Upcoming
Etel Adnan: In the Rhythms of the World: A Symposium
"Time's Other Side" solo performance in dialogue with the poetry of Etel Adnan
Amir ElSaffar (trumpet, santur, voice, modular synthesizer) part of the symposium, "In the Rhythms of the World"
The Poetry Project at St Mark's Church, New York, NY
Inner Spaces with Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesch
Amir ElSaffar (Voice, Trumpet, Santur and Composition)
Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch (Live electronics and Composition)Triennale Milano, Teatro Filodrammatici di Milano, Milan, Italy
Amir ElSaffar's Two Rivers Ensemble
Amir ElSaffar’s Two Rivers Ensemble will be performing for two nights at the Historic Asolo Theater at the Ringling Museum.
Historic Asolo Theater (HAT) at The Ringling, Sarasota, FL
Inner Spaces with Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesch
Amir ElSaffar and Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesch: Inner Spaces Trumpeter, santur player, vocalist, and composer Amir ElSaffar joins electronics performer and composer Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesch in a collaborative project exploring electro-acoustic spaces, maqam, microtonal harmonies, and improvised and composed structures in a modular musical composition that accommodates a variety of musical styles across genres.
BRIC JazzFest, Brooklyn, NY
Inner Spaces with Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesch
INNER SPACES
Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch (electronics and composition)
Amir ElSaffar (vocals, trumpet, santur and composition)PARC Performing Arts Research Centre Firenze | IT
as part of Fabbrica Europa 2024
Amir Elsaffar / Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch - INNER SPACES Festival Aperto 2024
Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch (electronics and composition)
Amir ElSaffar (vocals, trumpet, santur and composition)Festival Aperto 2024, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Kinetic Painting with Samia Halaby, in collaboration with Amir ElSaffar
Samia Halaby (keyboard)
Amir ElSaffar (modular synthesizers)Curated by Sanna Almajedi
e-flux, Brooklyn, NY
Bloodlines Interwoven Festival
Featured Festival Artists:
Adam O’Farrill (trumpet), Alicia Hall Moran (voice), Amir ElSaffar (trumpet), Du Yun (composer, performance art), Jeffrey Zeigler (cello), Jen Shyu (voice, lutes and zithers), Layale Chaker (violin and voice), Maeve Gilchrist (Celtic harp), Martha Redbone (voice), Matt Garrison (electric bass), Mino Cinélu (percussion, voice, guitar), Nasheet Waits (drums), Rajna Swaminathan (percussion), Susie Ibarra (percussion), Kaoru Watanabe (Japanese percussion and flutes)
Led by Festival Artistic Director Kaoru Watanabe, a renowned instrumentalist and composer, and feature a multicultural collective of world-class musicians.
Orchestra Farha
ORCHESTRA FARHA
Zahra Alzubaida (voice)
Sami Abu Shumays (violin)
Sarah Mueller (violin)
Gideon Forbes (nay, saxophone)
Amir ElSaffer (trumpet)
Josh Farrar (electric guitar)
Mohammad Araki (keyboard)
Marwan Allam (bass)
Johnny Farraj (percussion)
Alber Baseel (percussion)Sisters, Brooklyn, NY
Amir ElSaffar Kinetic / Earnest Dawkins Double Down
Amir ElSaffar (trumpet, vocal, santur)
Ole Mathisen (tenor saxophone)
Zafer Tawil (oud and percussion)
Nasheet Waits (drum set)
Brandon Ross (electric guitar)
Harish Raghavan (bass)
MICROTONAL RESONANCE ENSEMBLE
MICROTONAL RESONANCE ENSEMBLE
Sonya Belaya (piano) Jerome Harris (guitar) Rajna Swaminathan (mridangam) Firas Zreik (qanun) Zafer Tawil (oud, percussion) Amir ElSaffar (trumpet, santur, vocal)
The Stone in NYC
In Progress
Amir El Saffar Quartet and Duo Projects
Albums to be released in 2024
The Maqam Project
Organization building for an archive and center for the preservation and continuation of Arabic Classical Music
Opera
The Maqam Opera in development