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Kareem Roustom

Kareem Roustom

Syrian-American composer

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Orchestra

Fanfare For A Defiant City (2026) Work-in-progress

Composed for the Third Coast Symphony. Duration ca. 4′ 30″

THREE DANCES FROM CLORINDA AGONISTES (2026)

for orchestra. duration ca. 12 minutes.

Trumpet Concerto (2025)

Commissioned by the Tonhalle Düsseldorf. For trumpet & orchestra. Duration ca. 13 minutes

The Clustered Vine – Songs of Love, Loss, and Remembrance (2023)

Commissioned by John Kongsgaard and the Grand Teton Music Festival.
Duration: ca. 29 minutes
Instrumentation: Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra

Strange Sea (2022)

Commissioned by Robert Trevino and the Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Duration ca. 20 minutes
Instrumentation: 3(picc.).2.EH.2.BClr.2Cbsn-4.2.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-cel-str

Violin Concerto No. 2: with might and main (2021)

Duration: ca. 25 minutes
Commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Ice, Wind, War & Spring (2020)

Commissioned by the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen. Duration ca. 26 minutes
for Orchestra and Mixed Voices
Instrumentation: 3(picc.)1.ca.2.2(cbsn)-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hrp-SATB-str
Languages: French, English and German

Violin Concerto No. 1 (2019)

Duration ca.  26′
– For Violin & Chamber Orchestra
Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1(cbsn.)-2.1.1.0-2perc-pno-VlnSolo-str(1.1.1.1.1)
– For Violin &  Orchestra
Instrumentation: 2(Picc.).2(E.H.).2.2(CBsn.).2.1.1.0.2perc-hp-VlnSolo-str.

Aleppo Songs for orchestra (2017)

Commissioned by Boston Landmarks Orchestra
Duration ca. 16′
Instrumentation: 2.2.(eh).2.2-2.2(tpt in D).3.0-timp.2perc-hp-str
Also available for solo piano.

Clarinet Concerto: Adrift On The Wine-Dark Sea (2017)

Duration ca. 29′
For clarinet & orchestra
Instrumentation • Solo Instruments: Clarinet • Orch: 2(picc.)2.eh.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-str

Ramal (2014)

Duration ca. 12′ 30″
Instrumentation: pic.2.2.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-cel-str

© 2006–2026 Kareem Roustom, Layali Music