There are grand, dramatic gestures, but what lingers with me most are the quieter resonances: the sound of snow falling in the Black Forest, the delicacy of a pencil moving across paper, the patience for stillness. These moments create a landscape that is at once intimate yet expansive, specific yet universal—a reflection of belonging, movement, and the stories we carry.

Yesterday was a very special day. Taher Adel and I met for the first time to rehearse and bring the music and poetry of Ashkan Behzadi’s Ballads: Oblique together. For this commission (which is part of a set of new works for my current solo project), I paired Ashkan with Taher, a poet and spoken word artist who wrote his series Arabic Names for Home for us. The piece is a conversation between the music and Taher’s poetry, and I am absolutely delighted that Taher will join me

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It is the most beautiful thing when your chaotic thoughts and inarticulable ideas begin to coalesce and elements from different corners...