The French trailer for Cherien Dabis’s May In The Summer theatrical release is now online details here <http://distribution.memento-films.com/film/infos/54>. US release will be in the Summer of 2014.
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West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Summer Residency, tour and commissions
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Video of Traces piano sextet world premiere now on Vimeo
The world premiere of Traces for piano, clarinet and string quartet is now streaming on Vimeo here. The performance features Sally Pinkas – Piano, Kinan Azmeh – Clarinet, and the Apple Hill String Quartet and was recorded at Dartmouth College in November of 2013.
Review of ‘A Voice Exclaiming’ premiere with Kronos Quartet and Community MusicWorks
“Roustom’s new work, the evening’s centerpiece—an expression of hope for his Syrian birthplace in the face of appalling violence—was the most effective of the evening’s Kronos commissions, mainly, I think, because his crossing of genres, his strategy of adapting Arabic musical materials to Western forms came with a certain clarity of purpose.” Read the full… read more
Interview on NHNPR with Kinan Azmeh and Kareem Roustom
Listen to the full interview here. Clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh was born in Damascus, but now lives in New York, where he wakes up to bad news each day. One of his compositions, “A Sad Morning, Every Morning,” is dedicated to the victims of the Syrian conflict, now in its third year. Kinan will… read more
Hot Tea, Mint & Olives for SSA and piano now published
My 2007 work ‘Hot Tea, Mint & Olives’, with text by the wonderful Ibtisam Barkaat, is now available from ECS Publishing through MorningStar Music. Scores and audio are available here. This work was originally commissioned by the Boston Children’s Chorus. and fluidly combines elements of Arabic music with Western choral writing.
November 13th World Premiere of ‘Traces’
Wednesday November 13th 7 p.m. World Premiere of Traces for clarinet, piano and string quartet. With Sally Pinkas – piano, Kinan Azmeh – Clarinet and the Apple Hill String Quartet. Dartmouth College, Hanover NH Details here. Traces was co-commissioned for the Apple Hill String Quartet, clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and pianist Sally Pinkas by the Apple… read more
November 8th world premiere with the Kronos Quartet and CMW
Tickets are on sale for the upcoming Kronos Quartet concert at the RISD auditorium in Providence, RI at 8 p.m. The concert will feature the world premiere of my ‘A Voice Exclaiming’ for triple string quartet. Commissioned for the Kronos Quartet and Community MusicWorks the work is written for three generations of string quartets: Kronos,… read more
The Son of Man – Score published and available through ECS Publishing
I’m very excited to announce that the final score and parts for my oratorio The Son of Man, with text by Kahlil Gibran, is now available through ECS Publishing. The link for parts and score is here. To hear and see the full work from the premiere performance click here. Thank you to everyone at… read more
May In The Summer at the London BFI film festival
Screenings coming up in mid-October. Details here.
May In The Summer on the roster for Venice Days Film Fest
Congrats to Cherien Dabis and all the film makers whose films were chosen for this year’s Venice Days film festival. Details here. Some of my score to May In The Summer can be heard here. The Venice fest runs Aug. 28 to Sept. 7, 2013.
New projects in the works
New works in progress I am thrilled to announce two new concert works in progress: The first is a work for triple string quartet commissioned by Providence, R.I. based Community Music Works and The Kronos Quartet will be performed in November 2013 by the Kronos Quartet, the Providence String Quartet and a quartet of students from… read more