Kinan Azmeh
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| Kinan Azmeh | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 10, 1976 |
| Origin | Damascus, Syria |
| Genre(s) | Jazz fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, bandleader |
| Instrument(s) | Clarinet, Saxophone, Violin |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Kinan Azmeh (Arabic: كنان العظمة, born June 10, 1976 in Syria) is a Syrian clarinet player.
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[edit] Life
Born in Damascus, Syria in 1976, Kinan studied at the Arab conservatory of music in Damascus with Shukry Shawkey and Nicolay Viovanof. He has appeared in performances around the wold including at the Tchaikovsky grand hall in Moscow in 1997, with the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra during its first American tour (UCLA's Royce Hall, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles, USA) with Solhi Al-Wadi conducting, BBC Proms festival at the Royal Albert Hall, London, the premiere of two clarinet concertos written for him by Dutch composer Guus Janssen at Lincoln Center in New York, and by Zaid Jabri at the opening of the Syrian Opera House 2004.
[edit] Music
As clarinetist, kinan performed under the baton of reputed conductors such as John Adams, Roger Norrington, Daniel Barenboim, James DePriest, Charles Dutoit, Itzhak Perlman, Julius Rudel, Larry Rachleff, Ahmad el-Saedi, and Solhi Al-Wadi. In addition to his interest in classical music as a soloist, Chamber Musician and Orchestra member, he enjoys improvising on his clarinet and tenor Saxophone. He has appeared as soloist with Sylvain Kassab, Marcel Khalife, Elliott Sharp, Kani Karaca, and Hot house Jazz band, as well as being member of the New York-based NEOLEXICA group and the Syrian pop group Kulna Sawa.
[edit] Works
Kinan co-started the ensemble Hewar with Issam Rafea in the year 2003 and led the group in two American tours 2004,2005, including performances at the reputed Kennedy Center.
Kinan’s works for solo Violin, Solo Clarinet with Max/Msp, works for mixed quintets and interactive works for Clarinet, computers and live illustrations with artist Kevrok Mourad as well as the original sound track for the film "Rigodon" by Keith Sicat and Sari Dalena and "Not for sale" and "the day i died" by the Iranian film maker Maryam Keshavarz.
[edit] Albums
[edit] With Kulna Sawa
- Kulna Sawa (2001)
- Musaique (2004)
[edit] With Hewar
- Hewar (2005)
- 9 Days of Solitude: The Damascus Session (2006)
