“Gabriel Prokofiev’s ace night that turns classical music on its head.” —Time Out London “Clubbing Pick of the Week,” —The Guardian, January 2012 Piano &…
The Atonal Maqam is a certain style of improvisation I’ve developed over the years. I love it because it feels like coaxing the piano into…
A live performance of Jinju Dervish from my 2009 album “Unfolding”, from a recording session in the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Berlin, 2010. Also here is…
As part of my SoundMakers residency, on March 7, 2013 I performed a pre-concert set at Roy Thompson Hall, as part of the Toronto Symphony…
A recording of John Kameel Farah’s live performance from Roy Thompson Hall during the Toronto Symphony’s New Creations Festival, March 7, 2013. Presented by SoundStreams,…
Here’s a little synopsis of this strange, unpredictable and wonderful performance in Mexico from 2007… hope you enjoy! Pics are at the bottom of the…
Musician and piano tuner Andrew Wedman tuned an old upright piano down one octave, to create something he calls “The Bass Piano”. Not only does…
I’m very pleased to announce that I will be the first SoundMakers electronic-composer-in-residence for Soundstreams in 2013. They have just created the Electronic Composer Residency,…
2nd BLOG POST for the Soundmakers Electronic Composer Residency When I first started working electronics into my live performances more than a decade ago, I…
(First blog post for a new electronic composer residency for SoundMakers, part of Canadian new-music organization Soundstreams) I’m very excited to be SoundMakers first electronic composer-in-residence. The…
[The following is a condensed and edited version of my 2002 trip to Palestine journal entries, published in the March 2004 issue of Musicworks Magazine….
An Interview with John Kameel Farah for Wavelength Magazine, Toronto, with Craig Dunsmuir WAVELENGTH 157 JOHN KAMEEL FARAH — interview by Craig Fraid Dunsmuir Usually…
An Interview with John Kameel Farah for Wavelength Magazine, Toronto, with Evan Dickson WAVELENGTH 357 ~ SUNDAY, APRIL 1ST 2007 Even more so than most…
Turath.org Interview with Composer/Improviser/Pianist John Kameel Farah What is the extent of you training in Arab music as compared to Western music? Do you consider…