Idin Samimi Mofakham

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.{{Cite web|title=Areon Flutes Commissioning Prize|url=https://areonflutes.com/areon-flutes-commissioning-prize|access-date=2020-09-29|website=Areon Flutes|language=en-US}}

Samimi Mofakham's compositions have been commissioned or selected and performed in different festivals by ensembles such as Klangforum Wien,{{Cite web|title=IMPULS: Academy 2019|url=http://www.impuls.cc/archives/academy-2019.html|access-date=2020-09-24|website=www.impuls.cc}} S.E.M Ensemble,{{Cite web|title=2015-16 Season|url=http://semensemble.org/2015-16-season|access-date=2020-09-24|website=semensemble.org}}{{Cite web|title=Ostrava Days in New York: Celebrating Christian Wolff's 80th birthday|url=https://roulette.org/event/new-york-ostrava-roulette/|access-date=2020-09-24|website=Roulette|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Gottschalk|first=Kurt|date=2014-04-02|title=Christian Wolff @ 80|url=https://brooklynrail.org/2014/04/music/christian-wolff-80|access-date=2020-09-24|website=The Brooklyn Rail|language=en-US}} Hermes Ensemble,{{Cite web|title=EMRUZ|url=https://hermesensemble.be/en/productions/emruz/|access-date=2020-09-24|website=HERMESensemble|language=en}} Omnibus Ensemble,{{Cite web|title=Музыка молодых композиторов Ирана и Узбекистана|url=http://www.omnibus-ensemble.asia/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=484&Itemid=252|access-date=2020-10-03|website=www.omnibus-ensemble.asia}} AuditivVokal Dresden,{{Cite web|title=Project: FREEDOM performances|url=https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/deutscheshaus/cultural-program/events/fall-2014/freedom.html}}{{Cite web|title=AuditivVokal Dresden in Czech Republic|url=http://www.musicolomouc.cz/recenze/2017/OperaPlus-19.9.-17.10.2017.pdf}} Momenta Quartet,{{Cite web|title=The Kitchen: MATA: 17th Annual Festival of New Music|url=https://thekitchen.org/event/mata-17th-annual-festival-of-new-music|access-date=2020-09-24|website=thekitchen.org}}{{Cite web|last=Norris|first=Lana|date=2017-07-25|title=MATA's Inaugural New Music from the Islamic World|url=https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2017/07/mata-new-music-from-the-islamic-world/|access-date=2020-09-24|website=I CARE IF YOU LISTEN|language=en-US}} IAMA Trio,{{Cite web|title=Unerhörte Musik - Deutschlands einzige wöchentliche Konzertreihe für neue Musik|url=http://www.unerhoerte-musik.de/Dienstag-30-2019.html|access-date=2020-10-03|website=www.unerhoerte-musik.de}} National Symphonic Orchestra of Uzbekistan,{{Cite web|title="آیدین صمیمی مفخم"‌ در ازبکستان مسترکلاس برگزار می‌کند|url=http://musicema.com/node/361482|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Musicema.com|language=fa}} Ostravská Banda,{{Cite web|title="در ساحل لته" در فستیوال نودو شرکت می‌کند|url=http://musicema.com/node/279272|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Musicema.com|language=fa}} Stockholm Saxophone Quartet,{{Cite web|title=Konserter {{!}} Stockholm Saxophone Quartet|url=https://stockholmsax.com/en/konserter|access-date=2020-10-03|website=stockholmsax.com}} Nivak Ensemble{{Cite web|title=Publications – Nivak Ensemble|url=http://www.nivakensemble.com/?page_id=11|access-date=2020-10-03|language=en-US}} and Nilper Orchestra, and has been a participant of many interviews{{Cite web|title=سخنرانی و اجرای "مارتینا کوسِسکا" و "آیدین صمیمی‌مفخم" در چین|url=http://musicema.com/node/360389|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Musicema.com|language=fa}}{{Cite web|title=ما مثل یک تیم ورزشی همیشه به پیشرفت فکر می‌کنیم|url=http://musicema.com/node/340214|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Musicema.com|language=fa}}{{Cite web|title=آثار آیدین صمیمی‌مفخم در لهستان، چک و اتریش اجرا می‌شوند|url=http://musicema.com/node/320179|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Musicema.com|language=fa}} and lectures{{Cite web|title=آیدین صمیمی مفخم|url=http://gozaracademy.com/آیتم%20نمونه%20کار/%d8%a2%db%8c%d8%af%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%b5%d9%85%db%8c%d9%85%db%8c-%d9%85%d9%81%d8%ae%d9%85/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=گذر موسیقی|language=fa-IR}}{{Cite web|date=2019-12-02|title=ویلن، از نوا تا نقد و دیدار در تالار شهر رشت|url=https://www.irna.ir/news/83577794/ویلن-از-نوا-تا-نقد-و-دیدار-در-تالار-شهر-رشت|access-date=2020-10-03|website=ایرنا|language=fa}}{{Cite news|title=جشنواره سی‌و‌سوم موسیقی فجر، اجراهای مهم و محدود کردن اجراهای زنان|language=fa|work=BBC News فارسی|url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/arts-42649948|access-date=2020-10-03}}{{Cite web|title=آیدین صمیمی مفخم|url=https://taranemusic.com/en/%d8%a2%db%8c%d8%af%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%b5%d9%85%db%8c%d9%85%db%8c-%d9%85%d9%81%d8%ae%d9%85/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=آموزشگاه موسیقی ترانه|language=en-US}} in his home country, covered by one of the most important Iranian music journals, Musice Ma, Music Report Monthly{{Cite web|title=Magiran {{!}} ماهنامه گزارش موسیقی، پیاپی 96 (بهمن 1396)|url=https://www.magiran.com/volume/125833|access-date=2020-10-03|website=www.magiran.com}} and Musice Iranian.{{Cite web|date=2018-01-09|title=ساخته "آیدین صمیمی مفخم"|url=https://musiceiranian.ir/167089-mu-2125.html|access-date=2020-10-03|website=موسیقی ایرانیان|language=fa-IR}} Published by Tehran Records in 2017 album "Concertos"{{Cite web|title=گلادیاتور تنهایی که رو در روی شیرهای درنده ایستاده است|url=http://musicema.com/node/337465|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Musicema.com|language=fa}} has been nominated in 2017 for the Musicema Awards in the category of the best album of the year.{{Cite web|last=کادانس|date=2018-04-22|title=بهترین آلبوم‌ های ۹۶ به انتخاب اورسی و کادانس|url=https://owrsi.com/%d8%a8%d9%87%d8%aa%d8%b1%db%8c%d9%86-%d8%a2%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%88%d9%85-%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-96/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=مجله فرهنگی اورسی|language=fa-IR}}

