Kinan Azmeh

Kinan Azmeh
Born	June 10, 1976(1976-06-10)
Origin	Damascus, Syria
Genres	Jazz fusion
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Clarinet

Kinan Azmeh (b. Damascus – June 10, 1976) is a clarinet player.

Contents 1 Life 2 Albums 2.1 With Hewar 2.2 Duo Abum 2.3 With the Damascus Festival Chamber Players 2.4 Original Sound Tracks 2.5 With Kulna Sawa 3 External links 4 References

Life

Born in Damascus, Syria in 1976,^[1] Azmeh began to play the clarinet after taking lessons in the violin before switching to the clarinet. Kinan studied at the Arab conservatory of music in Damascus, and the University of Damascus (where he majored in electrical engineering).^[2]

He has appeared with the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra, debuting a clarinet concerto by Zaid Jabri.^[3] and has also played in Israel with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Barenboim. He is one of the five members of the band Hewar, which formed in 2003 and whose name means "dialogue" in Arabic. In addition, Azmeh plays with the New York City-based City Band and with the band Neolexica.^[3] kinan co-founded Neolexica with pianist Dinuk Wijeratne.^[3]

Albums

With Hewar

• Hewar (2005)
• 9 Days of Solitude: The Damascus Session (2006)

Duo Abum

• Complex Stories, Simple Sounds (2009) with Sri-Lankan Pianist Dinuk Wijeratne.

With the Damascus Festival Chamber Players

• Syrian Contemporary Chamber Music (2008)

Original Sound Tracks

• Not for Sale (2004)
• Rigodon (2006)
• Rodage (2009)
• Generation 9/11 (2010)

With Kulna Sawa

• Kulna Sawa (2001)
• Musaique (2004)

External links

• The Official Site
• with Kinan Azmeh Cityband
• with Dinuk Wijeratne
• Daily Star Article
• Gilgamesh performance at Juilliard School

References

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