Seare Ahmad Farhat is interested in the reciprocal translation between words, poetry, and language into sound. Starting out his musical endeavors in Afghan folk music, he later built on these valued experiences in the western classical tradition combined with his love for mathematics. He has been commissioned by notable ensembles such as JACK Quartet, Longleash, and Bardin-Niskala Duo among others. He has received honors such as a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a BMI award. Seare is currently pursuing a DMA at Cornell University studying with Elizabeth Ogonek, Kevin Ernste, and Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri.
Muzzahaimat
Composed April 2023 – Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano
From the composer: “Muzzahaimat falls into a set of recent projects surrounding my investigation, deconstruction, and reclamation of my cultural background. Muzzahaimat, and its partner term in dari, Ikhtalal (annoyance), are to some extent untranslatable, or perhaps resist translation to English. The word muzzahaimat could mean disturbance, or obtrusion. Yet it does not point to a specific instance of disturbance — rather the total concept of being disturbed, having a belated reaction to distress, a fright not prepared by anxiety. Muzzahaimat is the cascading repetition of an event. The piece revolves around belated development, inverted responses, and shocking events only later contextualized resulting in a form that resists a linear reading. The instruments is at once a unified musical gesture, yet in the same moment fracturing infinitely.”