Mix Elogio

Intermezzo 3

Anarcolonga

Viento Sur (En Vivo) [feat. Narcotango]

Dia Dance

Dia das Mães

Performance by the WV State Philharmonic Orchestra from November 2022. Conducted by Scott Woodard.

Satori from "Canaan Valley Suite" by the WVSU Philharmonic Orchestra

Tr1_Fuyuginga

Whispers of Heaven

Harmony Dreams: Smooth Piano Music

Soft Piano Music

The title of this album my attempt at translating the Farsi phrase قارچ‌های غربت to English. It comes from the poem "The Sound of Water's Footsteps" by Iranian poet Sohrab Sepehri. 

A more literal translation of the phrase would be Mushrooms of "Ghurba", an originally Arabic word that has several meanings, including senses of estrangement, alienation, loneliness, being away for home, and longing.

I composed many of these pieces during and after Israel's 12 day war on Iran in the summer of 2025. Being  an Iranian living abroad for 15 years, I had never felt Ghurba the way I felt it this summer, as I realized more and more that Iranian lives matter to exactly no one.
Ghurba and all its meanings overshadow most of the pieces in this album. 

The music heard on this post is the final track, which is an improv piece with the same title as the album.

In the album art, I tried to depict a mycelial network creeping up the piano and my body, and expanding into the ground, maybe a thread or two reaching the other side of the world where home is.

As Sepehri's poem says "Who cares if sometimes the mushrooms of ghurba start to grow?" 

You are right Sohrab, nobody does...

Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor - Remember to Forget

Somewhere Only We Know - Lily Allen [Piano Cover]

Valleys And Mountains Suite, Op. 64: III Mount Solitary Adagio-Allegro Bruce Cale.

Viento Sur (En Vivo) [feat. Narcotango]

Carlos Libedinsky

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