Warning: Christmas-related post in early September! 🧑‍🎄😊 But also 5 years of my choral music in a CD 🥹 First single Echo is out today. THANK YOU @ChoirKCL @josephgfort @SignumRecords - what a privilege to work with you! link: https://t.co/YCiXgwFeQm

Grateful for the nature that surrounds us 🍀including the gorgeous Northern Lights - what a subject to set to music…….!!!!

My Aurora Borealis on @BBCRadio3 performed by the string section of @BBCPhilharmonic , conductor Naomi Woo and myself at the piano (around 50mins in the link below:) https://t.co/JrxMFs8IH9

citation about dreams from the philosopher Zhuangzi: Am I am man dreaming that I am a butterfly? Or a butterfly dreaming that I am a man? A binding element is the idea of being on the train, however it is not a lucid experience, but rather possessing a quality of a dream

which morph into (Jacques) Derrida. The next ‘stop’ subsequently reveals a dance of tango, then a vocalisation on da-ri-da (a play on Dada and Derrida), followed by the choir telling their dreams over a refrain, before the return of the opening idea, and final paraphrased

Much like an absurd dream, Train Ride weaves its way through a game of musical (and some extra-musical) associations. Each ‘stop’ reveals something new – the phrase ‘Train Ride’ turns into consonants ‘t’ and ‘r’, which then morph into ‘d’ and ‘r’,

The line between a dream and a day-dream is blurred as this composition reflects on the experience of living in a big city and spending much of one’s life on the train, as well as the experience of nonsensical dreams where one disparate episode leads to the next.

My ‘Train Ride’ was released today by @KantosChoir on @delphianrecords 🎶 programme note below:

The #organ at the #RAH is an incredible instrument and it was such a privilege to write for it. I thought let’s hear its POWER! 😊

The handwriting of famous authors - thread 🧵 1. A manuscript revised by James Joyce

From my ‘Starlight’ - footage from the recital in London’s World Heart Beat

The idea was to link my new music with great composers that inspired me - going seamlessly from one work to the next (starting on the same note as the last note of the piece before )

I have had a plan like this for a recital on my mind for a while 😊 the pieces are from my new album Dreamland

Felt great to be able to perform the programme below at #WorldHeartBeat #solopiano #pianorecital

Franz Schubert b otd 1797! What a genius - music sang through him as through none other. His melodies, his charm, his profundity, his early joy, replaced by a morbid sense of death in painful contrast to his love of life; he shows us heaven - and hell - in music of sheer beauty.

Recently completed a PhD in music composition 👩‍🎓 #endofanera

I’m performing a solo recital in London! 13 March 2025. Hope to see you there! 🎶 https://t.co/6jcCn4X2tk

Սիրելի ընկերներ, վերադառնում եմ Երևան, որպեսզի կատարեմ իմ դաշնամուրային կոնցերտը՝ Հայաստանի պետական սիմֆոնիկ նվագախմբի հետ: Dear friends, I am coming to Yerevan to perform the world premiere of my piano concerto with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra! https://t.co/kb999Qew4E

I am thrilled to announce the release of my latest single, Circle Waltz - this meditative composition is part of my upcoming album Dreamland, set to release on February 28. Follow the link in bio! https://t.co/k3PtIvm4cu #NewMusic #AlbumRelease #DreamlandAlbum

Hard to describe what it felt like premiering @Karakelcomposer’s ‘A Christmas Offering’ at @snapemaltings last night. It is such a privilege to be part of bringing a new piece into the world! This is a little excerpt of the 3rd movement. Honestly obsessed with this piece…