2011

NOVEMBER 2011
-Nov 1, Montreal, Canada, Festival Du Monde Arabe with Dinuk Wijeratne.
 http://festivalarabe.com/

-Nov 11, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
 Covenant Arts Series @Covenant College with Kinan Azmeh's Cityband.
 http://experience.covenant.edu/Covenant_Arts/2011-12/concert3.html

OCTOBER 2011
-Oct 3 Izmir, Turkey, Solo with the Izmir Symphony Orchestra, details TBA

-Oct 7, Osnabruck, Germany
 Opening of Morgenland festival with Hewar and esteemed guest Djivan Gasparian.
 http://www.osnabrueck.de/morgenland/706.htm

-Oct 11, Osnabruck, Concerto recitativo with Hewar trio and guests.
 http://www.osnabrueck.de/morgenland/726.htm

-Oct 19, Yerevan, Armenia,
 "Crossworlds", New project with visual artist Kevork Mourad.
  http://www.themonument.org

SEPTEMBER 2011
-Sep 11, New York @ Merkin Concert Hall
 with Dinuk Wijeratne and CityBand.
 http://kaufman-center.org/merkin-concert-hall/event/musicians-for-harmony-concert-for-peace

AUGUST 2011
-August 20 Aachen, Germany, with Manfred Leuchter.
 http://tickets.burg-wilhelmstein.com/single.php?cid=354

-Aug 10, Canakkale, Turkey.  
 Opening of Troy Festival, solo with the Morgenland Chamber Orchestra.
 http://www.osnabrueck.de/morgenland/789.htm


JULY 2011
-July 6, Valencia Duo concert with Manfred Leuchter

-July 19, Keene, New Hampshire
  Apple Hill Center For Chamber Music Faculty concert.
  http://www.applehill.org/concerts/concerts.htm

-July 16, Keene, Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music
  gala concert with Dinuk Wijeratne.
  http://www.applehill.org/concerts/concerts.htm


JUNE 2011
-June 11 Doha, Qatar, Solo with the Qatar Philharmonic.
-June 16 Yerevan, Armenia.

MAY 2011
-May 7 New York, Brooklyn Lyceum, with the Kinan Azmeh CityBand, details TBA
 http://www.brooklynlyceum.com

-May 26 Damascus, Opera House, With the Damascus Festival Chamber Players
 
-May 29 Cleveland,The Cleveland Museum of Art,with the Kinan Azmeh CityBand
 http://www.ticketspigot.com/TicketSpigot/Syrian_Garden.html


APRIL
-April 3 Rotterdam, De Doelen, With Calefax
 http://www.dedoelen.nl/concertgebouw/index.php?go=agenda.showAgendaDetail&idnr=5071

-April 14th Limassol, Cyprus Music school, Marios Tokas performance Space,
  8:00 pm.

-April 19th Damascus, ArtHouse, Classical recital in duo with Ghazwan Zerily
 http://www.arthouse.sy/home.html


MARCH
-March 10, Washington DC, The Kennedy Center with Suphala.
 http://kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=XLIFL
 
-March 26, New York, Drom, With the Kinan Azmeh CityBand.
 http://www.dromnyc.com/events/698/fen-magazine-presents-diwan-afterparty


JANUARY
-Paris, Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 @ 8:30 pm at New Morning, 7, 9 rue des
  Petites Ecuries, Paris, France with the Kinan Azmeh CityBand.
 http://www.newmorning.com/fr/accueil.asp
 http://www.fnactickets.com/place-spectacle/manifestation/Jazz-KINAN-AZMEH-S-CITYBAND-NM11J.htm#


    2010

NOVEMBER
- Seville, Wed Nov 3, 8:30 pm @ The Three Cultures Foundation Cinema
  With Kinan Azmeh's Cityband (featuring guitarist Kyle Sanna, bassist Josh Myers 
  and percussionist John Hadfield)

- Valencia, Thu Nov 4, 10 pm @ the IVAM (Museum of Modern Art of Valencia)
  With Kinan Azmeh's Cityband


- Paris, Tue Nov 9, 8 pm @ Salle des actes, École normale supérieure
  With Kinan Azmeh's Cityband
  45, rue d'Ulm 75005 Paris


- Montreal, Fri Nov 19 @ 2pm @ le Monument National
  With Dinuk Wijeratne part of CINARS music conference.
 

