As Principal Clarinetist, kinan performed under the baton of reputed conductors such as John Adams, Roger Norrington, Daniel Barenboim,James DePriest, Charles Dutoit, Itzhak Perlman, Julius Rudel, Larry Rachleff, Ahmad el Saedi, and Solhi Al-Wadi . In addition to his interest in Classical Music as a soloist, Chamber Musician and Orchestra member, he enjoys improvising on his Clarinet and tenor Saxophone. He has appeared as soloist with Sylvain Kassab, Marcel Khalife, Elliott Sharp, Kani Karaca and Hot house Jazz band, as well as being member of the New York-based NEOLEXICA group and the Syrian pop group Kulna Sawa".

Kinan co-started the ensemble “Hewar" with Issam Rafea in the year 2003 and led the group in two American tours 2004,2005, including performances at the reputed Kennedy center. He is also a frequent guest faculty at the Apple hill center for Chamber music in New Hampshire.
Kinan’s compositions include works for solo Violin, Solo Clarinet with Max/Msp, works for mixed quintets and interactive works for Clarinet, computers and live illustrations with artist Kevrok Mourad as well as the original sound track for the film "Rigodon" by Keith Sicat and Sari Dalena and "Not for sale" and "the day i died" by the Iranian film maker Maryam Keshavarz.