Scharmien Zandi is a freelance artist in the field of music, performing arts and multimedia. Her works and participation include music, music-theater, theater, film, text, audio and video installations and have been presented in China (Beijing, Tianjin), Europe (Austria, Germany, Portugal) and the USA (NYC). In 2020 she was awarded the Austrian Music Theater Prize for "Amour Fou" and in 2021 presented "Dione - all elements", the form of opera performance that is an innovation within contemporary stage works. Currently she works as a composer, musician and actress at the Landestheater Niederösterreich in St. Pölten and as an artist director at Theater an der Wien. She is invited by the Austrian Cultural Forum to present AMOUR FOU for the first time in the USA in 2022 (tour September 2022).