OCTOBER
- Halifax, Sun Oct 10, 2pm @ the Music Room
  WORKSHOP: 'composition and the creative process' with Dinuk Wijeratne

- Halifax, Sun Oct 10, 7.30pm @ the Music Room
  'Prismatic Qawwali Party' by Dinuk Wijeratne feat. Kinan Azmeh, Mark Adam,
   Ken  Shorley, and the NSYO Chamber Ensemble

- Halifax, Tue Oct 12 , 7.30pm @ Lilian Pearcey Concert Hall, Maritime
  Conservatory of Performing Arts
  'Art of the Duo' with Dinuk Wijeratne

- Halifax, Wed Oct 13, 2pm @ the Music Room
   WORKSHOP: 'composition and the creative process' with Dinuk Wijeratne

- Halifax, Wed Oct 13, 7.30pm @ the Music Room
  'Prismatic Qawwali Party' by Dinuk Wijeratne, feat. Kinan Azmeh, Mark Adam,
  Ken Shorley, and the NSYO Chamber Ensemble

- Washington DC,Fri Oct. 22, 8pm @ St. Mary's Episcopal Church,Washington DC
   Duo concert with guitarist Ayman Fanous.

- Amsterdam, Wed Oct 27, 8:30 @ Bimhuis
  Hewar and friends in concert. (featuring Issam Rafea, Kinan Abou-Afach,
  Omar Musfi and special guests Jasser Haj Youssef and Seif Elyazal)



SEPTEMBER
-Sep 1, New York with Kinan Azmeh's cityband @ Le Poisson Rouge.

-Sep 23, New York with Kinan Azmeh's cityband @ Harvard Club NYC.

-Sep 24, New York with Kinan Azmeh's cityband @ Symphony Space.

-Sep 28th, Oklahoma City with the Azmeh, Wijeratne and Mayookh trio.
 

AUGUST
-August 5th, Tartous, with Hewar at Al-Mallajeh festival.

-August 7th, Damascus, Syria with Hewar.

-August 15, Osnebruck, Germany.

-August 22, Osnebruck, Germany.



JULY
-July 15th, Halifax, Canada with the Azmeh, Wijeratne and Mayookh trio.

-July 23rd, San Francisco with Dinuk Wijeratne

-July 25th, Claremont, New Hampshire with Dinuk Wijeratne.
 

MAY
-May 7th, Damascus, Al Zeitoun Alley, with Hewar, Music on the road @ 7:30 pm.
 
-May 16th, New York, @ the American Museum of Natural History, with Kyle Sanna,
 Part of the Silk Road Exhibition concert series.

-May 19th, New York @ Galapagos art space, 10 pm (part of vision into arts' Ferus
 festival)
 

APRIL
-April 6th, Berlin, 1 pm @ the Philharmonie, free, the European launch of the
 album: Complex Stories, Simple Sounds with Dinuk Wijeratne. part of the Lunch- 
 time concert series. Open to the public.

-April 6th, Berlin, 9 pm @ B-flat with Timo Vollbrecht and Dinuk Wijeratne

-April 7th, Berlin, 9 pm @WABE with Timo Vollbrecht and Dinuk Wijeratne

-April 22nd, Washington DC @ The Library of Congress.

-April 28th, Damascus @ the Opera House wit the Syrian national Symphony
 Orchestra and Simon Shaheen.

-April 30th, Nicosia, Cyprus.
 

MARCH
-March 5, Homs, 8 pm at Mar-Elian Church, free event.

-March 24th, New York, 7:30 @ Drom

-March 25, New York 8 pm @ the Rosemary and Meridith Willson Theater, The
 Juilliard School. Giving the world premiere of my new work: Walls and Towers
 (part of Beyond the Machine festival).

