![NonClassical in Berlin, with Gabriel Prokofiev, Sept. 11, 2013](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/nonclassical-470x140.jpg)
“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 - live improvisation @ Musideum, Toronto](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/JohnFarah-finalSMALL1--470x140.jpg)
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…
![live performance of "Jinju Dervish", Heilig Kreuz Kirche, Berlin](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Screen-Shot-2013-05-29-at-3.36.00-PM-470x140.png)
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…
![SoundMakers Residency 3rd Blog Post - Soundscape from New Creations Festival, Roy Thompson Hall](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BEy4jquCIAE-js-.jpg-large-470x140.jpeg)
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…
![New Creations Festival, 26/03/2013, Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BEy4jquCIAE-js-.jpg-large-470x140.jpeg)
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,…
![John Farah & John Dubinski perform GRAVITAS at the Great Pyramid of Cholula, Mexico](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mexicopyramid-copy-2-470x140.jpg)
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…
![The Bass Piano: video of an improvisation on a de-tuned piano](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/basspiano1-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Soundstreams Electronic Composer-in-Residence, 2013](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/King-Kong2011-2-470x140.jpeg)
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,…
![SoundStreams/SoundMakers Electronic Composer Residency: 2nd blog post](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/JohnFarahBW_1-5102.1-470x140.jpg)
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…
![SoundStreams Electronic Composer Residency: 1st Blog post](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/photo-11-470x140.jpg)
(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…
![A West Bank Music Education (2004)](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/kiosk-470x140.jpg)
[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….
![Wavelength's Craig Dunsmuir interviews John Kameel Farah (2003)](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/logo-470x95.png)
An Interview with John Kameel Farah for Wavelength Magazine, Toronto, with Craig Dunsmuir WAVELENGTH 157 JOHN KAMEEL FARAH — interview by Craig Fraid Dunsmuir Usually…
![Wavelength's Evan Dickson interviews John Kameel Farah (2007)](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/logo-470x95.png)
An Interview with John Kameel Farah for Wavelength Magazine, Toronto, with Evan Dickson WAVELENGTH 357 ~ SUNDAY, APRIL 1ST 2007 Even more so than most…
![An interview with John Kameel Farah by Turath.org](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/KingKong2011-3-470x140.jpg)
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…