Khabat Abas خەبات عەباس is a cellist, composer and interdisciplinary artist from Kurdistan. Her work explores time, space and memory through music, everyday sounds and noises. She uses her instrument beyond traditional norms—improvising, composing, creating videos and sound installations, crafting cellos from diverse materials, and incorporating her body into performances. She has performed with ensembles including the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, the Sulaymaniyah String Orchestra, the Gothenburg Academic Symphony Orchestra, the Non-Ensemble for Experimental Music in Sweden, London Improvisers Orchestra and Noisy People’s Improvising Orchestra. She is co-founder of Duo Moment, with Hardi Kurda, which has released two albums: Broken Resonance on Space21 and Illegal Performance live at Cafe Oto. She has received the 2026 DAAD Artists Fellowship in Berlin.