-March 25, New York, Galapagos Art space, late set, a repeat performance of Walls
 and Towers. Part of New York City Electronic Music Festival.

-March 26, New York, 9 pm @Alwan for the Arts, with Kinan Azmeh's CityBand


FEBRUARY
-Feb 2nd, New York, Le Poisson Rouge @ 10 pm. Gilgamesh Project.



JANUARY
-Jan 24th, Dubai @ The Courtyard Gallery Gilgamesh project with Kevork Mourad
 open to the public.

-Jan 26th,Beirut , Monot theater @8:30 pm Gilgamesh Project.

-Jan 28th, Tartous, National theater @ 8 pm. Gilgamesh project

-Jan 30th, Damascus, Al-Hamra theater @ 8 pm. Gilgamesh Project.
 

    2009
December
-Dec 2nd, Salisbury, MD, Salisbury University, Holloway Great Hall No Charge
 7 PM, Free

-Dec 3rd, Annapolis, MD. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church 461 College Parkway Arnold,
  MD 7 PM Free

-Dec 4th, Washington DC, The Embassy Concert Series, 7:30 PM.

November
-NOV.3 @ 7 PM, New York, Elebash recital hall.
 Kinan Azmeh's CityBand, with Kyle Sanna, Josh Myers and John Hadfield.

October
-Oct 2, Amsterdam: with Calefax reed quintet and Tony Overwater trio premiering a new work.

-OCT.16 @ 8 PM, Washington, DC, St. Mary's Episcopal Church:
  Duo concert with Guitarist Ayman Fanous.

-OCT.17 @ 6:30 PM, Westlake/Cleveland Ohio, Westlake performing artscenter.
  A benefit concert of The Syrian Cultural Garden, Guest appearance with Simone
   Shaheen. for more info: 216-475-2666

-OCT.21 @ 7:00 PM, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Alderney Landing Theater.

-OCT.22 @ 7:30PM, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Festival Theatre.
  The premiere of Dinuk Wijeratne's new work: 'Qawwali Party' for clarinet soloist,
  wind ensemble, percussion ensemble, and percussion soloist. The Charles P. Allen
  High School Wind Ensemble & the Acadia University Percussion Ensemble, Nathan
  Beeler, conductor.


-OCT.23 @ 8pm, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis
  Street.
  The Canadian launch of the new album 'Complex Stories, Simple Sounds' with
  Dinuk Wijeratne.

-OCT.24 @ 8 PM, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  Guest appearance with flamenco dancer Maria Osende.

-OCT.28 @ 8 PM, New York, Park avenue christian church.
  Kinan Azmeh's CityBand featuring Kyle Sanna (Guitar), Josh Myers (Bass) &
  John Hadfield (Percussion)

September
-September 24, New York, Drom NYC ,9 pm,  Guest with Suphala.
-Sep 25, New York @ Alwan for the Arts, with Leyya Tawil and Dance Elixir.

August
-Aug 4, Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, New Hampshire, 7:30 pm.
 Performing "Buhur" by Kareem Roustom.
-August 9, Claremont, New Hampshire: Complex Stories, Simple Sounds.

July
- July 26th July 26th, San Francisco 4 pm, "Complex Stories, Simple Sounds"
  with Dinuk Wijeratne.@ the Florence Gould Theater at the Legion of Honor.

May
-"Complex Stories, Simple Sounds"
   Album launching tour featuring
   Kinan and Srilankan-born pianist Dinuk Wijeratne.
   -May 17th, Amman, Jordan, Al-Balad Theater, 9 pm
   -May 18th, Damascus, Syria, Opera House, 8 pm.
   -May 19th, Aleppo, Syria, Mudiriyet al Thaqafa Theater, 8 pm.
   -May 21st, Cairo, Egypt, Al-Ginena theater, 9 pm.
   -May 22nd, Beirut, lebanon, Babel Theater, 8 pm.

