Program Note:

Prelude I is the first in a series of works I’ve written for Piano Solo. The piece began with an exploration of two contrasting modal worlds. As I worked with them (shifting, blending, and reshaping the material), new gestures started to emerge, leading the music into a space I hadn’t planned but felt drawn to.

Once that initial idea took root, I introduced a contrasting section to open up the form and deepen the emotional arc. For me, this piece is about transformation and instability, a kind of searching, a longing to escape or hold onto something that’s already slipping away.

There’s a sense of motion throughout, of something just out of reach. Prelude I reflects how I often feel about time: that it moves quickly, and nothing ever stays in place for long. The piece tries to capture that fleeting, fragile beauty we sometimes notice just as it’s passing.

After few performances back in 2024, this piece was recorded by my very good friend Anahita Bahadori in Saba Studio, Summer of 2025.