My name is Melika and I am an Italian-Iranian contemporary percussionist currently based in Switzerland. I am in the final stages of my Master of Performance at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, where I study with Kai Strobel. My artistic work focuses on contemporary solo repertoire for keyboard percussion, multi-percussion and théâtre musical, with a particular interest in the relationship between sound, gesture and material. Alongside my life as a performer, I started having ...