Idin Samimi Mofakham + Martyna Kosecka + Atem Duo

At EMS Idin Samimi Mofakham and Martyna Kosecka will be working with Duo Atem, Sören Hermansson (horn) and Ivo Nilsson (trombone).

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 Orchestras and ensembles such as Norwegian Radio
Orchestra (KORK), Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO), National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan, Klangforum Wien, Microtub , POING, NyNorsk Messingkvintett, Explore Ensemble, Black Page Orchestra, AuditivVokal Dresden, Ostravská Banda, Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, Oslo Sinfonietta, Abbyss Quartet and, in Iran, most notably by Nivak Ensemble and Nilper Orchestra.

Martyna Kosecka’s music grows out of her interest in philosophy, physics, linguistics and the mythologies and fables of the world. She is a Polish composer, performer, conductor, curator and researcher in new music. In her projects she works with narratives, microtonality, symbolism and ritualism, by using multidisciplinary solutions. She emphasises the richness of transcultural relationships in art, drawing from the cultures of Iran, Poland and Norway, the countries she has connected through her life.
Since 2023, Martyna holds a Ph.D Research Fellow position at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo (Norway), pursuing her research on mini-opera and the role and treatment of women in contemporary society. Her compositions are published by Donemus Holland. Her music is performed at festivals and concerts around the world, including the International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn, rainy days festival, OstravaDays Festival or Music Biennale Zagreb.