Khabat Abas is a cellist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist from Kurdistan. Her work explores time, space, and memory through music, everyday sounds, and noises. She delves deeply into how we experience sound, particularly in various geopolitical contexts. Abas uses her instrument beyond traditional norms—improvising, composing, creating videos and sound installations, crafting cellos from diverse materials, and incorporating her body into performances. Through this approach, her work merges politics with personal expression, challenging conventional values and control.

London Improvisation Orchestra and one orchestra new,  Noise Women.  She has also collaborated with curators, artists and musicians in Kurdistan-Iraq, Sweden, Germany, and the UK., Aba’s electro-acoustic cello piece was performed in Slemani-Kurdistan as a part of the Global Listening Biennial. She performed in   Irtijal festival in Beirut  Lebanon, Space21 festival in Slemani in Iraq Kurdistan, Breachin Nicosia, Cyprus,  Borderline Festival Athens, Soundout festival Caberra Australia, EAR WE ARE Festival Sweitzerland,Zero Parameter festival in Dai Hall Huddersfield Uk, and she participated in the project  (Abandoned space) collaboration between the Sonorities festival in Belfastand Space21 festival in Kurdistan and her composition played in Klangwerkstatt, Festival for New Music in Berlin and Space21 festival n Kurdistan and London new jazz festival in London. Artist residency at Ame in Huddersfield.She is co-founder of Duo Moment; together with Hardi Kurda, they released two albums, “Broken Resonance” on Space21 Label and “Illegal Performance” at Café Oto in 2021. She has been awarded grants from Salam CultureHouse in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Swedish Art Council, and the StimForward Fund in Sweden.

DAAD Artists Fellowship for 2026 in Berlin.