Written in 1999 and premiered by the composer on 9th January 2000 in the Queen Elizabeth Hall foyer, Dobrinka Tabakova says of her solo piano piece Halo, “The inspiration for this suite came from a beautiful halo which had formed around the moon one summer’s night. Exploring a range of techniques for achieving harmonics on the piano, the piece describes a hypothetical life of a halo. The first movement sees its birth from darkness, in the second the full strength of light is evoked through rapid repetitive figures, and the extreme registers of the piano; and the final movement portrays a mature and settled halo”.