
PRESS RELEASE
The long-awaited collaboration between composer Soosan Lolavar and conductor Kelly Lovelady, Girl, is now available for preorder and will release on Nonclassical on 15 March 2024.
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Girl unveils a unique soundworld derived from Lolavar’s British Iranian heritage and experience. The four pieces interweave her training across both western and Iranian classical musics without restriction or narrowing down by either tradition. In this way, Lolavar’s work is a truly diasporic creation—producing new creative forms from a life experience across multiple cultures. This approach strengthens her collaboration with Lovelady, with themes of dual belonging also central to Ruthless Jabiru: Lovelady’s ensemble of Australasian musicians in the UK, and its combined dedication to New Music and humanitarian stories.
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