Works
Sonomundo Festival Paris commission
commissioned by the Silkroad Ensemble
for String Quartet, Commissioned by ETHEL String Quartet on the occasion of the Vivaldi Four Seasons tricentennial.
for guitar duo, commission by Duo Noire
commission by San Diego Chamber Music Society
commission by Ocean Action and Shalin Liu Performance Center
Opera to a libretto by Lisa Schlesinger, Spoleto Festival commission and production
Double concerto for violin, clarinet, and orchestra co-composed and co-performed with Kinan Azmeh, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, and Lincoln Crossroads Festival
commissioned by Karim Sulayman and Sean Shibe for “Broken Branches” (Pentatone).
opera-theater (commissioned by the Royal Court Theatre London, directed by Maya Zbib)
for Clarinet and String Quartet (commissioned by Aizuri Quartet and Kinan Azmeh)
for a Cappella voices trio and jazz trio (commissioned by WQXR, premiere at the Greene Space WQXR, November 2022).
Commission by Detours de Babel Festival, Grenoble France
music-theater (commissioned by Schauspielhaus Krefeld, Germany)
for solo violin & a capella choir, in collaboration with Cambridge University Choir (UK) - Premiere in July 2022, Lincoln Crossroads Festival - European Premiere in June 2023, Morgenland Festival Osnabrueck (Co-commissioner)
for solo cello (Commissioned by Matt Haimovitz)
New Work/Programme with ETHEL String Quartet (Premiered in November 2021 at Dumbarton Oaks)
for solo violin (Commissioned by Jennifer Koh)
Music-Theatre creation, commission by Zoukak Theatre Company (also featured as performer, musical director, and musical dramaturg)
Dance creation, commission by dancer & choreographer Alexandre Paulikevitch
for solo violin (Johnny Gandelsman, violin, commissioner)
(Diaphonique Franco-British Commission Prize)
violin concerto (Bayreuther Philharmoniker, commissioner)
for violin & clarinet - Premiere at the Apple Hill for Chamber Music
Premiere with Holland Baroque at Bimhuis, Amsterdam - commissioner: Newlands Festival /Holland Baroque
suite for ensemble Sarafand, commission by Morgenland Festival Osnabruck
Commission by Wigmore Hall for resident ensemble Ignite
sound installation (Royal Academy of Music London, commissioner)
live re-scoring (cine-concert) of Sergei Parajanov's masterpiece, commission by Orchestre Cosmophonie Paris
for string trio (New World Symphony, commissioner)
poem for violin and string orchestra (Contemporary Music for All UK, commissioner for Oxford Orchestra)
for solo viola (Hannah Nicholas, violist, Philadelphia Ballet, commissioner)
List of Works
Opera and Music Theater
"Ruinous Gods, Seven Suites for Sleeping Children" (2024)
Opera to a libretto by Lisa Schlesinger, commissioned by the Spoleto Festival, Oper Wuppertal and Nederlandse Reisopera.
"Ghazal Akka" (2023)
Commissioned and performed by Raeda Taha. Directed by Junaid Sarieddine.
"Anatomy of Titus: Fall of Rome" (2023)
Music-theater, commissioned by Schauspielhaus Krefeld, Germany. Directed by Maya Zbib.
"Ghalia's Miles" (2019)
Music-theater, commissioned by Zoukak Theatre Company.
"Borderland" (2018)
Sound installation commissioned by the Royal Academy of Music, London.
"Sayat-Nova, the Color of Pomegranates" (2018)
Live re-scoring (cine-concert) of Sergei Parajanov's film. Commissioned by Orchestre Cosmophonie.
Orchestral Works and Concertos
"Dawning" (2024)
Double concerto for violin, clarinet, and orchestra, co-composed and co-performed with Kinan Azmeh. Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, and Lincoln Crossroads Festival.
"The Brown Texts" (2018)
Violin concerto, commissioned by the Bayreuther Philharmoniker.
"Orison" (2017)
Commissioned by the New World Symphony.
"Hints on Memory" (2017)
Poem for violin and string orchestra, commissioned for Oxford Orchestra.
Chamber and Solo Works
"Qarar/Jawab" (2024)
Solo work, commissioned by La Biennale di Venezia.
"Matrescence" (2023)
For clarinet and string quartet, commissioned by Aizuri Quartet and Kinan Azmeh.
"Before Bloom" (2022)
For solo cello, commissioned by Matt Haimovitz.
"Vigil" (2022)
Featuring ETHEL String Quartet and Layale Chaker.
"Inner Rhyme" (2020)
For jazz quintet. Supported by WQXR.
"The Bow and the Reed" (2023)
For solo violin & a cappella choir. Premiered at the Lincoln Crossroads Festival and performed at the Morgenland Festival Osnabrueck.
"Sinekeman" (2021)
For solo violin, commissioned by Johnny Gandelsman.
"Inner Rhyme" (2020)
For jazz quintet.
"Bond of the Beloved" (2020)
For solo violin, commissioned by Jennifer Koh.
"Confused Cherry Tree" (2018)
Commissioned by Wigmore Hall resident ensemble Ignite.
"Moonchild: Songs from the Hinder Sea" (2018)
Premiere with Holland Baroque at Bimhuis, Amsterdam. Commissioned by Newlands Festival / Holland Baroque.
"Gemellar" (2018)
For violin and clarinet, premiered at the Apple Hill Chamber Music Festival.
"Tied to Your Name by Water" (2017)
For solo viola, commissioned by Hannah Nicholas, violist, Philadelphia Ballet.