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Gā'hān : for three instruments and electronics / Idin Samimi Mofakham
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players) with multimedia
Scoring:
instr tape
Darkness is your candle : for large ensemble / Idin Samimi Mofakham
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl-b cl-b sax-b cfg h trp trb tb 3perc acc str
Nafir : for contrabass quartet, orchestra and electronics / Idin Samimi Mofakham
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Double bass and orchestra
Scoring:
4db-solo 3fl(picc) 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 3tpt 3trb(trb-b) tb timp 2perc str
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Nafir : for contrabass quartet, orchestra and electronics / Idin Samimi Mofakham
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Double bass and orchestra
Scoring:
4db-solo 3fl(picc) 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 3tpt 3trb(trb-b) tb timp 2perc str
composer
Samimi Mofakham, Idin
The music of Iranian composer/performer Idin Samimi Mofakham (b. 1982) is deeply rooted in the traditional and regional music of his home country. Since 2015, he has been developing his own musical language based on non-Western tuning systems, just intonation and psychoacoustics. In 2023 he received his PhD from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo with a research thesis on medieval tuning systems from Iran and their creative use in contemporary composition.
Since 2013, Idin has been the co-founder and artistic manager of Spectro Centre for New Music. Between 2015 and 2019, he was a board member and senior curator of the Tehran Contemporary Music Festival, the only international festival focusing on contemporary and experimental music in Iran. He plays in the experimental band Spectro Duo, which he founded with his wife, composer Martyna Kosecka. Their musical focus is on drone, noise, beat phenomena, glitch, field recording transformation, microtonality and oriental modalities.
Idin’s music has been performed or recorded by ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, S.E.M Ensemble, Hermes Ensemble, Omnibus Ensemble, Moto Perpetuo, AuditivVokal Dresden, Momenta Quartet, IAMA Trio, Ostravská Banda, Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, Xelmya Trio, Oslo Sinfonietta, Abbyss Quartet and, in Iran, most notably by Nivak Ensemble and Nilper Orchestra.