Woman, Life, Freedom. Music – Idin Samimi Mofakham

IdinSamimiMofakham – Iranian composer & performer based currently in Oslo, Norway, in conversation with Roman Czura (Karol Szymanowski Katowice Music Academy). 
Idin's Website: http://www.idin-samimi.com/

00:40 Becoming the first Iranian Black Metal singer? – Idin introducing himself (background & education)
[19:35 Diverging a bit away from our musical topics, discussing language issues between the likes of Farsi, Arabian, Middle-Iranian...]
28:00 Idin about his Ph.D. thesis (research on medieval Iranian music theory, tuning systems)   
42:33 / 46:41 How present is Iranian Classical music today? / Growing up in an environment of microtonality and modality
56:54 More specific on Iranian Classical Music (Dastgah/Radif)
1:06:15 Creating a harmonic system based on the traditional musical frameworks of Iran
1:21:05 On Idins original concept of Holographic music
1:31:45 "Chords of our time" – about the role and possible social impact of music in the context of the Iranian revolution

This conversation was originally recorded on February 10th, 2023. Our podcast features conversations with contemporary composers and other musicians or people involved in music in this or another way, interchanging, depending on our guests, in Polish and English. If You wish to support our channel, please comment, rate us, give us a thumbs up and subscribe.

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