SELECTED PRESS
'The festival’s associate composer for 2024-26 is the fast-rising talent Emily Hazrati (b.1998), making a name with work for Aldeburgh, the London Symphony Orchestra and National Youth Choir.'
'Accompanied by the pianist Ian Tindale, agile and responsive, [Soraya Mafi] was insightful and expressive in Hazrati’s work, with its warm, Iranian folk inflections and moments of spoken text.'
- The Observer, 2025
'Hazrati's fresh and experimental style make her a name to watch out for.' [translated]
- Cappella Amsterdam, 2025
'a powerful and beautiful reworking'
- BBC Radio 3, 2025
'Emily Hazrati demonstrates real imaginative flair.'
- BBC Music Magazine, 2024
'An exciting and colourful piece, Hazrati assembles multiple layers of different types of sound ... with the excitement of the piece clearly being enjoyed by the singers.'
'Hazrati combines intimate, close harmony with an imaginative use of textures and the suspicion that it is a challenge to sing.'
'The song began with Taylor almost intoning the text against a wonderful wash of piano chords ... ending with striking melodrama and then vocalise...'
- Planet Hugill, 2024
'At 26, Hazrati is composer in residence at Oxford International Song Festival...'
- Opera Now (Gramophone), 2024
'More dazzle came from Emily Hazrati...'
- The Arts Desk, 2023
'music that's spacious and reflective'
- BBC Radio 3, 2023