Concerts from the Library of Congress developed the Boccaccio Project to provide some artistic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ten composers were commissioned to write brief solo works, with the remotely recorded pieces to be premiered online in June 2020.

Premiere Date: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020 at 8:00 PM

Composer Ashkan Behzadi has been paired with cellist Mariel Roberts of the Wet Ink Ensemble to write a new work for solo cello, entitled Lobelia.

About the work

In Lobelia, we are observing the fragile and solitude expressivity of the performer "singing to herself," in searching for a forgotten melody of a past collective memory. 
~ Ashkan Behzadi​

Learn more about the artists

• Ashkan Behzadi, composer
• Mariel Roberts, cellist
• Wet Ink Ensemble