Hello, I'm Zaki.

Zaki Hagins (they​/​he) is an African American performer​,​ composer​,​ and DJ. As a performer​,​ they have a passion for works that stretch the boundaries of a given art form. They have contributed to David Lang's symphony for a broken orchestra and the 2017 Bowerbird retrospective "That Which is Fundamental" on the music of Julius Eastman. Zaki Hagins was trained as a viola player with Renard Edwards and Owen Brown​,​ and studied composition and singing with Vykintas Baltakas with Yvonne Schiffelers​,​ respectively​,​ at Conservatorium Maastricht. They released their debut single​,​ "Younger​,​" in December 2022. They are currently based in Berlin​,​ where they perform regularly with The String Archestra and House of Living Colors.