Photo: Karolina Ramone
Hardi Kurda هەردی کوردە is a sound artist, violinist, improviser, composer and researcher, as well as founder and curator of Archive Khanah and SPACE21 Sound Gallery in Slemani. He fosters international collaboration and sonic archiving in Kurdistan. His practice spans classical acoustic composition, electronic music and interdisciplinary pieces in which sound merges with other forms to create transformative listening experiences. By using radio frequencies as sound material, he bridges the physical and metaphysical, turning ephemeral signals into interactive performances. He has developed the concept of the Found Score, to connect noises deeply with audiences, and Urgent Listening, in which listening becomes a force of necessity, based on his listening experience when he arrived illegally in Europe.