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![Artist Portrait: John Kameel Farah](https://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](https://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](https://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….
![Video: Simple Rotation](https://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](https://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](https://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…
![Queen of the Night. 8.5"x11", 2014. by John Kameel Farah www.johnfarah.com](https://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,…
![GRAVITAS: galaxy simulations](https://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/metamorphosis-470x140.png)
In 2008 I collaborated with astrophysicist John Dubinski, who created several animated simulations of the formation and mergers of galaxies. Cosmic Cruise is a timeline…
![Soundtrack: Jacob's Lament](https://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/jacobs-lament3-470x140.png)
An animation collaboration between Ian Miller and Stijn Windig. Music by John Farah, voice talent by Ian Champion. Jacob is not sure if what he…
![Organ & electronics, with live projections by Ilan Katin](https://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…
![LightBridge - sound & light installation](https://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2485-470x2602-470x140.jpg)
For Nuit Blanche on October 5, 2013, I composed 4 electroacoustic soundscapes to be played simultaneously over loudspeakers installed on a 250-foot pedestrian bridge in…
![Canopy & Connection: short film soundtrack](https://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Canopy-Connection-470x140.jpg)
An ambient soundtrack for a short documentary about two art installations by London-based group United Visual Artists. The light-based installations, called Canopy + Connection,…