Meet Faradena Afifi
Faradena, a British Afghani community musician, has been playing music all her life. She is a full time T'ai Chi Chuan practitioner and teacher. Fara is influenced by movement, meditation, nature - especially birdsong - improvisation and musical forms that involve complex or compound rhythms. She loves listening to music from all over the world. When not teaching, leading community sessions or performing on stage, she is often out busking with Cambridge based troubadour, Banjo Nick Ward.
Fara sings and plays a variety of instruments including, viola, cello, fiddle, double bass, piano and percussion. She enjoys exploring traditional folk songs with new arrangements, soundscapes, rhythms and sounds from all over the world. At the heart of what she plays is collaboration with like-minded musicians. She is involved musically with a number of local and international folk musicians and a variety of improvising musicians and artists in large and small ensembles. Key to her creative approach are the diverse and vibrant intersections of art, poetry, dance, and music.
