Kelly Moran

Kelly Moran is a New York-based composer and pianist who has spent her career excavating the sonic possibilities of the piano. In the past decade, Moran has released numerous acclaimed albums that have challenged the piano’s traditional, classically imposed school of thought with a more contemporary approach. Her unique strand of experimental piano compositions, which conjure hypnotizing textures and dramatic compositional arcs, have been included on year-end lists across classical, avant-garde, and metal genres. An accomplished and highly sought-after composer, Moran has collaborated with visionary contemporaries including FKA Twigs, Yves Tumor, The Avalanches, Kelsey Lu, Oneohtrix Point Never, and classical musician Margaret Leng Tan.

Bahar Khazei is a sound artist, performer, and composer living in so-called Vancouver. Her work spans electroacoustic music, free improvisation, ambient noise, and synthesis. Originally from Tehran, she draws on themes of language, migration, othering, and belonging. Often using modular synthesis, prepared piano, collected sounds, field recordings, speech, and original compositions, she creates work that reaches liminal spaces where the familiar and unfamiliar meet. As an active member of Vancouver’s experimental music community, she regularly performs in the city’s free improvisation and underground noise scenes.