Thursday 20 December 2018

Kinan Azmeh CityBand

Kinan Azmeh clarinet, Kyle Sanna guitar, Josh Myers bass, John Hadfield drums

Clarinet player and composer Kinan Azmeh is internationally renowned for his intense, spirited performances. The Syrian born musician uses music to transcend cultural barriers, for example in Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, with the New York Philharmonic and with the well-known Dutch trumpeter Eric Vloeimans. In New York he formed the Kinan Azmeh CityBand, a four-piece band that balances between classical, jazz and Middle Eastern music.

‘Virtuoso, intensely soulful’ (New York Times over Kinan Azmeh).

‘Spellbinding’ (The New Yorker over Kinan Azmeh).

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