Aftab Darvishi: "Daughters of Sol"

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Aftab Darvishi (b. 1987)
"Daughters of Sol" (2017)

Performed by the 5th Wave String Quartet
Carmen Abelson (violin), Alexandria Hill (violin), Roslyn Green (viola), Allie Chambers (cello)
December 1, 2020
Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL

“Daughters of Sol is inspired by a poem by contemporary Iranian poet Ahmad Shamloo. This piece contains gentle transitions and detailed changes, which leads to dissolving of different shades and colors. It is a constant evolution between shadows and lights. It is a journey about conveying gentle circular movements, which I think it resembles cycles of life. We evolve and dissolve in gentle and harsh conversions. We change colors, yet we tend to go back to our roots despite of our differences.” —Aftab Darvishi

"Daughters of Sol" by Aftab Darvishi was commissioned for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire, a project of the Kronos Performing Arts Association. The score and parts are available for free online at kronosquartet.org.

Program notes are available on our blog:
https://www.5thwavecollective.com/post/program-notes-for-5th-wave-string-quartet-12-1-2020
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