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Wayfarer

by Setareh Nafisi

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This is a story about a journeyer. A Wayfarer. A person on the path. We are all, always, wayfarers. Sometimes the path is laid out before you with a shimmering clarity. And sometimes you can barely see your outstretched hands through the fog. But at all times the way is already laid beneath your feet. All you have to do is to find the courage to walk forward.

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When I was writing this piece I had a very strong vision. I see at the beginning a very cosy and warm fire, a fireplace. A place to tell stories. There is someone there. I don’t see it as a person, but as a being. A wise being telling a story to a young being. They connect with each other, and then the wise being begins. The story starts with war. A complex war zone. The whole scene is there. I captured it in the music. The war is in the past now, but its legacy endures. All things then grow out of it. Beauty, peace, happiness, creation. They all become new seeds that blossom. And then life starts to happen. It could be anything. ANYTHING. The branches and blossoms and the trees and the leaves go on and on and on as the music develops and intertwines. They reach ever upward, like flowers yearning for the sun. These are the different periods, the different visions that, as a wayfarer you experience. But, left alone, like untended weeds, the effects of the war remain and strangle the undergrowth. Unresolved they again start to enervate and exhaust you. But, what matters most, is that within all the struggles you have the power to choose your own perspective. The struggles are in eventuality beautiful and calming. At the end it is not even that you reach somewhere, but something. Something. That inner peace. That last part it the inner peace. That’s what we try to create. The inner peace.

Some thank yous, and there are many!
This piece is part of the Three Reflections project, and so a HUGE thank you to all those of you who supported us. You made this possible. Thank you to my fellow reflectors Thys and Nicholas Robert Thayer for this wonderful project together. Thank you of course to the legendary quartet Olaia Oliverri (violin), Anns Csukly (violin), Melisa Delgado (viola) and Lucjia Gregov (cello). And thank you to Sam Asaert for this artwork, which is a still from the film he is making to accompany this piece.

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released March 26, 2020

Composed by Setareh Nafisi
Produced by Setareh Nafisi
Additional Production Nicholas Robert Thayer
The quartet is Olaia Oliverri (violin), Anna Csukly (violin), Melisa Delgado (viola) and Lucjia Gregov (cello). Electronics performed by Setareh Nafisi

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Setareh Nafisi Amsterdam, Netherlands

Setareh was born in Iran and is now based in NL.
A multi-media creator driven by the philosophy of ‘music in context’.
Her work includes composition, performing as a pianist, improviser, educational research and artist directing.

Her work is most often described as ‘beyond borders’, and draws together all the threads of her musical journey. ... more

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