Aref Ghorbani is an Iranian classically trained musician who came to Scotland as a refugee in 2018. He is a key member of the Musicians in Exile community project, which brings together asylum-seeking and refugee musicians in Glasgow and won the 2019 Scotland's National Diversity Award for Community Organisation: Race, Faith, Religion. He performed in Vocal, part of our Refuge series, in the 2022 Festival, joining journalist Zozan Yasar for a conversation around the censorship of music and cultural expression.

This music session is part of our At Home series in partnership with abrdn. Find out more about At Home.

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