About:
"A JOURNEY IN SOUND"
Peter Dobrin, Music Critic - the Inquirer
"a brilliant and dramatic work with a Middle Eastern flavor"
Jim Lowe, Staff Writer - Times Argus
"... you feel completely propelled by the power of the piece"
Christopher James Lees, Conductor
"phenomenal piece"
Ensemble39
Kinan Abou-afach is a cellist, oud player, composer, and recipient of the prestigious Pew Fellowship in 2013. The Syrian-born musician began his musical studies at the age of seven studying at the Arabic Institute of Music in Damascus, where he eventually joined the National Syrian Symphony Orchestra and performed with the Middle Eastern Ensemble.
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World premire, and performance with the Daedalus Quartetexpand_more
Premeiring my quintet: Nomads: The Four Winds, for cello and string quartet.
November 22, 2021 (Monday) — 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Harold Prince Theatre
Penn Live Arts
3680 Walnut StreetLink / Info / Tickets: https://music.sas.upenn.edu/events/2021/11/22/daedalus-quartet
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With Cellist Tomas Kraines - At the Anneberg Centerexpand_more
In Performance: Thomas Kraines, Cello & Kinan Abou-afach, Cello/Oud.
Live Stream Concert
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Impromptu for Cello, World Premiere by cellist D. Scot Williamsexpand_more
Impromptu for Cello
Commissioned by Mary Ann Haubenreich
for the Knoxville Symphony OrchestraLink / Info / Tickets:
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Speak for Orchestra. Performance with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. Concord, NCexpand_more
Speak for Orchestra. Performance with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. Concord, NC. Christopher James Lees: Conductor
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Speak for Orchestra. Performance with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.expand_more
Speak for Orchestra. Performance with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Christopher James Lees: Conductor
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"Speak" Performance with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestraexpand_more
“Speak” Performance with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Primary Concerts: One Musical Family. Christopher James Lees: Conductor
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"Speak" Performance with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestraexpand_more
“Speak” Performance with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Primary Concerts: One Musical Family. Christopher James Lees: Conductor
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Cello Duo with Cellist/Composer Tom Krainesexpand_more
Private Event
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Rotterdam, Netherlands. Chronicles I, string quartet performance with The New European Ensembleexpand_more
String Quartet, Performed by The New European Ensemble
NEW EUROPEAN ENSEMBLE plays:
Kinan Abou Afach – Chronicles I (a la Sama’i)
Wassim Ibrahim – Syriac Fantasy
Kareem Roustom – Shades of NightPodium Grounds Pieter de Hoochweg 125, 3024 BG Rotterdam, Netherlands
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The Hague, Netherlands. String quartet premiere performance by The New European Ensembleexpand_more
Klooster Kerk, Lange Voorhout 4 2514 ED The Hague
Link / Info / Tickets: http://cultureunlimited.org/events/neue-vocaal-ensemble-consorte/