Curated Live Experiences
Ishq Ke Saat Muqaam
Not That Kind of Love
Small World Centre, Toronto
April 2024
In collaboration with Tawoos Initiative and Virasat, I curated Not That Kind of Love, using Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poem "Mujse Pehli Si Mohabbat" as a thread to explore a range of emotions. With a live storyteller, visuals, and my performance with a 4-piece band, we invited the audience to introspect on the nature of the world and the transformative power of love.
Offerings at Ishpadinaa
Spadina Museum, Toronto
August 2024
I composed and performed live music for Offerings at Ishpadinaa, a site activation project at Spadina Museum co-curated by Nova Dance. Working with three dancers and a storyteller, I blended live and pre-recorded music to tell a powerful narrative of decolonization, using dance and storytelling to reclaim and reframe the museum’s history.
Transmigrations
Provocation Ideas Festival
Toronto & Stratford
June & November, 2023
For Transmigrations, a collaboration with computer scientist and digital artist Ryan Kelln as part of the Provocation Ideas Festival, I composed original music and re-arranged existing pieces specifically for the concerts. The project explores the evolution of technology, intelligence, and the rise of generative AI tools, blending music and technology to create a unique, thought-provoking experience.
Sounds of Stories
Abhivyakti - The City Arts Project, Season 1
Ahmedabad, India
June 2018
I curated and performed Sounds of Stories for the Abhivyakti The City Arts project, where poet Tejas Jani wrote original poems in Hindi and Gujarati. I composed and performed live music, blending pre-recorded poems and stories with a 4-piece band to create an immersive narrative experience.
TD Music Hall
May 2025
I led a 6-piece band and served as music director for Ishq Ke Saat Muqaam, a theatrical production written and directed by Nishar Mansuri. The show explored the seven stages of love through poetry and music, rooted in Sufi and South Asian traditions. I curated and arranged the musical repertoire, guiding the ensemble to interpret and perform pieces that captured the emotional and spiritual essence of each stage.
Sounds of Stories
Toronto Music Garden
July 2025
In July 2025, I presented my original show, Sounds of Storie,s as part of Harbourfront Centre’s Summer in the Music Garden series. The performance featured a trio of musicians improvising live music around pre-recorded spoken word poetry in multiple languages. Blending jazz, Indian classical music, and cinematic textures, the trio responded to each poem in real time, creating an immersive and emotionally rich storytelling experience through sound.