Yalda Samadi ( fa, یلدا صمدی; born December 22, 1990,

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

) is an Iranian musician, pianist, and composer. Samadi has performed with musical groups such as Sharghi Ensembles,

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, Hengame Ghaziani, Ariana, Avaye Mehrabani, Noushe, and Chakavak Orchestra.

Early life and education

Samadi was born in

on December 22, 1990 to a musical family. She started receiving music lessons from her mother, a well-known

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, at the age of 6. She graduated from the

University of Applied Science and Technology The University of Applied Science and Technology (UAST) ( fa, دانشگاه جامع علمی - کاربردی Dāneshgah-e Jām'e Elmi Kārbordi) is a public university in Iran administrated by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. ...

with a bachelor's degree in Music (specialising in Piano Performance). Samadi learned piano from various pianists such as Chista Gharib, Mostafa Kamal Pourtorab, Tigran Mesroupian, Ehsan Sabouhi, Shaya Asadi, Behrang Shegerfkar, and Fariborz Lachini. In 2011, she was granted a scholarship for study in

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, where she studied with

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Career

Samadi started her career in 2008 and performed in

Iran's National Orchestra Iran's National Orchestra ( fa, ارکستر ملی ایران) is a national orchestra of Iran, which was founded in 1998 under the conduction of Farhad Fakhreddini. The orchestra had been formed by Persian traditional instruments, strings and w ...

, conducted by Bardia Kiaras. She also performed a piano duet concert with

Shahrdad Rohani Shahrdad Rohani, also known as Shardad Rohani ( fa, شهرداد روحانی, born 27 May 1954) is an Iranian-American composer, violinist/pianist, and conductor. His style is contemporary and he is well known for composing and conducting classi ...

and Gorgan. She has been the soloist piano player of

Naser Cheshmazar Naser Cheshmazar (31 December 1950 – 4 May 2018) was an Iranian musician and composer. He was an acknowledged master in classical music, musical theater, blues, folk music, jazz, and popular music. He composed many songs for well-known Iranian ...

's concert, conducted by Armin Gheytasi in

Bandar-e-Anzali Bandar-e Anzali ( fa, بندرانزلی, also Romanized as Bandar-e Anzalī; renamed as Bandar-e Pahlavi during the Pahlavi dynasty) is a city of Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 144,664. Anzali is one of the mo ...

, and

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. She has also been a piano soloist at the

's orchestra, conducted by Amin Ghaffari. She has taught music and piano at Tehran's Conservatory and several musical institutes such as Lachini, Arasbaran, Ehteshami, and Navaye Shahr Aashoub. In 2021, Yalda Samadi, along with Iranian musician and composer Reza Tajbakhsh, created the Yar Academy of Music and Yar Records in

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and

Personal life

Samadi is married to Capt. Bardia Soleimani.

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