The Franco-Belgian cellist Camille Thomas released a new recording of the traditional Persian song "Chera Rafti" in solidarity with all the Iranians who have lost their lives in recent violent events.

The video also features two young artists: the Persian-Canadian countertenor Cameron Shahbazi and the French pianist Aurélien Froissart.

In the text of "Chera Rafti" (Why did you leave?), the song's narrator speaks of the pain of absence experienced when a loved one can no longer be present with us.

A graduate of Berlin’s Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik and the Franz Liszt Hochschule für Musik in Weimar, Camille Thomas has worked with mentors including Stephan Forck, Frans Helmerson, and Wolfgang-Emanuel Schmidt.

In 2017, Thomas signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, on which her second album, “Voice of Hope,” featured Fazil Say’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Never Give Up — written especially for Thomas.

Thomas has worked with orchestras including the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Academia Santa Cecilia, Sinfonia Varsovia, Staatsorchester Hamburg, Lucerne Festival Strings, Orchestre National de Bordeaux, and Brussels Philharmonic, alongside conductors such as Paavo Järvi, Mikko Franck, Marc Soustrot, Darrell Ang, Kent Nagano, and Stéphane Denève.

"Just as doctors care for the body, music and art care for the soul, I hope this music can bring comfort, healing, and peace to those who need it," Thomas wrote on social media.

"May this Persian song resonate in the hearts of all those around the world who endure violence, oppression, and fear."