Dirar Kalash is an improvising musician currently based in his native Ramallah, in the state of Palestine. Opportunities to perform are non-existent. Even access to an instrument is impossible at the current time. On a rare visit to the UK early in 2020, we are fortunate that Dirar found an opportunity to record with the master sound engineer Simon Reynell, on a fine instrument in the beautiful acoustic of St Paul’s Hall at the University Of Huddersfield. The plan had been to record some compositions. However, Dirar’s instinct, on encountering a first class instrument after so long an enforced break, was to improvise instead. These recordings are the result.
These improvisations (Steinway grand piano) were recorded on 15th January 2020, St. Paul's Concert Hall, University Of Huddersfield.
