My compositions ShurAngiz for chamber ensemble and the Seville Orange Tree for flute and piano will be performed by Musica Nova ensemble at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music on October 13, as part of Night and Fog: Contemporary Iranian-American Music.
Stay tuned for more information about the performance as it becomes available..
A Girl Who Missed the Train, a mini opera for soprano and violin, and His Gabbah Is Turquoise for double bass and piano will be featured in the concert Love Drunk.
Performers:
Featuring Ali Kian Yazdanfar, principal bassist of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, alongside acclaimed pianist Brigitte Poulin. They are joined by Saba Yousefi (violin) and Bahar Harandi.
The program brings together Persian folk-inspired works by Reza Vali, a piece by Canadian composer Margaret Maria, and music by Toronto-based composer Parisa Sabet.
A Girl Who Missed the Train, a mini opera for soprano and violin, and His Gabbah Is Turquoise for double bass and piano will be featured in the concert Love Drunk.
Performers Featuring Ali Kian Yazdanfar, principal bassist of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, alongside acclaimed pianist Brigitte Poulin. They are joined by Saba Yousefi (violin) and Bahar Harandi.
The program brings together Persian folk-inspired works by Reza Vali, a piece by Canadian composer Margaret Maria, and music by Toronto-based composer Parisa Sabet.
Date & Time March 14 at 7:30 PM 305 Mont-Royal Ave E
Roots and Ruins: This concert tour is a journey through sound, from ruin to endurance, from silence to what is still heard. A concert for soprano, violin, and piano, featuring music from Iran, Armenia, and beyond, with works by Reza Vali, Parisa Sabet, Maurice Ravel, and Komitas. Tickets for both Toronto and Vancouver are on sale now. Vancouver: January 25th Toronto: Feburary 6th Performers: Soprano: Bahar Harandi Violin: Saba Yousefi Piano: Narek Abrahamian
Roots and Ruins: This concert tour is a journey through sound, from ruin to endurance, from silence to what is still heard. A concert for soprano, violin, and piano, featuring music from Iran, Armenia, and beyond, with works by Reza Vali, Parisa Sabet, Maurice Ravel, and Komitas. Tickets for both Toronto and Vancouver are on sale now. Vancouver: January 25th Toronto: Feburary 6th Performers: Soprano: Bahar Harandi Violin: Saba Yousefi Piano: Narek Abrahamian
March 9, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Pre-show refreshments at 6:45 p.m.
Post-show talk-back
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto
Notes on Womanhood
Ahlam أحلام was killed during the pandemic in Amman, Jordan in an honour killing. Her name translates to Dreams. Through song and arts of different mediums, this concert will thread her story along with other women's stories from different parts of the world, to explore individual and collective dreamings of women, juxtaposed with our society's often violent constructs of womanhood. What is womanhood in our current world, and how do we relate to this?
Curated by Confluence’s 2025-2026 Young Artistic Associate Natalie Fasheh.
My mini opera, A Girl Who Missed the Train, for soprano and violin, based on a poem by Shamisa Mawj and commissioned by Paisley Due, will be premiered at this concert. With special thanks to Melodies of Liberation.
PLEASE NOTE: This concert contains depictions of violence against women, including physical, sexual, emotional assault, and murder.