Soosan Lolavar - The World is the Active String
Fri 22 Sep 2023, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
Composer Soosan Lolavar was commissioned to write 'The World is the Active String' as part of the 2023 RPS Composers programme. Premiered at Cheltenham Music Festival, this is the second chance to hear the work at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London.
As part of the 2023 RPS Composers programme, Soosan Lolavar was commissioned to write this piece for Cheltenham Music Festival. Following the premiere in July 2023, The Carice Singers will perform Soosan's work, The World is the Active String, at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 22 September as part of their concert, 'A Prayer of Peace and Light'.
Soosan explores diaspora, hybridity and the boundaries between Iranian and western musical traditions in her work. She explores the dislocations that many people feel, and that she herself has felt as a British-Iranian woman. She describes her influences as 'very old or very new'. You can read more about Soosan on our website here.
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