[1] Born in Stanford, California, Tara Kamangar began studying piano and violin at the age of three.

[13] Recorded on The Scoring Stage at Skywalker Sound by producer and Grammy Award winning engineer Leslie Ann Jones, the album explores the musical connection between the countries from Russia to Iran.

[14][15][16][17][18] Kamangar wrote the original score for the documentary "Fifi Howls from Happiness" (France/Iran) directed by Mitra Farahani.

[19] An avid composer with a background in ethnomusicology, she has incorporated Kurdish folk music into her classical compositions.

[10] Kamangar has collaborated with musicians across several genres, from Spanish classical guitarist Angel Romero[20] to multi-platinum R&B producer James Poyser.