Clarinetist/Composer Kinan Azmeh

Slosberg Music Center, Waltham
415 South Street, Waltham MA, 02453
United States
(781) 736-3400
http://www.brandeis.edu/tickets/

Kinan Azmeh, painter and digital artist Kevork Mourad, and film maker and writer Khalil Younes

From Syria, clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh (“intensely soulful, a virtuoso” – The New York Times), is joined by painter and digital artist Kevork Mourad, and film maker and writer, Khalil Younes in a live, 60-minute audio-visual performance that is the centerpiece the evening’s exploration of the role of the artist in society. In this work, art and music develop in counterpoint to each other, creating a beautiful impressionistic reflection on the Syrian revolution and its aftermath. Also on the program is a premiere of a new work by Kinan Azmeh and film maker Khalil Younes for clarinet, electronics, and string quartet, performed with the Lydian String Quartet, resident faculty ensemble at Brandeis since 1980.

The visiting Syrian artists conclude a week-long residency on the Brandeis campus with the concert on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 8 p.m (preconcert talk at 7 p.m.) at the Slosberg Music Center.

The pre concert talk “Art, Beauty, and War: A Short History” will be given at 7 p.m. by Dr. James Thompson, Professor of Applied and Social Theater at the University of Manchester and Director of the In Place of War project that supports arts in war and conflict zones. There will be a post-concert reception and conversation with the artists.


Kinan Azmeh : New work for clarinet and live digital illustration
Kinan Azmeh : New work for clarinet, electronics, and string quartet