Watch from Friday 30 April til end of May

Kinan Azmeh is the virtuosic, charismatic, and innovative clarinetist who toured with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, for which he won a Grammy in 2017. As a composer and instrumentalist, he weaves the mesmerizing sounds of his native Syria into a highly original and exciting form of haunting and celebratory Arab jazz with his first-rate ensemble, CityBand.

In Voices of Hope, Cityband perform works written in response to conflicts in Syria and the Middle East, including a world premiere by Azmeh commissioned by Carnegie Hall.

Kinan Azmeh Cityband

·· Kinan Azmeh, Clarinet

·· Kyle Sanna, Guitar

·· John Hadfield, Drums

·· Josh Myers, Bass

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