April
- April 8th, New York, Kinan Azmeh and Trio.
-April 19th, New York, USA, With Tabla master Zakir Hussain part of the
  Carnegie Hall professional training workshop.

March
- March 5 Washington DC: Kinan Azmeh and his ensemble at the Kennedy
  center's millenium stage.
- March 7th, Washington DC, Guest with Marcel Khalife.
- March 12,13,14, Los Angeles: with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.
- March 20, New York @ St. Peters Church (The Jazz Church, 53 and Lex),
  Kinan Azmeh and trio, fundraiser for the Iraqi Student Project.

February
- February 18th, Damascus , solo with the Syrian Philharmonic Orchestra.
- February 25, Chicago @ the Old town music school with Hewar, 8:30 pm.

January
- Jan 23rd, 24th, Ann-Arbor: Gilgamesh project at the University of Michigan.
- January 29, Fuerth/Germany with Hewar.


    2008

December
- December 21, Homs @ Zayed Hall with Marcel Khalife
- December 23 Lattakia @ Al-Assad Arena with Marcel Khalife
- December 25, Aleppo @ the Arena with Marcel Khalife
- December 27,28 Damascus @ Al-Fayhaa Arena with marcel Khalife
- December 15,New York@ the UN's general assembly with Daniel Barenboim
- December 6, New York: guest with the Mimesis ensemble.
- December 5, New York: With the NYU Orchestra.
- December 2, New York: fund raiser for AdalahNY, with Simone Shaheen.

November
- Nov 25, Damascus - Syria: With Syrian Contemporary Chamber Music.
- Nov 24, Aleppo - Syria: With Syrian Contemporary Chamber Music.
- Nov 23, Beirut - Lebanon: With Syrian Contemporary Chamber Music.
- Nov 22, Amman - Jordan: With Syrian Contemporary Chamber Music.

October
-Oct 18 Beirut: Concert " Face to Face" with Francois Rabbath at Pierre Abu
  Khater theater.
-Oct 15 Damascus: Concert "Face to Face" woth Francois Rabbath, 9 pm at
  the Drama theater of the Opera house.
-Oct 13 Aleppo: concert "Face to Face" with Francois Rabbath (Double Bass).
-October 3rd, Los Angeles, UC at Irvine. Gilgamesh project.

August
-Aug23rd,Damascus with Hewar for the opening of the Damascus Jazz festival.

July
-July 30, Damascus: Kinan Azmeh & Issam Rafea" Face to Face 2, duo
  electronico", At Art House Gallery.
-July 17th, Halifax,Canada.With Dinuk Wijeratne and Mayookh Bhaumik, Part
 of the Atlantic Jazz festival.
-July 16th, Lunenburg, Canada, with Dink Wijeratne & Mayookh Bhuumik.

June
-June 22-June 30 Residency in Bucharest, Romania.
-June 5th &6th playing Zaid Jabri's song without words with the Munich
  Radio Orchestra.

May
-May 3rd,NY at Alwan for the arts.Part of Maqam Meets Jazz festival. with
  Kyle Sana on Guitar&John Hadfield on Percussion, special guest TBA.

April
-April 19, Washington DC, with Hewar Band, Fundraiser Gala concert/dinner to
  support Basma foundation.
-April 17, New York, Benefit Concert of Mohammed Bakri.
-April 16,  Providence, USA, Gilgamesh Project with Kevork Mourad.
-April 11, San Francisco, USA, Kinan Azmeh with Manfred Leuchter.

March
-Mar27,New York:with Kyle Sanna (Guitar) and Satoshi Takaeishi (percussion).
-March 22, Tokyo, Japan: @ Pit-Inn (Shinjuku) with Hewarand the Japanese 
 Jazz band Aramaki
-March 19th, Kyoto, Japan @ the Hohnen-in Temple,with Issam Rafea (Oud)
 and works for clarinet and electronics.
-March 16th, Syria, Deir-Ezzor: Damascus Festival Chamber Orchestra.
-March 13th, Damascus:The Launching Concert of Damascus Festival Chamber
 Orchestra @ Damascus Opera House.

