Samir Odeh-Tamimi, the composer, was born in an Arabic village near Jaffa/Tel-Aviv and moved to Germany at age 22 to study music.
Performer Biography
Salome Kammer, a performer on this album, is known for her versatile repertoire spanning avant-garde, classical melodrama, Dada poetry, and Broadway songs.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Samir Odeh-Tamimi's musical language is rooted in both Western avant-garde music and traditional Arabic musical performance practices.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The composer's work is influenced by a 'wake-up call' from his maternal great-grandmother, Um-Kámel, intended to rouse those who are sleeping.
Performer Biography
Zafraan Ensemble, founded in Berlin in 2009, is a democratically-organised group of ten fixed members from various countries.
Compositional Technique
Lámed, the twelfth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, represents a single voice in the composer's work, undergoing constant subtle transformation.
Compositional Technique
The letter Alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, symbolizes versatility in Samir Odeh-Tamimi's work, as it can take on various vowel sounds or remain silent.
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