!['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…
![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,…
![Overlooking the Duomo di Milano](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_2066A-470x140.jpg)
On May 17, 2014 I had the pleasure of playing a solo piano concert in a unique setting: a gallery overlooking the Duomo di Milano,…
![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…
![Animation: “Improvisation #3″ performed by John Kameel Farah & Attila Fias](http://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Bars0503-454x260-470x140.jpg)
In 2011 pianist Attila Fias and I released our album of music two pianos, called “Pieces of the Earth”. The album featured 7 improvisations and…
!["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.