PRS New Music Biennial
Hardi Kurda (composer) and Sarah Jackson (librettist) with Compass Collective commissioned by Another Sky Festival : New Music Biennial
Hardi Kurda
Sound Artist
Hardi Kurda
Sound Artist
هاوپۆل Improvisation
Residence at Beyond1932
What is the role of citizens and local communities in preserving the sound of their region? Who decided what music and sounds are ‘worth’ being archived? And how should we engage with archives as sites of both remembering and forgetting? As…
VioTar - Improvisation
VioTar is my violin prepared with setar strings collected from the places I’ve visited. By changing the tuning and frequencies, I explore new sonic possibilities and question why the violin, an instrument with its own history, still sounds the same.…
Legitimated Body & Navigated Listener
The Legitimated Body and Navigated Listener – Shubbak Festival in London 2023 A live collaboration between Hardi, Khabat, an unusual interactive radio and a shell bomb cello, in transcendent dialogue with artists and audiences in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan. In this…
Radiola Springs
Radiola Springs by Hardi Kurda This album of Hardi is a selection of pieces related to radio from 2005 until 2020. The Radiola Springs project was developed during the pandemic. It is a viola prepared with springs and a radio…
ReAction - InAction - DistrAction
Stefan Klaverdal – Khabat Abas – Hardi Kurda Exploratorium Berlin 2019
Open Ensemble
Body noise, ear defender headphone, chair and everyday objects: an installation for for more than one performer. The project explores a listening experience where the body disconnects from the mind. The audience members are the performers: they listen to noises…
The Conversation Date-Place
(Based on the date and place when the performance takes place): previous title, Conversation – Improvisation – Composition (CIC). The musicians record their conversation same day of the performance and one using transcription of the audio files to text for…
The Buss
