Marganita "Maggie" Vogt-Khofri ( fa, مارگانیتا خفری; born 1952) is an

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pianist, classical musician and vocalist.

Biography

Vogt-Khofri was born in Kermanshah, Iran in 1952 to Jeni and

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, both from Iraq. Her father was a famous Assyrian composer, and also maestro and painter. She married Edwin Vogt and moved to Zürich with him, along with their two children in 1984. Khofri is also a volunteer social activist and works for Karitas, a division of the

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

that helps people of the Middle East, such as Iranians, Kurds and Assyrians request refuge and immigration.

Music

Vogt-Khofri began studying piano at the age of eleven, when her family was in Tehran. She went to ''Tehran Conservatory of Music'' and then moved to the United States to complete high school. Soon she began studying Christian spiritual songs and playing the guitar. She returned to Tehran and attended the University of Tehran, earning her master's degree in piano, opera and

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. She was accepted in the ''Tehran Opera House'', known as ''Talar-e Vahdat'', as a vocalist (soprano and alto) when she was 18. There, she performed for twelve years in the choir and later became the director of the ''Women’s Conservatory of Tehran'' for many years. Vogt-Khofri is a member of the ''Assyrian Folkloric Dancing Ensemble''. The Iranian Ministry of Culture and Arts selected her as a folkloric representative to participate in the ''Arts Festival at the Folkloric Music and Dances of Worldwide Nations'' in Cannes.Courtesy of Nineveh Magazine, Vol 22, #1&2.
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