Stranded Syrian composer lands Washington job

Stranded Syrian composer lands Washington job

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norman lebrecht

March 01, 2017

The Syrian clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh, who struggled to get back to his US home during the Trump travel ban, has been named composer-in-resident at Classical Movements, a DC-based music org.

Classical Movements will commission Kinan to compose a work for full orchestra, as well as chamber and choral pieces.

 

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