is run on collective principles, having no o ...
,
S.E.M Ensemble, Hermes Ensemble, Omnibus Ensemble, AuditivVokal Dresden, Momenta Quartet, IAMA Trio, National Symphonic Orchestra of Uzbekistan, Ostravská Banda,
Stockholm Saxophone Quartet
The Stockholm Saxophone Quartet (sv: Stockholms Saxofonkvartett) is a Swedish saxophone quartet dedicated to contemporary music. They have commissioned and performed more than 700 pieces written by some of the most established composers in the wo ...
, Nivak Ensemble and Nilper Orchestra, and has been a participant of many interviews and lectures in his home country, covered by one of the most important Iranian music journals, Musice Ma, Music Report Monthly and Musice Iranian. Published by Tehran Records in 2017 album "Concertos" has been nominated in 2017 for the
Musicema Awards in the category of the best album of the year.
His chamber opera ''At the Waters of Lethe'' based on the libretto by Martyna Kosecka, was commissioned by Ostrava Center for New Music (OCNM) and performed at NODO / New Opera Days Ostrava 2016.
He has committed himself to the development of musical education system in Iran, establishing the department of music composition at the University of Applied Science and Technology in Tehran. His book The Harmonic Ear Training has been implemented as one of the teaching sources for ear training classes in Iran.
Since 2016, Idin Samimi Mofakham holds a position of artistic co-director to
Tehran Contemporary Music Festival.
Altogether with Martyna Kosecka, he also performs in the ensemble of electroacoustic music called SpectroDuo.
Since 2019, Samimi Mofakham resides in Norway and conducts an artistic research at the
Norwegian Academy of Music
The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the ...
.
References
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1982 births
Living people
Iranian composers
Iranian artists