Maria Karakusheva, award-winning composer and pianist, presents The Wild Iris — the first pilot single from her upcoming neoclassical album Forget Me Not. With this release, Karakusheva invites listeners into an intimate, emotional soundscape where fragility and resilience coexist.
The Wild Iris is a deeply personal piece inspired by a haunting piano motif that returned to the composer time and again, demanding to be heard. At its core, the music reflects themes of silence, inner struggle, and rebirth — much like the flower it is named after, which blooms after enduring the harshest conditions.
Minimalist yet cinematic, the composition builds on Maria’s signature sound: poetic piano lines, subtle textures, and a profound sense of space. It is both a stand-alone narrative and the opening thread of the larger story told in Forget Me Not — an album where each piece is named after a flower and carries emotional symbolism, weaving a journey of loss, strength, love, and healing.
With The Wild Iris, Maria Karakusheva sets the tone for an album that promises to be as delicate as it is bold — a sonic bloom born from life’s deepest soil.
