BIO

Vafa is an award-winning Iranian-American musician with experience in both concert and media composition as well as performance and music production. Vafa was born and raised in the city of Shiraz, an Iranian cultural epicenter of mysticism, arts, and poetry. He immigrated to the United States when he was 17 and has continued his studies in Music Composition at California State University Northridge. Samiei has studied piano under professional musicians such as Steven Grey and Mike Garson and Music Composition with Patrick Omalley and Liviu Marinescu. 

 

With his early, formative years spent growing up in southern Iran and his experience as a recent immigrant to the United States, Vafa has incorporated the beautiful elements of both cultures to create a tasteful medley of Eastern and Western music. When composing for media, he sees the director as the main collaborator and the project as an opportunity to be tastefully creative. He believes that every project is a living opportunity for all of us to be of service to something much greater than ourselves.