Alma Samimi Mofakham, Iranian Opera Singer and Pedagogue, was born in 1984 in Tehran in one of the most famous artistic dynasties in her homeland, Iran. Her father, Kambiz Samimi Mofakham a children and young adults’theatre and TV director, actor and puppeteer, and her mother, HengamehMofid is a children’s theatre dramatist, director and university tutor.
Alma began her studies in western classical and Persian Classical singing at Tehran Conservatory (2002-2004) and continued in Germany(2004) where earned her B.A. in Vocal Pedagogy (2009) and M.A.in Singing (2010) fromThe National Conservatory of Cologne (Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln).In 2007 she received the scholarship from the Richard Wagner-Verband.
She has also attended several master courses with internationally renowned singers, Barbara Schlick, Brigitte Lindner, Zdenka Kloubová, Josef Protschka, Tom Krause and Helena Kaupová.

As a member of the Düsseldorfer Operettee.V. (2006 – 2007) She performed and sang as Jette in the operetta "The Bird Seller - Der Vogelhändler".
Alma has given many Performances in Opera or Operetta and performances of contemporary music, Song concerts, in Germany, Cyprus, Prag, Armenia, France and Italy. 
Since 2012 she lives In Prague - Czech Republik and is a Member of Opera Studio “Tichá Opera” as Soloist. 
She sang as Solist  in the role of Katuška  in the Opera “Divadlo za branou” by B. Martinu at the State Opera Praha in 2012; And in 2013 she sang as Clarice in the Opera “Il mondo della luna“ by Josef Haydn.
beside her main occupation as a singer and performer, Alma works pedagogue and has been teaching since 2011 (Musik School Allegro in Düsseldorf / Germany) and  Since 2012 she works as tutor at the Music Akademi Praha and  Prague German School.	



The music of Iranian composer/performer, Idin Samimi Mofakham (*1982) is deeply based on the traditional and regional music of his home country. Since 2015, He develops his own musical language based on the medieval Persian tuning systems, just intonation and Psychoacoustics.

Since 2019, Idin holds a PhD in Artistic Research position at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo (Norway), pursuing his research on Persian medieval tuning systems and its creative usage in contemporary composition.

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