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Idin Samimi Mofakham

Idin Samimi Mofakham (b. 1982; Persian: آیدین صمیمی مفخم) is an Iranian composer, born in 1982 to Hengameh Mofid and Kambiz Samimi Mofakham. He is married to Polish composer, Martyna Kosecka.[1]

Idin Samimi Mofakham
آیدین صمیمی مفخم
Born1982 (age 41–42)
Tehran, Iran
OccupationComposer
SpouseMartyna Kosecka

Biography

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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.[2]

Samimi Mofakham's compositions have been commissioned or selected and performed in different festivals by ensembles such as Klangforum Wien,[3] S.E.M Ensemble,[4][5][6] Hermes Ensemble,[7] Omnibus Ensemble,[8] AuditivVokal Dresden,[9][10] Momenta Quartet,[11][12] IAMA Trio,[13] National Symphonic Orchestra of Uzbekistan,[14] Ostravská Banda,[15] Stockholm Saxophone Quartet,[16] Nivak Ensemble[17] and Nilper Orchestra, and has been a participant of many interviews[18][19][20] and lectures[21][22][23][24] in his home country, covered by one of the most important Iranian music journals, Musice Ma, Music Report Monthly[25] and Musice Iranian.[26] Published by Tehran Records in 2017 album "Concertos"[27] has been nominated in 2017 for the Musicema Awards in the category of the best album of the year.[28]

His chamber opera At the Waters of Lethe[29] 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.[30]

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.[31] 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.[32][33][34][35]

Altogether with Martyna Kosecka, he also performs in the ensemble of electroacoustic music called SpectroDuo.[36][37][38][39][40]

Since 2019, Samimi Mofakham resides in Norway and conducts an artistic research at the Norwegian Academy of Music.[41]

References

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  2. ^ "Areon Flutes Commissioning Prize". Areon Flutes. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  3. ^ "IMPULS: Academy 2019". www.impuls.cc. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
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  5. ^ "Ostrava Days in New York: Celebrating Christian Wolff's 80th birthday". Roulette. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  6. ^ Gottschalk, Kurt (2014-04-02). "Christian Wolff @ 80". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  7. ^ "EMRUZ". HERMESensemble. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  8. ^ "Музыка молодых композиторов Ирана и Узбекистана". www.omnibus-ensemble.asia. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  9. ^ "Project: FREEDOM performances".
  10. ^ "AuditivVokal Dresden in Czech Republic" (PDF).
  11. ^ "The Kitchen: MATA: 17th Annual Festival of New Music". thekitchen.org. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  12. ^ Norris, Lana (2017-07-25). "MATA's Inaugural New Music from the Islamic World". I CARE IF YOU LISTEN. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  13. ^ "Unerhörte Musik - Deutschlands einzige wöchentliche Konzertreihe für neue Musik". www.unerhoerte-musik.de. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  14. ^ ""آیدین صمیمی مفخم"‌ در ازبکستان مسترکلاس برگزار می‌کند". Musicema.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  15. ^ ""در ساحل لته" در فستیوال نودو شرکت می‌کند". Musicema.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  16. ^ "Konserter | Stockholm Saxophone Quartet". stockholmsax.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  17. ^ "Publications – Nivak Ensemble". Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  18. ^ "سخنرانی و اجرای "مارتینا کوسِسکا" و "آیدین صمیمی‌مفخم" در چین". Musicema.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  19. ^ "ما مثل یک تیم ورزشی همیشه به پیشرفت فکر می‌کنیم". Musicema.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  20. ^ "آثار آیدین صمیمی‌مفخم در لهستان، چک و اتریش اجرا می‌شوند". Musicema.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-03.
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  22. ^ "ویلن، از نوا تا نقد و دیدار در تالار شهر رشت". ایرنا (in Persian). 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  23. ^ "جشنواره سی‌و‌سوم موسیقی فجر، اجراهای مهم و محدود کردن اجراهای زنان". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-03.
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  25. ^ "Magiran | ماهنامه گزارش موسیقی، پیاپی 96 (بهمن 1396)". www.magiran.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  26. ^ "ساخته "آیدین صمیمی مفخم"". موسیقی ایرانیان (in Persian). 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  27. ^ "گلادیاتور تنهایی که رو در روی شیرهای درنده ایستاده است". Musicema.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  28. ^ کادانس (2018-04-22). "بهترین آلبوم‌ های ۹۶ به انتخاب اورسی و کادانس". مجله فرهنگی اورسی (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  29. ^ "At the Waters of Lethe | Opera | THE NATIONAL MORAVIAN - SILESIAN THEATRE". www.ndm.cz. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  30. ^ web-evolution. "Festival NODO - Dny nové opery Ostrava | Ostravské centrum nové hudby". www.newmusicostrava.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  31. ^ "Official syllabus for composition department, University of Applied Science and Technology" (PDF).
  32. ^ "جزییات برگزاری اولین فستیوال موسیقی معاصر/ خارجی‌ها می‌آیند". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  33. ^ "3rd International Tehran Contemporary Music Festival". www.iribnews.ir. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  34. ^ "افتتاح مراسم با "الواح پولادین"". Musicema.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  35. ^ "اجرای جهانی آهنگساز ایرانی درکنار "یانیس زناکیس"". خبرگزاری ایلنا (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  36. ^ "Music duo Kosecka, Samimi touring Europe". Tehran Times. 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  37. ^ "SpectroDuo (IRÁN) | Atrium Žižkov". Informuji.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  38. ^ "Putujući zvučni festival". kulturpunkt. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  39. ^ "Music duo Kosecka, Samimi touring Europe" (PDF). [Tehran Times]. November 26, 2018.
  40. ^ "تور پروژه‌ "زیج" آغاز شد / آیدین صمیمی مفخم: موسیقی معاصر در اروپا طرفداران زیادی دارد". خبرگزاری هنر ایران (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  41. ^ "Idin Samimi Mofakham". NMH. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
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