Biography Kinan Azmeh

Kinan Azmeh

Oriental Jazz | Syria

Kinan Azmeh is the first Arab musician to have won the First Prize at the Nicolay Rubinstein International Youth competition in Moscow, Russia, 1997. Born in Damascus, Syria in 1976, Kinan studied at the Arab conservatory of music in Damascus. He obtained his Masters degree and graduate diploma in music from the Juilliard School in New York.

He has appeared as a soloist in performances in Lebanon, Jordan, Italy, Greece, Germany, Turkey, Egypt, Russia, USA and Syria.

Azmeh is a member of well-known Arabic pop group 'Kulna Sawa', and New York-based electro acoustic ensemble Neoloexica. He started the band 'Hewar' in 2003 with Essam Rafea, and led the group in their first American tour in 2004, including a performance at the reputed Kennedy Center.

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