Negin Zomorodi

Negin Zomorodi (; also as “Negin Zomorrodi”, ; born 22 April 1973 in Tehran) is an Iranian composer and pianist. Biography Negin Zomorodi was born in 1973 in Tehran. She began playing the piano at childhood under the instruction of such renowned masters as Voski Ohanessian and Farimah Qavam-Sadri. After graduating in textile engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) in 1996, motivated by her love for music, she pursued music composition more seriously than before, which ultimately led to her entrance to Tehran University of Art, and she did an MA in music composition in 2009. Zomorodi also took specialized courses in music theory and harmony at The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) in Toronto, Canada and got up-to-date with these fields. Since then her various works have been performed at festivals and concert halls, e.g. Roudaki Hall, including the piece “Shadow” for the flute and piano, performed at the Contemporary Composers Festival in Tehran; the string quartet “Suddenly”, performed by the Iranian group “Chahargan”; the string quartet “Migration”, performed by the group “Respina Quartet”; and the piece “Butterfly’s Dance”, performed at the Contemporary Composer