UK-based Iranian composer Ashkan Layegh on self-reflexivity, architecture, frames, and collective memory making
Darius Paymai
Iranian-American composer Darius Paymai on handwritten scores, cycles and stasis, Howard Skempton, and the “right material”
Kian Ravaei
Composer Kian Ravaei on heritage, tradition, and creating musical mosaics channeling Bach chorales, Iranian classical music, and EDM production
Atefeh Einali
Iranian composer and santoor player Atefeh Einali on fusion, improvisation, incorporating traditions, and the interaction between Iranian and Western repertoire
Emily Hazrati
Composer-performer Emily Hazrati on breath, heritage, performance as ritual, and collaboration as dialogue