SAAD HADDAD | KAMAN FANTASY | LLCC PROJECT [SCORE VIDEO]

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About the piece
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Kaman Fantasy
for violin and piano
Kaman Fantasy (pronounced KA-men) takes its name from ‘kamanjah,’ the Arabic word for ‘violin.’ The piece is an exploration of the Arabic ‘maqamat’ (sets of scales) and rhythms in a Western classical context. The music embraces both traditions, often swaying back and forth between Arabic and Western idioms. Since the piano itself is not found in the Arab musical canon, I decided to prepare the instrument’s middle range in an effort to mimic the sound of a common Middle Eastern instrument, the ‘qanun.’ As a first-generation Arab-American, I have often found myself shifting between both cultures in the way that I think and act, sometimes voluntarily, most times not. Kaman Fantasy is a reflection of those experiences.

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About the Composer
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Saad Haddad (b. 1992) is a composer that achieves a “remarkable fusion of idioms” (New York Times), most notably in his work exploring the disparate qualities inherent in Western art music and Middle Eastern musical tradition.
Recent commissions include a piano concerto for IRCAM and the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France; a clarinet concerto for Kinan Azmeh and the Princeton Symphony; two string quartets for the Lydian and Callisto Quartets; a mixed octet for the International Contemporary Ensemble; and an orchestral work for the LA Philharmonic.
He is the recipient of the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has been in residence at the Ucross Foundation, Bogliasco Foundation, and most recently as Young Concert Artists' 2019–2021 Composer-in-Residence.
Saad Haddad holds degrees from Columbia, Juilliard, and the University of Southern California. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and a miniature dachshund
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Find the composer on
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Website: www.saadnhaddad.com
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About LLCC project
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Lebanese Living Composers' Channel (LLCC) is a project by the Lebanese composer Wajdi Abou Diab, that aims to support the Lebanese living music composers, by creating a YouTube channel (along with a Facebook page and an Instagram account) dedicated to presenting their works as score videos.
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Credits
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Archiving and video editing: Wajdi Abou Diab ( wajdiaboudiab.com )
Artwork: Amy Chiniara (   / amychiniara   )
Thanks to our donors for making this project possible
Wajdi Abou Diab
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Useful Link
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LLCC submission form: https://forms.gle/VYD2bLixnEgEduBz5
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CPML website: https://www.patrimoinemusicallibanais...
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Copyrights
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This video is a part of the "Lebanese Living Composers Channel" project.
All materials used in this score-video and in the description are used with permission.