His chamber opera At the Waters of Lethe{{Cite web|title=At the Waters of Lethe {{!}} Opera {{!}} THE NATIONAL MORAVIAN - SILESIAN THEATRE|url=https://www.ndm.cz/en/opera/inscenation/4077-at-the-waters-of-lethe/|access-date=2020-09-24|website=www.ndm.cz}} 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.{{Cite web|last=web-evolution|title=Festival NODO - Dny nové opery Ostrava {{!}} Ostravské centrum nové hudby|url=http://www.newmusicostrava.cz/cz/nezarazene-clanky/1826-festival-nodo-dny-nove-opery-ostrava.html|access-date=2020-09-24|website=www.newmusicostrava.cz|language=cs}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Official syllabus for composition department, University of Applied Science and Technology|url=http://curriculums.uast.ac.ir/Archive/New/Ksh/fa/ksh.fa.34.pdf}} 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.{{Cite web|date=2016-04-16|title=جزییات برگزاری اولین فستیوال موسیقی معاصر/ خارجی‌ها می‌آیند|url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/3599425/جزییات-برگزاری-اولین-فستیوال-موسیقی-معاصر-خارجی-ها-می-آیند|access-date=2020-09-29|website=خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency|language=fa}}{{Cite web|title=3rd International Tehran Contemporary Music Festival|url=https://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/2106975/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86|access-date=2020-09-29|website=www.iribnews.ir}}{{Cite web|title=افتتاح مراسم با "الواح پولادین"|url=http://musicema.com/node/346136|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Musicema.com|language=fa}}{{Cite web|title=اجرای جهانی آهنگساز ایرانی درکنار "یانیس زناکیس"|url=https://www.ilna.news/بخش-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1-6/376309-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3|access-date=2020-09-29|website=خبرگزاری ایلنا|language=fa}}

Altogether with Martyna Kosecka, he also performs in the ensemble of electroacoustic music called SpectroDuo.{{Cite web|date=2018-11-25|title=Music duo Kosecka, Samimi touring Europe|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/429873/Music-duo-Kosecka-Samimi-touring-Europe|access-date=2020-09-29|website=Tehran Times|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=SpectroDuo (IRÁN) {{!}} Atrium Žižkov|url=https://www.informuji.cz/akce/praha/111086-spectroduo-iran/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=Informuji.cz|language=cs-CZ}}{{Cite web|title=Putujući zvučni festival|url=https://kulturpunkt.hr/content/putujuci-zvucni-festival|access-date=2020-09-29|website=kulturpunkt|date=18 February 2016 }}{{Cite news|date=November 26, 2018|title=Music duo Kosecka, Samimi touring Europe|work=[Tehran Times]|url=https://media.mehrnews.com/d/2018/11/25/0/2965885.pdf}}{{Cite web|title=تور پروژه‌ "زیج" آغاز شد / آیدین صمیمی مفخم: موسیقی معاصر در اروپا طرفداران زیادی دارد|url=http://www.honaronline.ir/بخش-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C-5/127058-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%98%D9%87-%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%AC-%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B5%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%81%D8%AE%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF|access-date=2020-09-29|website=خبرگزاری هنر ایران|language=fa}}

Since 2019, Samimi Mofakham resides in Norway and conducts an artistic research at the Norwegian Academy of Music.{{Cite web|title=Idin Samimi Mofakham|url=https://nmh.no/en/contact-us/employees/idin-samimi-mofakham|access-date=2020-09-24|website=NMH|language=en}}

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