A brilliant young composer, who’s just turned 23. She was born to Iranian parents. She started improvising pieces when she was three or four, on her elder brother’s Casio keyboard. She works with orchestras and as a DJ.
“I had to wait until he went out, because he didn’t like me using it.” But it was being taken at the age of 10 to the exhibition where Tracy Emin’s unmade bed was on display that fired her up. “I stood there and stared and stared at this amazing thing, and knew that I wanted to do something just as personal and intense.”
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