Do you want to study world music traditions? To play and sing music of the Middle East? Of India? My new Music Boat may be for you. It brings together a team of outstanding musicians in the classcial traditions of Asia, in search of new ways of sharing repertoire in a Read more…
My compositional work had great support this month as I was privelaged to have a residency at The Red House, formerly the home of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. I stayed in Cosy Nook, the cottage of Nellie Hudson, Britten and Pears’ housekeeper. It had a beautiful acoustic, and I Read more…
A lockdown event: a lovingly-selected programme emphasising the beauty in hidden voices and stories of women, taking listeners on a journey from Afghanistan to Sicily with stops in Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Greece.
As part of the SOAS Summer School I am thrilled to lead an experimental online course in modal creative work
Creative Migrations with the Oud: Technology, Memory and Musical Storytelling.
We were thrilled that Beyond Mode was featured in the SOAS Concert Series 2019-2020.
What are your resolutions for 2020? My own resolutions follow my decision to add my voice to Culture Declares Emergency, and to shape my life and work in response to the climate and ecological emergency unfolding around us. It means I’m going to use my work to promote the changes Read more…
In the series Dal local al globale I presented a lecture-recital in Cremona in the beautiful Dipartimento di Musicologia e Beni Culturali, leading the audience on a journey through modal music practices of the Arab, Ottoman and Persian traditions.
Are you interested in learning oud? I teach Arabic and Turkish traditions as part of my role at SOAS, University of London. Feel free to get in touch and arrange a consultation lesson.
An opportunity to present one of my own compositions, Acem Kurdi Saz Semai, live for the BBC, with a mysteriously dramatic background – not really in line with the melancholy of the piece! Please contact me if you would like a copy of the score.