Once More, All Is Green

سبز است دوباره

Azam Ali

featuring Efren Lopez

Based on the Persian poem by

Hila Sedighi

Thursday, December 11, 2025 - 11AM PST

Directed By: Shadi Amini
Director of Photography: Ryan Seif
Dance By: Tara Pandeya

Exclusively for Farhang Performances

“More than a decade ago, when I first heard Hila Sedighi recite her powerful poem “Sabz Ast Dobâre,” I knew I would one day compose music for it. Her timeless poem written in the context of Iran’s political and social struggles, while capturing the ache of a nation and its people, at its heart is a poem of renewal, resilience, and the inevitability of hope, all captured through Hila’s masterful use of imagery “Once More, All Is Green” is a musical tribute to these themes of collective strength, renewal, rebirth, and awakening. It is a wish for the healing of society, of memory, and of individual wounds. It looks toward a future where light returns and people reclaim their freedom.

My concept for the video draws inspiration from the grandeur of the Mughal courts, where art, beauty, and performance intertwined in exquisitely crafted spaces. By invoking the spirit of these historic settings where women performed with grace and expressive power, surrounded by beautiful architecture and rich textiles, the performers become storytellers. Their gestures carrying both delicacy and strength, while the visual world around them, its colors, patterns, and light, create an atmosphere of timeless refinement. In this way the performers serve as vessels for meaning and the expression of inner worlds."

— Azam Ali

About Azam Ali

Azam Ali

With a career spanning more than three decades, encompassing fifteen solo and collaborative albums, two prestigious JUNO Award nominations, a Hollywood Music Award, global tours, and featured solo vocal performances in some of Hollywood’s most iconic film and television scores, Azam Ali has firmly established herself as one of the most visionary and transcendent voices in contemporary music. Renowned for her otherworldly voice and uncompromising artistic integrity, Azam’s distinguished career has been defined by boldly defying genres and commercial expectations to heed her singular creative instincts which have earned her the respect of both her peers as well as music critics worldwide.

Born in Iran, raised in India, and now based in Los Angeles, Azam’s most notable work is with the ground-breaking electro-acoustic project Niyaz, which she co-founded in 2005, and with whom she continues to tour internationally. Niyaz are considered trailblazers in pioneering a new sound in contemporary world music. The group has released four best-selling, critically acclaimed albums on Six Degrees Records, all debuting at #1 on iTunes, and they have been prominently featured by NPR, the BBC, Billboard, SPIN, Huffington Post, and PRI. In 2013, Niyaz expanded their groundbreaking vision with The Fourth Light, an immersive, multisensory concert experience that fuses live music, sacred dance, and interactive technologies. Presented at some of the world’s most prestigious performing arts venues, the project exemplifies Azam’s commitment to innovation and her deep belief in the transformative power of art. In 2023 SPIN Magazine voted Niyaz’s performance of “The Fourth Light” at the prestigious Royce Hall in Los Angeles, as one of “The Best Concerts of 2023” across all genres.

Outside of her own creative guises, Azam has been an in-demand artistic force with a majestic and malleable musicality that’s been featured in a myriad of contexts from collaborations with famed artists such as Serj Tankian of System of a Down, Peter Murphy of Bauhaus, The Crystal Method, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain etc., to some of Hollywood’s most eminent film composers such as Mychael Danna, Michael Giacchino, Brian Tyler, Ramin Djawadi, Michael Abels and Tyler Bates.

Azam’s otherworldly and distinctive voice can also be heard on some of the biggest film and television scores among which include “John Wick: Chapter 4”, “John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum”, “Thor- The Dark World”, "Matrix- Revolutions", “Prince of Persia- The Sands of Time”, “300”, “John Carter”, “The Fight Club”, "Children of Dune", “Acolyte”, “Sandman”, “Tyrant”, “True Blood”, "Alias", "Prison Break.” She is also a well-known musical force in the videogame world. A cross section of titles she’s contributed to include “Uncharted 3,” “Call of Duty”, “Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands”, “Darksiders”, “Modern Warfare”,and “Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow” for which she won “Best Original Song” at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards in 2007.