September 29, 2025
Kinan Azmeh, Ivalas Quartet & CityBand
Kinan Azmeh, clarinet
Ivalas Quartet
Reuben Kebede and Tiani Butts, violins
Marcus Stevenson, viola
Pedro Sanchez, cello
CityBand
Kinan Azmeh, clarinetist & composer
John Hadfield, percussion
Josh Myers, bass
Kyle Sanna, guitar
The “spellbinding” Syrian American clarinetist-composer Kinan Azmeh (New Yorker) builds bridges between classical and Middle Eastern folk music and is a longtime member of the Silkroad Ensemble. In this unique program, he joins forces with the up-and-coming Ivalas Quartet (“tremendous heart and beauty,” Strad), which also shares Antonín Dvořák’s beloved and folk-inspired “American” Quartet, and with his Arab-Jazz quartet, CityBand.
Program
DVOŘÁK String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”
AZMEH Original music, including from In the Element for Clarinet and String Quartet
TRADITIONAL Middle Eastern folk music, arr. CityBand
Watch & Listen
The Ivalas Quartet performs music by Haydn at Merkin Hall
Kinan Azmeh and CityBand perform "Daraa"
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