Nava Hemyari (born in Tehran 1993) studied composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Her works have been performed in venues such as Musikverein, Viennese Konzerthaus, London Opera House, Yale University in Connecticut, ORF National Radio House Austria, and by ensembles such as PHACE, Company of Music, Black Page Orchestra and Ensemble Platypus. Her works have been played in BLUDENZER TAGE ZEITGEMÄßER MUSIK, Listening Closely, SHIFT festival Royal Opera HOuse London, Teatri del Suono (Trieste), Musikprotokoll festival and featured in Wien Modern numerous times. She was also the composer in residence of Festival Imago Dei in 2023. In 2022 she received the yearly scholarship of the city of Vienna for her chamber opera ,Taxidermic’. In 2023 the yearly State Grant from the Federal Chancellery of Austria.
As the singer of her own ensembles, Punctum Collective, for contemporary music and Luxbrumalis Ensemble for renaissance and early baroque repertoire, she has composed numerous works for voice and choir. Her experience spans both professional and amateur ensembles, and she employs a variety of approaches, including the use of graphic notation for vocal scores.