In Conversation with Emily Hazrati
21 October 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
On Thursday 23 October, Soraya Mafi and Ian Tindale will present a new song cycle by our Associate Composer, Emily Hazrati. Emily has been working with her regular collaborator, the writer Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh, on a cycle inspired by the Shahnameh (‘The Book of Kings’), the 10th century epic poem by the Persian poet Ferdowsi.
Emily and Nazli will be joined for this event by Dominic Brookshaw, Senior Research Fellow in Persian at Wadham College, for a discussion of the Shahnameh and how it has provided the inspiration for these songs. A beautiful early illustrated manuscript of the Shahnameh, held by the Bodleian Libraries, will be on display for this special event.
