![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…
!['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…
![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…
![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…
![Peggy Baker: Piano/Quartet, John Cage: Sonatas & Interludes](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cagepiano2-470x140.jpg)
Two movements of John Cage’s “Sonatas and Interludes” for prepared piano, from Peggy Baker’s 2012 work “Piano/Quartet”. Here are Sonatas 14 & 15 “Gemini (after…
![Organ & electronics, with live projections by Ilan Katin](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/orgel-470x140.jpg)
An improvisation on pipe organ and electronics, accompanied by visual artist ilan katin using Tagtool for iPad. This is an excerpt from a performance that…
![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…
!["Expanse" performed by John Kameel Farah, Heilig Kreuz Kirche, Berlin](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/expanse-screenshot1-470x140.png)
A performance of “Expanse” from my album “Unfolding” (Dross:tik Recordsi, 2009) performed in the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Berlin.
![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…
!["Uprising" performed by John Kameel Farah, Heilig Kreuz Kirche, Berlin](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/expanse-screenshot1-470x140.png)
A performance of “Uprising” from my album “Unfolding” (Dross:tik Records, 2009) performed in the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Berlin in 2010.
![Improvisation from the Heilig Kreuz Kirche, Berlin, 2010](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jinju-dervish-kirche-470x140.jpg)
In between our recording sessions at the Holy-Cross-Church on August 25, 2010, I also recorded a couple of piano improvisations. Here is the second one….
![Improvisation for voice, pipe organ and electronics by Winnie Brückner & John Kameel Farah](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/zionskirche-morgenvogel-470x140.jpg)
A duet improvisation with vocalist Winnie Bruckner (soprano with Vox Nostra vocal ensemble) in the Zionskirche, Berlin, 2011.