Jus Soli

Jus soli explores the notion of ‘right of soil’, namely the right of citizenship to anyone born within the territory of a state. The work addresses the Greek War of Independence from the Turkish point of view and tracks its impact and repercussions, bravely confronting the thorny questions that surround every coherent national narrative. In the end, the composer symbolically grants the last, disarming word – ‘love’ – to the sea, the iconic body of water that divides and unites the two peoples and is a symbol of peace and understanding.