February
-Feb19th ,New York: With Kyle Sanna (Guitar) & John Hadfield (Percussions)
 @Barbes, Brooklyn.

January
-Jan30 & 31st, Damascus: Electro-Clarino concert at Arthouse.
-Jan 26th, 2008, Paris: solo show at Opera bastille.
-Jan 14, 2008, New York.

   2007:
-Dec 16th, Halifax,Canada: Guest with the NovaScotia youth orchestra.
-Dec 5th, Damascus:With Gaswan Zerikly in "Face to Face @ ArtHouse.
-November 18th, New York, guest appearence with Marcel Khalife.
-Oct 31st: Damascus:With Gaswan Zerikly in "Face to Face @ ArtHouse.
-Oct 24th: Damascus: With Issam Rafea in "Face to Face @ ArtHouse.
-Oct 16th, New York: Electro-Clarino, solo concert at the Stone @ 10 pm.
-Oct 6th:Providence, RI: with Kevork Mourad at the WaterFire festival.
-Sep 30th,New York: with Vocalist and Oud player: Dhafer Youssef.
.-Aug23rd, Berlin, Germany with the West Eastern Divan with Daniel Barenboim.
-Aug3rd, Brussels, Belgium with the West Eastern Divan with Daniel Barenboim.
-Aug15th, Salzburg, Austia with the West Eastern Divan with Daniel Barenboim.
-July 31, NewYork: with Mari Kimura.
-July 18, South Africa, Parow, Cape Town: with Pianist Kathy Tagg.
-July 14, South Africa, Johannesburg: with Pianist Kathy Tagg,Northward House.
-July 13, South Africa, Grahamstown: with Pianist Kathy Tagg.
-July 12, South Africa, George: with Pianist Kathy Tagg, George music society.
-July9, South Africa, Pretoria: with Pianist Kathy Tagg, Rand Afrikaans Univ.
-July 6, South Africa, Cape Town: with Pianist Kathy Tagg.
-July 2, Damascus: with Manfred Leuchter in their project: Vis-a-Vis.
-June 30th, Germany: With German accordionist Manfred Leuchter.
-June13, Luxembourg: concert with piano, violon and cello.
-June 4th, USA, New York: Three legged dog with Mari Kimura.
-June 1st, USA, washington DC:with Dinuk Wijeratne and guest Amir el-Saffar.
-May 27 Ukraine, Kiev: With the Kiev camerata Orchestra.
-April 30th,Syria, Damascusth: Kinan Azmeh, Clarinet & electronics.
-April 27th, USA, new York: with VisionIntoArt group.
-April 23th, USA, NewYork: with Kyle Sanna and John Hadfield .
-April 16th, USA, Boston: With pianist Rami Khalife.
-April 12th, USA, Washington DC: With pianist Rami Khalife.
-April 4th, USA, New York: the Stone, with Mari Kimura.
-March 18th, Syria: With violinist Maria Arnaout and pianist Rami Khalife.
-March 13th, Lebanon, Beirut: Clarinet with electronics and video.
-Mar 8th, USA, NY: Solo recital at Elebash recital hall, CUNY 365 5th aves.
-Feb22USA, NY:With Vahagn Avetisian and Eva Leon playing Khatchaturian trio.
-Jan 8th Syria : Solo concert, the Drama theater of Dar Al-Assad, Damascus

