Over the last six years, I have spent significant time mapping alternative performance techniques and gestures to establish a new language of improvisation and composition with the buzuq and reimagine the role and the sound of the buzuq. Recently, I have discovered the buzuq's latent sounds, which resulted from my body's physical interaction with the instrument and with the assistance of the piezo microphones. 

In coming to terms with the role of the buzuq in contemporary art music, I investigate various approaches involving computer-based virtual instruments, aiming to enhance the capabilities of the instrument interface while expanding the affordances of the instrument through the MUGIC motion sensor.