Hello dear friends—many of you will have seen that as of a few hours ago, our debut album Girl is available for preorder and single Undone live on all streaming platforms! Full press release here or clickthrough our beautiful cover art by Taqi Mohammadi to listen and get your copy:
This project has been such a labour of love since it seeded more than 4 years ago and we really hope you'll find Soosan's music as evocative and powerful as we do
Girl unveils a unique soundworld derived from Lolavar’s British Iranian heritage and experience. The four pieces interweave her training across both western and Iranian classical musics without restriction or narrowing down by either tradition. In this way, Lolavar’s work is a truly diasporic creation—producing new creative forms from a life experience across multiple cultures. This approach strengthens her collaboration with Lovelady, with themes of dual belonging also central to Ruthless Jabiru: Lovelady’s ensemble of Australasian musicians in the UK, and its combined dedication to New Music and humanitarian stories. Continue reading →
Girl releases 15 March on Nonclassical.. stay tuned to hear what we're planning!
Meanwhile some new year listening
I'm currently on a UK Conservatoire tour with formidAbility: captioning and surtitling a truly inspiring production combining song recital, British Sign Language and physical theatre.. checkout my IG/FB stories for me and furbaby on the road!
Also—the live recording from the epic production of Poppaea by Michael Hersch and Stephanie Fleischmann that I assisted on back in 2021 is releasing next month on New Focus Recordings and you can preorder that one here:
