Exploring diasporic experience within a uniquely personal soundworld, the triple-debut album from composer Soosan Lolavar, conductor Kelly Lovelady and orchestra Ruthless Jabiru releases on March 15, 2024. You can listen to the first single, ‘Undone’, now!

Read on to find out more about the artists involved!

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soosan lolavar

Dr Soosan Lolavar is a British Iranian composer whose music draws on ideas from both western and Iranian traditions. She has been performed across the world, broadcast on BBC television in both the UK and Iran; and on BBC Radio 3, 4 and the World Service. In 2022 Soosan was awarded the RPS Composer prize and partnered with the Cheltenham Music Festival; and more recently, shortlisted by the ISCM International Jury for the 2023 World Music Days (South Africa). Soosan’s work explores unique tuning systems using the infinite capabilities of her primary instrument, santoor. She strives to make music that resonates in the world long after we have stopped listening.

kelly lovelady

Kelly Lovelady is a conductor, curator and cultural Activist with a passion for experimental programming, concert dramaturgy and composer advocacy. She is the founding Artistic Director of London chamber orchestra Ruthless Jabiru and has devised, self-produced and conducted massed musical and cross-artform projects for festivals across the UK, Canada and Australia. Kelly is in demand in the UK and abroad as both a Musical Director and Assistant Conductor with a focus on contemporary repertoire and composer collaboration.

sarah saviet

Sarah Saviet is a violinist based in Berlin and dedicated to the performance of contemporary music. She performs as a soloist and chamber musician and is a member of the Saviet/Houston Duo and Ensemble Mosaik. Sarah has released solo albums on Coviello Contemporary, all that dust, and another timbre. Her recording of Liza Lim’s violin concerto ‘Speak, Be Silent,’ with the Riot Ensemble on HCR/NMC records was selected as one of New Yorker Magazine’s ‘Best recordings of 2019.’

faraz eshghi sahraei

As a diversely trained multi-instrumentalist , Faraz’s music reflects his passion for both Western classical and Middle-Eastern music. Kamānche player and composer, Faraz Eshghi was born in Rasht, Northern Iran. He has been actively practising Eastern and Western bowed instruments since 2000’s.

roxanna albayati

Roxanna Albayati is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and music educator. Her practice centres around combining experimental music with performance art and audio-visuals, exploring topics surrounding identity, sense of belonging and the body. Her music merges cross-cultural improvisation with Iranian classical music and the physicality of performance. She is one of the co-curators of ZANĀN Collective, a female led experimental music collective which focuses on expression of artistic identity among diaspora cultures.

ruthless jabiru

Ruthless Jabiru is a dynamic chamber orchestra of Australasian musicians in the UK merging contemporary music and Activism in an effort to promote compassion, sustainability and social consciousness. Under the leadership of its founding Artistic Director Kelly Lovelady, Ruthless Jabiru delivers curated performance events dedicated to exploring, highlighting, and championing humanitarian and social justice stories in collaboration with the UK campaigning sector.

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