![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….
![Introitus, Interlude and Mercurial: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg](https://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](https://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](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…
![Staircase - from Time Sketches](https://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](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,…
![Behold! with the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin](https://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](https://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…
![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,…
!["Flock" for voices, synthesizer & organ; performed by Vox Nostra](https://www.johnfarah.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/photo-470x140.jpg)
This is a recording of my piece for voices, organ and synthesizer called “Flock”. Flock was commissioned by the Morgenvogel Festival, to write a piece…
![The Atonal Maqam - live improvisation @ Musideum, Toronto](https://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…
![New Creations Festival, 26/03/2013, Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto](https://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,…