![Artist Portrait: John Kameel Farah](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-7.54.11-PM-470x140.png)
An artistic mini-portrait, tying together my approach to composition, improvisation and electronics, interspersed with ink drawings I made over the years. Created by producer Filippo…
![Hugh Ashton's Ground, by William Byrd](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Screen-Shot-2022-02-15-at-1.58.00-AM-470x140.png)
William Byrd (c.1540-1623) – Hugh Ashton’s Ground (also Hugh Astons Grownde) From my concert at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, 2017. A ground is a musical…
![Babylon Orchestra plays Between Carthage and Rome](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Babylon-Orchestra-2-470x140.png)
Berlin’s BABYLON ORCHESTRA performed an arrangement of my piece “Between Carthage and Rome”, and is now recording the piece for inclusion on their new album….
![Introitus, Interlude and Mercurial: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Elbphilharmonie-2-470x140.png)
The opening piece of my concert at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. Comprised of 3 sections: Introitus combines elements of Baroque and Renaissance contrapuntal writing with…
!['Maqam Constellation' at the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-15-at-4.42.05-PM-470x140.png)
A video from my concert at the Elbphilharmonie, the new Philharmonic building in Hamburg. “Maqam Constellation” is a meditative soundscape from my album “Time Sketches”, released…
![Video: Simple Rotation](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/simple-rotation-470x140.png)
Visual artist Sahar Homami (A.K.A. S A H A R) has created a beautiful animated video for my piece “Simple Rotation” from my new album…
!['Behold!' with the Oriel Quartett at 5 Seconds Festival, Berlin](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Behold-Quartet-1-470x140.png)
A piece called “Behold!” from my recent album “Time Sketches”, arranged for string quartet, synthesizer and piano, performed at the 5 Seconds Festival at the…
![Album: TIME SKETCHES](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Time-Sketches_Cover-470x140.jpg)
I’m pleased to announce my newest album, released on the German record label Neue Meister, called TIME SKETCHES. The album features ten pieces for piano…
![Staircase - from Time Sketches](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/drawing-05.1-470x140.jpg)
STAIRCASE is a track from my new album, Time Sketches, released on the German label Neue Meister. Staircase is one of my favourite tracks on…
![Queen of the Night. 8.5"x11", 2014. by John Kameel Farah www.johnfarah.com](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Queen-of-the-Night-web-e1408308476578-470x140.jpg)
This Taqsim, or improvisation, from my album “Between Carthage and Rome”, was released in early 2015. It is set in Maqam Huzam, a scale/mode used in Middle-Eastern music,…
![Behold! with the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-14-at-5.24.23-PM-470x140.png)
On March 9, 2017 I performed my piece “Behold!” for piano, string orchestra and synthesizer, with the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, in a concert at the…
!["Meet the Artist": Interview with John Farah](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/out-of-sounds-2-470x140.jpg)
An interview with U.K.-based website ‘Meet the Artist’ about my musical interests and processes.
![Time Sketches: Interview](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/time-sketches-screen2-470x140.jpg)
While composing and recording my new album TIME SKETCHES in Hannover, Neue Meister paid me a morning visit to talk a bit about the music…
![One Thing: Building Scales](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/One-thing-470x140.png)
Ableton, the software company behind “Ableton Live” music software, asked me to contribute some thoughts to their “One Thing” video series, which is designed to…
![from Out of Sounds – John Kameel Farah](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-15-at-12.54.57-PM-470x140.png)
Back in 2013, shortly before my performance at the Ambient Festival in Cologne, I did a short interview with film-maker Marc Weber. To see more…
![Fugal Metamorphosis at the Kölner Philharmonie](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2022-04-19-at-8.07.26-PM-470x140.png)
On May 3rd, 2016 I had the pleasure of playing a concert with Gregor Schwellenbach, Erol Sarp, Haushka, Paul Frick and Daniel Brandt at the…