By Niloufar Nourbakhsh | For Soprano, Piano, and Electronics | 10′
Title: Seeking You
Composer: Niloufar Nourbakhsh
Poem by: Muhammad Iqbal
Year Composed: 2023
Instrumentation: For Soprano, Piano, and Electronics
Duration: 10′
Format: Performance Set: 2x Full Score
Page Size: US Letter
Catalog Number: OM1008
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From the composer:
Seeking You is the depiction of a never ending search for the truth that all humans grapple with in different ways. To me it seems like Muhammad Iqbal is suggesting a solution to this predicament at the end of his poem Navaye Táhirih (“The Song of Táhirih”) by offering a different perspective: one that focuses on the path itself rather than the end goal, and focuses on self transformations through understanding the importance of love and the courage to fly.
Some scholars (and admirers) of poet Táhirih Qurrat al-‘Ayn maintain that Iqbal’s Navaye Táhirih may be an excerpt (or inspired by) a poem of Táhirih, reflecting Iqbal’s deep admiration for her. This claim however remains contested.
Commission/Dedication: Commissioned by Diba Alvi
Premiere: First two movements premiered April 26, 2024 at the National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY as part of the 2024 Emruz Festival by Niloufar Nourbakhsh (piano) and Mehry Eslaminia (vocals). Premiered in its entirety September 22, 2025 at Longy School of Music by Niloufar Nourbakhsh (piano) and Vanessa Naghdi (vocals).
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