Sonata for Solo Cello: Bone of Her Bone was born out of deep sorrow and
anger in response to the brutal oppression of women under the Taliban regime in
Afghanistan. Witnessing the erasure of women’s rights, education, and voices in
the 21st century is unbearable — yet it is a reality so many endure silently,
under threat and behind closed doors.
As a woman from Kazakhstan, I feel this pain not from a distance, but as
something hauntingly familiar. Our histories echo with struggles against
patriarchal control, political repression, and cultural silencing. My own
experiences, gender, and feminist beliefs connect me to the women of
Afghanistan in solidarity, grief, and defiance.
The title Bone of Her Bone is not a religious reference, but a symbolic
expression of shared identity, resilience, and trauma. It suggests something
deeply internal — the unbreakable core of a woman whose body, spirit, and
autonomy are targeted, yet never truly taken.
This work is a lament, a resistance, and an offering.

Sonata for Solo Cello: Bone of Her Bone - composed by Sofya Bulatova
Sounds of Now Vienna 2025
15.08.2025