About this event
Live music · Solo piano · Original compositions
SOLO Piano Performance: Kiran Sunil
An intimate evening of original piano music shaped by movement, memory, and cultural intersections—blending Carnatic tradition with Arabic and Western classical influences.
About the artist
Kiran Sunil is a pianist and composer whose music rises from a life shaped by movement, memory, and cultural intersections. Born and raised in the Middle East and Indian by heritage, his sound world blends Carnatic tradition with Arabic and Western classical music.
In 2022, Kiran was featured as a performing artist at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, performing on stage for international audiences and royal families. Now based in Vancouver, Canada, he continues to bring his cross-cultural musical language to performance spaces across the region.
About the performance
This performance features a collection of Kiran’s original compositions, each exploring a distinct emotional landscape and cultural influence.
- Awakening — A tale of emergence: memory, longing, and inner stillness unfold like light entering a room.
- Desert Rose — Inspired by Kiran’s Middle Eastern upbringing, blending Arabic modal colors with Western harmonic textures—wind, sand, and heat in motion.
- Marching Season — An anthem of motion and self-determination, capturing the steady push forward that defines personal transformation.
- Echoes Return — A reflective piece on loops and patterns that shape a life—memories and emotions that return with new meaning.
- Seema — A gentle, intimate dedication to Kiran’s mother—devotion, tenderness, and gratitude in melody and harmony.
- Silence in the Sea — A meditation on vastness and vulnerability, where emotion settles, shifts, and becomes something new.
Details: Saturday, March 21 · 8:00 PM
Note: Program consists of original compositions for solo piano.
