Kinan Azmeh CityBand THU / FEB 7 / 7:30 PM

Kinan Azmeh Kyle Sanna GUITAR Josh Myers BASS John Hadfield PERCUSSION

Tonight’s program will be announced from the stage.

There will be no intermission.

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 6 Tsang Connie by Photo ABOUT THE ARTIST

KINAN AZMEH (CLARINET) Hailed as a “virtuoso” and “intensely soulful” by The New York Times and “spellbinding” by The New Yorker, Kinan’s utterly distinctive sound, crossing different musical genres, has gained him international recognition as a clarinetist and composer. Kinan was recently composer-in-residence with Classical Movements for the 2017/18 season. Kinan has toured the world as a soloist, composer and improviser. Notable appearances include Opera Bastille, Paris; Tchaikovsky Grand Hall, ; Carnegie Hall and the UN's general assembly, New York; the Royal Albert Hall, London; Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires; der Philharmonie, Berlin; the Library of Congress and The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.; the Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria; Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg; and the Opera His discography includes three albums Kinan is a graduate of New York's House for its opening concert in his with his ensemble, Hewar, several as a student of native . soundtracks for film and dance, a duo , both of the album with pianist Dinuk Wijeratne and Damascus High Institutes of Music He has appeared as soloist with the an album with his New York /Jazz where he studied with Shukry Sahwki, , the Seattle quartet, the Kinan Azmeh CityBand. Nicolay Viovanof and Anatoly Moratof, Symphony, the Bavarian Radio He serves as artistic director of the and of ’s School Orchestra, the West-Eastern Divan Damascus Festival Chamber Players, of Electrical Engineering in his native Orchestra, the Qatar Philharmonic and a pan-Arab ensemble dedicated to Syria. Kinan earned his doctorate the Syrian Symphony Orchestra, among contemporary music form the Arab degree in music from the City others, and has shared the stage world. His is a frequent guest faculty University of New York in 2013. with Yo-Yo Ma, Marcel Khalife, Aynur, at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber and Jivan Gasparian. Music and is on the advisory board of www.kinanazmeh.com His compositions include several solo the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra. He is works as well as works for orchestra also a member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road and chamber music, film, live Ensemble, with whom he was awarded ® illustration and electronics. a GRAMMY in 2017.

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