John Kameel Farah

Compositions & Improvisations by John Kameel Farah mixed with electrified works by Bach An artist portrait: https://youtu.be/nTTueGmKiOM Composer John Kameel Farah immerses himself in a world of keyboards, from the original ancient synthesizer - the organ - to any of its keyboard descendants. He loops and transforms the piano, improvising over electronic patterns and soundscapes, intertwining Middle-Eastern modes and melodies with Renaissance and Baroque harmonies and counterpoint. Bach Preludes & Fugues emerge, re-composed with electronic accompaniment. The interplay of piano, organ and synthesizer sounds blur and meld as they reverberate in the church's acoustic space, creating an experience Farah calls "Baroque-Mid-Eastern-Cyberpunk." Saturday, April 22 Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche (Zossener Str. 65) Doors open 19:30, concert begins 20:00 Entrance €15/10 BIO John Kameel Farah is a composer-pianist based between Berlin and Toronto. He studied piano and composition at the University of Toronto, where he was a two-time recipient of the Glenn Gould Composition Award, later having private lessons with Terry Riley in California. In 1998 he gave a recital of the solo piano works of Arnold Schönberg in Toronto, and in 2016 performed the first book of Bach’s “Das Wohltemperierte Klavier” in Berlin. He has been a member of the Canadian Electronic Ensemble since 2009. https://www.facebook.com/events/1299673774089892