The Unseen is an audiovisual artwork where large-scale moving images meet a live, evolving sound score.

Visual storyteller Shazia Khan works with light, colour and abstraction, creating open visual worlds that invite association rather than explanation. In dialogue with the images, I compose and perform a live soundscape of music and field recordings, functioning as an integral, co-creative layer of the work.

Drawing on images and atmospheres from different parts of the world — from Greenland and Mexico to South Asia and beyond — The Unseen moves between the intimate and the global, unfolding as a shared sensory space where sound and image continuously transform.

The Unseen: Fire

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Whether across genres or beyond genre altogether, improvisation is central to my work. I treat improvisation as a way of listening and composing in real time, allowing sound, context and collaboration to shape the music as it unfolds.

Live at Klub PRiMi, H15, Copenhagen. With Eli Piña, sax (Mexico), Maria Laurette Friis, vocals & Jonathan Aardestrup, double bass.

Live at Venas Rotas, Mexico City. With Ernesto Andriano, sax, Misha Marks, bombardino, Luis "Chinos" Ortega, double-bass & Emilio Gordoa Salazar "Piscuis", drums & percussion.

Klezmofobia emerged on the Danish and international music scene with the debut album Tantz!, which received a Danish Music Award and reached a wide audience. Since then, the ensemble has performed extensively across Europe and internationally, with concerts ranging from intimate venues to large stages in places such as Mexico, Japan, China and Svalbard.

The work is rooted in collective sound and long-term collaboration, and the live performances are marked by strong energy, closeness between musicians and audience, and a shared sense of movement and community.

www.klezmofobia.com

ASUN is a long-standing musical collaboration with accordion virtuoso Buzor Nenic, rooted in the warmth and authenticity of Balkan and Roma music. The word asun means to listen in Romani — a principle that lies at the heart of the project.

We first met on the street more than thirty years ago, where we began playing together, became friends and gradually developed an almost telepathic musical connection. Over the years, ASUN has taken many forms, from intimate duo performances to expanded ensembles with international guest musicians.

For a period, the band also included clarinetist and composer Claus Mathiesen, whose musical voice remains an important part of ASUN’s history. It was the almost perfect trio, until he passed away a few years ago.

Live in KU.BE, Copenhagen

"Caje Sukarije". Special guest Ida Meidell Blylod

Oriental Mood has existed for more than 30 years, exploring Middle Eastern music in dialogue with flamenco, jazz and global traditions. I have been a part of the band for 7 years and we have toured together in Denmark, Sweden, Egypt and India. We have collaborated with a range of international guest artists, including Egyptian singer Fatma Zidan and South Indian flute virtuoso Shashank, among others.

Album: Salaam Aleicum, 2023

Oriental Mood

I am a core member of the internationally touring band Hola Ghost, performing as one of two trumpeters in Haunted Horns. The project blends mariachi punk, surf, psychobilly, and rock into a high-energy, genre-defying live experience.

Hola Ghost — & the Haunted Horns

"Funeral March", the first recording I did with the band in 2018.

Flamencobana

Often described as a place where Gipsy Kings meets Buena Vista Social Club, the music is driven by strong rhythm, warmth and presence. The ensemble features guitarist Poul Jacek Knudsen and the remarkable singer Gustav Rey, whose raw, raspy voice brings both intensity and intimacy to the sound.

Live in Frodes Folkehus, Copenhagen. Poul Jacek Knudsen, Gustav Rey & feat. Anders Pedersen on cajón.

Klezmerson (Mexico City)

My collaboration with Klezmerson began more than twenty years ago, when my band Klezmofobia toured in Mexico and we encountered musicians working with similar ideas. It developed into a long-standing friendship with composer and multi-instrumentalist Benjamin Shwartz. Klezmerson reimagines klezmer music through a contemporary Mexican lens, blending Jewish musical traditions infused with elements of jazz, rock and experimental music. For years Klezmerson had a close collaboration with New York composer John Zorn, resulting in three albums released on his Tzadik label. Over the years, I have performed with Klezmerson internationally many times.