About
Where Persian heritage
meets new music
Homa Samiei is a Tehran-born, Toronto-based composer, pianist, music educator, curator, and artistic director. Her practice connects Persian musical traditions with Western classical and contemporary composition and interdisciplinary storytelling.
She studied composition at the Art University of Tehran and holds two Master’s degrees: in Community Music from Wilfrid Laurier University, and in Music Composition from the University of Toronto.
At the University of Toronto she was among the composers-in-residence whose new works were premiered by the U of T Wind Symphony. She has been Musician-in-Residence at the Toronto Heliconian Club, is a member of the Iranian Female Composers Association (IFCA), and served as an IFCA Award adjudicator in 2023 and 2025.
She is a co-founder of Himeh Cultural House and Chaam Project (formerly Chaam Trio), co-founder and artistic director of Chaam Art Centre in Toronto, and music director of Chaam Choir.
