Behrouz Boochani – librettist

Behrouz Boochani is a Kurdish-Iranian journalist, human rights defender, writer and film producer. He was held in the Australian-run Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea from 2013 until its closure in 2017.

We are grateful to Behrouz for giving Luke Styles permission to use text from his award winning book No Friend but the Mountains in Luke Style’s composition entitled No Friend but the Mountains: A Symphonic Song Cycle commissioned by Zelman Symphony for the World Premiere to be given at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on 21 March 2021.

For further information, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behrouz_Boochani.