About Me
Atefeh Einali is a santoor player and composer. She studied at the Art University of Tehran, and currently lives in Manchester where she is doing her PhD in music composition at the University of Manchester. She has also worked closely with performers, composers and conductors, with various commissions such as Southbank Symphony Orchestra, Coma London, Symphony Verbum Orchestra, Bridges Orchestra (Frankfurt), Migrant voices residency programme by Olympias music foundation, the Psappha Composing for Sitar scheme, International Guitar Foundation (IGF) and IFCA (Iranian female composers association).
Latest Updates
Atefeh is working on her "Collaborative Opera lab"
31 December 2025
"Collaborative Opera lab" is the research project has been funded by Art council England. It has been focus on research and development time for Atefeh's first Opera writing. More news coming soon.
Atefeh is going to Hong Kong
9 June 2025
One of Atefeh's pieces "Fear" has been chosen for Intimacy of creativity festival and she will be working as a composer fellow with them at the Hong Kong University of sience and technology.
Intimacy of Creativity – The Bright Sheng Partnership: Composers Meet Performers in Hong Kong (IC) returns for another innovative season from 2 June to 9 June 2025, presented in partnership with the Momenta Quartet and the Momenta Festival! (The Momenta Festival will present the work of the audience-vote winner among the Composer Fellows in October 2025 in New York.)
Atefeh worked on new commission by Manchester histories Festival in partnership with University of Manchester
6 June 2024
Her recent piece "Echoes" was commissioned by Manchester Histories Festival in Partnership of University of Manchester. The inspiration for this piece comes from Manchester histories and more specifically migrants. The piece was performerd by BBC Philarmonic ensemble at the opening night launch party at Whitworth Art Gallery. The piece also has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Atefeh performed at Huddersfield contemporary music festival (hcmf)
18 November 2024
Indefinite Dreams: I am alive! (2022) 24’ World Premiere
Co-devised by composer/improviser Atefeh Einali (Iran, 1990) and visual artist Nikta Mohammadi (Britain/Iran, 1992)
Santoor player, improviser and composer Atefeh Einali and visual artist Nikta Mohammadi co-devised Indefinite Dreams: I am alive! as an audiovisual performance responding to the theme of the bed as a site of journey and a migrant’s only home. It incorporates Mohammadi’s moving image work and Einali’s live compositions on santoor to form a reconstructed dream state with ethereal imagery and diverse musical language.
Collaboration
As a composer, Atefeh Einali is always looking for new opportunities to collaborate with talented individuals and artists. She invites you to reach out to her to discuss how you can work together on the next project. Together, you can create something that is truly inspiring and memorable.
