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SEE YOU in JUNE ☀️

June 7 — Cluj-Napoca, Romania @jazzintheparkromania
June 8 — Warsaw, Poland @ephemerafestival
June 13* — Amsterdam, Netherlands @hollandfestival
June 15* — Liverpool, UK @liverpoolphil
June 16* — Birmingham, UK @bmusic_ltd
June 18* — Poole, UK @lighthousepoole
June 20* — Manchester, UK @bridgewaterhall
June 21* — Bristol, UK @bristol_beacon
June 22* — Nottingham, UK @royalnottingham
June 24* — Edinburgh, UK @usherhall
June 26 — Loulé, Portugal @festivalmed
June 29 — Geneva, Switzerland @scene_ellafitzgerald
July 3 — Istanbul, Turkey @istanbulcazfestivali

*with London Contemporary Orchestra @lco_orchestra
conducted by @robertames

Poster @xtults

@aroojaftab ‘10 was a young teenager in Lahore, Pakistan, when her relationship to music started to evolve. She started imagining changing the songs she was listening to—how she might tweak the bass line or rework the melody.

“It’s like your first impulse to cover a song: I want to hear that in my voice. I wanted to change the actual arrangement, which is insane for a 13-year-old to think. Sometimes it just feels like music can be your destiny, because there’s no way to explain why I would feel that way. I had no tools or any training to know that’s even a thing. But I innately felt that I wanted to.”

In the years since those early musical instincts emerged, a totally singular career has unscrolled. After beginning her music education in Pakistan through Berkleemusic.com (the precursor to @berkleeonline), Aftab came to Boston to study on campus at Berklee, where she earned a degree in music production and engineering.

Today she stands as one of contemporary music’s most distinctive yet least definable artists. Read more from her Berklee Today cover interview at the link in bio.

📷: @kdstudio

@aroojaftab ‘10 was a young teenager in Lahore, Pakistan, when her relationship to music started to evolve. She started imagining changing the songs she was listening to—how she might tweak the bass line or rework the melody.

“It’s like your first impulse to cover a song: I want to hear that in my voice. I wanted to change the actual arrangement, which is insane for a 13-year-old to think. Sometimes it just feels like music can be your destiny, because there’s no way to explain why I would feel that way. I had no tools or any training to know that’s even a thing. But I innately felt that I wanted to.”

In the years since those early musical instincts emerged, a totally singular career has unscrolled. After beginning her music education in Pakistan through Berkleemusic.com (the precursor to @berkleeonline), Aftab came to Boston to study on campus at Berklee, where she earned a degree in music production and engineering.

Today she stands as one of contemporary music’s most distinctive yet least definable artists. Read more from her Berklee Today cover interview at the link in bio.

📷: @kdstudio

@aroojaftab ‘10 was a young teenager in Lahore, Pakistan, when her relationship to music started to evolve. She started imagining changing the songs she was listening to—how she might tweak the bass line or rework the melody.

“It’s like your first impulse to cover a song: I want to hear that in my voice. I wanted to change the actual arrangement, which is insane for a 13-year-old to think. Sometimes it just feels like music can be your destiny, because there’s no way to explain why I would feel that way. I had no tools or any training to know that’s even a thing. But I innately felt that I wanted to.”

In the years since those early musical instincts emerged, a totally singular career has unscrolled. After beginning her music education in Pakistan through Berkleemusic.com (the precursor to @berkleeonline), Aftab came to Boston to study on campus at Berklee, where she earned a degree in music production and engineering.

Today she stands as one of contemporary music’s most distinctive yet least definable artists. Read more from her Berklee Today cover interview at the link in bio.

📷: @kdstudio

JULY 🌻

Catch me for some special sets duo with @gravywill supporting St. Vincent’s orchestra tour

And don’t miss a super special solo performance in Pennsylvania at the Longwood Gardens Summer Performance Series !

July 22 — Interlochen, MI @interlochenarts
July 24 — Detroit, MI @detroitopera
July 25 — Chicago, IL @raviniafestival
July 26 — Grand Rapids, MI @meijergardens
July 29 — Kennett Square, PA @longwoodgardens
July 30 — San Francisco, CA @sfsymphony
August 1 — San Diego, CA @theshellsd

Excited for this one. @aroojaftab and @danielwohl are joining with @lcorchestra and @robertamesmusic at @concertgebouw this June 🚀

Performing a slew of their joint compositions plus music from Arooj’s ‘Night Reign’ and ‘Vulture Prince’, this show’ll see these giants of experimentation come together as part of @hollandfestival.

🎟️ 14:15-15:50, 13th June - don’t wait to get tickets!

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@pioneerworks @gabrielahearst @barbosanewyork @warponline

Being on the cover of my college magazine is very sweet because I remember thumbing through these and being so inspired. (I did pay off my student loans in full though. )

📷 @kdstudio
s/m/h @styledbyphil @titipariss @kirinstagram @sky.kxm ✨✨✨

Being on the cover of my college magazine is very sweet because I remember thumbing through these and being so inspired. (I did pay off my student loans in full though. )

📷 @kdstudio
s/m/h @styledbyphil @titipariss @kirinstagram @sky.kxm ✨✨✨

Out now 🕶️
My Urdu version of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” with Anish Kumar, for @rizahmed’s new series BAIT.

On all streaming platforms, run it up!

Out now 🕶️
My Urdu version of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” with Anish Kumar, for @rizahmed’s new series BAIT.

On all streaming platforms, run it up!

Out now 🕶️
My Urdu version of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” with Anish Kumar, for @rizahmed’s new series BAIT.

On all streaming platforms, run it up!

The brilliant and hilarious BAIT is out March 25th on Amazon Prime featuring my insane URDU version of the iconic banger Sweet Dreams by @officialannielennox. Congrats @rizahmed and thanks for having me.
Can’t wait for you to take the BAIT ✨✨✨

tnx @thesocietyofcloth @bodements_ @vowels.official @barbosanewyork for the threads

📷 @scottclarkphoto

The brilliant and hilarious BAIT is out March 25th on Amazon Prime featuring my insane URDU version of the iconic banger Sweet Dreams by @officialannielennox. Congrats @rizahmed and thanks for having me.
Can’t wait for you to take the BAIT ✨✨✨

tnx @thesocietyofcloth @bodements_ @vowels.official @barbosanewyork for the threads

📷 @scottclarkphoto

It’s my birthdayyyyyyy 🐠

I’m so honored to share “Lilac Wine,” with @beck, out now as part of the HELP (2) album.
All proceeds support @warchilduk and the important work they do for children living through conflict.

📷 @sdotbalaban

I’m so honored to share “Lilac Wine,” with @beck, out now as part of the HELP (2) album.
All proceeds support @warchilduk and the important work they do for children living through conflict.

📷 @sdotbalaban

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Running up the UK this summer with the London Contemporaty orchestra! See you soon ✨✨✨