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.

Kinan ABou-afach Biography
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Kinan ABou-afach Biography

News & Blog

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Finally! Peforming on a stage again (Music with/by Thomas Kraines, Gene Coleman)

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New String Quartet: 2 Performances in Rotterdam, and The Hague (Netherlands)

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"Two Cellists in a Parking Lot" With Cellist & Composer Thomas Kraines

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Cornell University – A Discussion with Composer Kinan Abou-Afach

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The Curtis Brass Project CD Release

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Latest Events

March 4, 2021
7:00 PM
February 21, 2020
7:00 PM
  • Speak for Orchestra. Performance with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. Concord, NC
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    Speak for Orchestra. Performance with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. Concord, NC. Christopher James Lees: Conductor

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February 19, 2020
7:00 PM
  • Speak for Orchestra. Performance with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.
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    Speak for Orchestra. Performance with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Christopher James Lees: Conductor

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February 12, 2020
10:15 AM
  • "Speak" Performance with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
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    “Speak” Performance with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Primary Concerts: One Musical Family. Christopher James Lees: Conductor

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February 11, 2020
10:15 AM
  • "Speak" Performance with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
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    “Speak” Performance with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Primary Concerts: One Musical Family. Christopher James Lees: Conductor

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January 26, 2020
7:30 PM
  • Cello Duo with Cellist/Composer Tom Kraines
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    Private Event

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December 20, 2019
8:00 PM
  • Rotterdam, Netherlands. Chronicles I, string quartet performance with The New European Ensemble
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    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 Night

    Podium Grounds Pieter de Hoochweg 125, 3024 BG Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Link / Info / Tickets: http://cultureunlimited.org/events/under-the-surface-the-scent-of-persia-new-european-ensemble/
December 11, 2019
8:00 PM
November 18, 2019
7:30 PM
  • World Premiere with The Brass Project
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    A world premiere of the full version of Exodus for brass sextet

     

    The Brass Project:
    Theo Van Dyck, trumpet
    Brian Olson, trumpet
    Cort Roberts, horn
    Daniel Schwalbach, trombone
    Oliver Barrett, trombone
    Jake Fewx, tuba

    Link / Info / Tickets: https://www.musicmondays.org/november-2019
November 14, 2019
8:00 PM
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