Confidence through music

My guest is Suad Bushnaq, an incredible Jordanian-Canadian composer of Bosnian, Syrian, & Palestinian roots. She speaks Arabic, English, French, Spanish, is fluent in both Western & Middle Eastern music & is active in both the film & concert world. Her music, described by the BBC as 'reflective & touching', tackles themes of identity, loss, war, peace, & coexistence. She has scored award­-winning feature films & shorts that have screened at festivals around the world. The latest of which is the feature film SALMA's HOME which I am proud to have played the role of Lamia in. In this episode, we discuss some of the challenges and painful times that Suad faced in her life that changed her career path, as well as the beautiful moments that helped shape the woman she has become today. I hope you find her unshakeable confidence and passion about her work as inspiring as I did. Discussed in this episode: The beautiful discovery, that I was unknowingly an artistic influence early on in Suad's life before being part of the film (SALMA'S HOME) together (3:15) The reason Suad was encouraged and supported by her parents to become a composer, who also instilled in her the confidence needed to follow her dreams (4:00) How the sudden loss of Suad's mother changed her life path for ten years (6:15) A degree in maths and teaching came naturally as Suad enjoyed the math and architecture in Johann Sebastian Bach's music (9:50) The artist reawakens in Suad as the film industry starts to bubble in the Arab world (11:00) Suad describes herself as a workaholic and composes soundtracks for forty films in just seven years (15:00) Motherhood was another major shifting moment for Suad and how she found reading 'Bringing up Bebe' helped. (16:00) 'The borrowed dress' score was about losing family members as Suad grieved her own father and unborn child (24:30) How Suad has an unshakeable confidence in her ability as a composer (29:15) Connect with Suad: https://www.suadbushnaq.com https://www.instagram.com/musicbysuada/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/30k85HCLHOFmPzKQCC5uKZ https://www.youtube.com/user/SuadBushnaq Tickets for MAY 7th 2022 at Coventry Cathedral, UK https://www.bpso.org.uk/coventry/ References: Free PDF download of book, Bringing up Bebe https://www.seecoalharbour.com/bringing-up-bebe/ McGill University Malcolm Gladwell's book 'Outliers' Johann Sebastian Bach Let’s connect! Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Website