Negin Mozafari

Negin Mozafari is an Iranian composer, pianist, and music informatics student currently pursuing her Bachelor of Arts with an artistic focus at the Karlsruhe University of Music (HfM). A recipient of the prestigious Hans Hachmann Scholarship 2024/25 from the Friends of HfM, she was selected for her innovative project "Vocal Resonance: The Body as an Instrument." This work explores the human body—particularly the vocal cords—as a passive instrument within interactive performance systems, stimulated externally by other voices or devices and processed in real-time through computer music techniques.

Previously based in Tehran, Negin studied film, composition, and piano, with early involvement in electronic music. Her scholarship project, praised by a jury including Dr. h.c. Hans Hachmann, Prof. Thomas Seedorf, and Prof. Christoph Seibert, reimagines the voice not as an active producer but as a vibrated, "played" entity, emphasizing performer-technology collaboration. The project will premiere as a live performance on July 4, 2025, at 7:30 pm during an institute event at HfM Karlsruhe. The 12-month, €300/month award highlights exceptional interdisciplinary fusion of music informatics and musicology.