   2006:
-Dec 11, USA: 2 setsAcoustic set with Guitarist Kyle Sana, New York.
-Nov 26, Canada: With pianist Rami Khalife, University of Alberta.
-Nov 19, USA: With Mari Kimura, works for Violin, New York.
-Dec 4th, USA: Gilgamesh project with Kevork Mourad (visual), New York.
-October 19th France: With Hewar,  Marseille, France.
-October 6th, USA: Gilgamesh project with Kevork Mourad (visual), USA.
-Sep 22nd, USA: With Elliott Sharp and Orchestra Carbon, New York.
-July 14,15, Syria: Gilgamesh project with Kevork Mourad, Damascus.
-July 5 Syria: with Hewar group, Damascus.
-June-18-27 art residency in Cork Ireland with Boomerang theater company.
-June 16, USA: Gilgamesh project at Alwan for the arts, New York.
-June 5, USA: Gilgamesh project at Anjel Orensanz foundation, New York.
-May 25 Syria: with Kevork Mourad "Live Illustrations", Damascus.
-May 11 Egypt : Hewar at al Ginena Theater, Cairo, Egypt.
-May 9 Leb:With Rami Khalife(Piano)and Maria Arnaout(Vilon), AUB Beirut.
-April 11-12-13 Syria:The dance show "CON-SEQUENCES", Damascus.
-April 7th USA : with Rami khalife at Berklee, san francisco .
-March 23st USA : New YorkSolo Recital for Clarinet and computers.
-March 10th USA:with Dinuk Wijeratne(piano)and Mayookh Bhaumik (indianTabla)
-March 4th USA:with Cellist Jane O'Hara as a composer and clarinetist,NY.
-March 2nd USA : With Elliott Sharp, the Stone club, Avenue C & 2nd St NY.
-January 23th Syria : With pianist Gazwan Zeriky, Dar AlAssad, Damascus .

   2005:
-Dec - 13th USA : chamber music concert at Elebash recital hall, CUNY.
-Dec - 5th Syria : with the syrian symphony orchestra , Damascus .
-Nov - 18th USA :Concert with pianist Kathy Tagg .
-Nov - 17th USA : chamber music concert at Elebash recital hall, CUNY.
-Oct - 24th USA : Concert with pianist Kathy Tagg , New York .
-Sep - Oct USA : Hewar/Dialogue second American Tour .  
-June 21st- Turkey : concert with kamran Ince in Istanbul .
-May 22-29- Germany: part of the SWR festival , Stuttgart .
-April 29th Homs : with HEWAR in cinema al-Kindi .
-April 28th Aleppo : with HEWAR in Dal-al-Tarbiyah (Villat) .
-April 19th- Damascus :with the Syrian national Symphony orchestra , Opera Theater .
-March 26th- Jordan : with Marcel Khalife , Amman .
-March 14th,New York : "GILGAMESH" with Kevork Mourad "Live Illustrations" .
-February 27th,28th Italy:with the Italian orchestra : Koinè , in Napoli and Salerno .
-Jan 16th,Damascus: concert for the Launch of Hewar's first Album, in Opera House .
-Jan12th ,Lebanon :concert for the Launch of Hewar's first Album, USJ .
-Jan 8th, Lebanon :with Rami Khalifeh in Zgharta .
-Jan 7th,Damascus: with the Stirng quartet of Damascus higher institute of music.

   2004:
-NOV 8 until18th-Italy : with The Syrian National Symphony .
-November -USA :Kulna Sawa/Together in their first U.S tour for peace .
-September 18th-London : With -Hewar- in their first London performance .
-August 25th-Damascus : With -Hewar- at AlAzem Palace .
-July 23th-New York : With Kevork Mourad in Gilgamesh .
-June 25th-New Jersy : With the internationally known singer Marcel Khalife.
-June 27th-New Jersy: With Syrian Artist Kevrok Mourad.
-June 20th -Damascus Syria : With -Hewar-.
-May 20th -Columbia University : NEOLEXICA in concert .
-May 10th and 12th - Damascus Fair : With Kulna Sawa Band.
-May 7,9,11,13th 2004-Damascus: With The Syrian National orchestra .
-April 9th 2004 - NewYork : With Kevork Mourad in Gilgamesh.
-April 1th-NewYork :  Performed a concerto with the new Juilliard ensemble.
-March 27 th - Germany : With -Hewar- in Germany cologne.
-Feb , March - USA : The first American tour of Hewar  .
-January 12th - Lebanon : With -Hewar- at (AUB).
-January 5th - Egypt : With pianist Rami Khalife in Alexandria .