Mandana Farsani studied classical music at Tehran Azad University, specialising in viola and tombak. From 2001 to 2008, she worked as a teacher at private schools and music institutes in Tehran, Iran. This was followed by postgraduate studies and then a master's degree in elementary music and movement education at the Orff Institute in Salzburg. Since 2015, she has been working with children and young people who have experienced displacement. Since 2018, she has been leading the group ‘Nava,’ which is made up of children and young people with a migrant background.
She has been teaching at the Department of Elementary Music and Dance Education since 2022, where she introduces students to ‘artistic-pedagogical work in inclusive contexts,’ especially in the area of ‘children with and without refugee experience.’ Starting in 2025, she will also teach ‘Elementary Music-Making Orff-Schulwerk’ for bachelor's and master's students.