Kareem Roustom - Composer http://www.kr-music.com Official Site of Film composer, Concert Music Composer, Arabic Musician Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:42:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Nearer to East: Contemporary Chamber Music from The Arab World and Beyond http://www.kr-music.com/nearer-to-east-contemporary-chamber-music-from-the-arab-world-and-beyond/ http://www.kr-music.com/nearer-to-east-contemporary-chamber-music-from-the-arab-world-and-beyond/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:01:50 +0000 admin http://www.kr-music.com/?p=719 Continue reading →]]> “Nearer to East: Contemporary Music from the Arab World and Beyond” Featuring the NY city based Ensemble Lunatics At Large. Please join me for this very cool line up of composers in Boston on February 11th.  Works by Mohammed Fairouz, Zaid Jabri, Karim Al-Zand, Bushra El-Turk, Kinan Azmeh, and yours truly.  Tufts campus, at the beautiful Distler Hall, 7:30 p.m.  For more info. click here.

 

]]> http://www.kr-music.com/nearer-to-east-contemporary-chamber-music-from-the-arab-world-and-beyond/feed/ 0 The Music of Kareem Roustom: Concert in Philadelphia February 25, 2012 http://www.kr-music.com/the-music-of-kareem-roustom-concert-in-philadelphia-february-25-2012/ http://www.kr-music.com/the-music-of-kareem-roustom-concert-in-philadelphia-february-25-2012/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:35:46 +0000 admin http://www.kr-music.com/?p=713 Continue reading →]]> Please join me on Saturday February 25th  for the USA premiere of my new work “Abu Jameel’s Daughter.”  Co-commissioned by Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and the France based Alba Ensemble,  “Abu Jameel’s Daughter” is work for narrator and chamber group based on an old Arab folk tale.  A foolish young prince, a girl who dreams of life in the palace and seven Djinn sisters all come to life in this dramatic and imaginative modern retelling of an ancient tale.  Also, on the program will be my clarinet quartet “Buhur” featuring clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, selections from film scores and other works.

 

]]> http://www.kr-music.com/the-music-of-kareem-roustom-concert-in-philadelphia-february-25-2012/feed/ 0 New Film & Theater Projects Completed (2011) http://www.kr-music.com/new-film-theater-projects-completed/ http://www.kr-music.com/new-film-theater-projects-completed/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:57:48 +0000 admin http://www.kr-music.com/?p=685 The past few months saw the completion of music for two documentary films and incidental music. You can excerpts from my score to Julia Bacha’s film “My Neighborhood”, incidental music to “Arabian Nights”, and “The Iran Job.”

]]> http://www.kr-music.com/new-film-theater-projects-completed/feed/ 0 The Boston Globe Reviews “The Son of Man” http://www.kr-music.com/the-boston-globe-reviews-the-son-of-man/ http://www.kr-music.com/the-boston-globe-reviews-the-son-of-man/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 19:43:39 +0000 admin http://kr-music.com/?p=500 Continue reading →]]> The Boston Globe reviewed the May 15th performance of my oratorio “The Son of Man.”  “The music… is pitched toward the impassioned, adapting Arabic-derived scales into a rich, heavily perfumed chromaticism, affording both eerie atmosphere and high-impact drama. Moment to moment, [Roustom's] invention is prolific.” Read the full article here.

]]> http://www.kr-music.com/the-boston-globe-reviews-the-son-of-man/feed/ 0 The Boston Music Intelligencer reviews “The Son of Man” premiere http://www.kr-music.com/the-boston-music-intelligencer-review/ http://www.kr-music.com/the-boston-music-intelligencer-review/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 20:37:39 +0000 admin http://kr-music.com/?p=378 Continue reading →]]> “Roustom’s six settings of poems by Kahlil Gibran from his collection of poetry, Jesus, the Son of Man, are supremely dramatic” Boston Music Intelligencer


The Boston Music Intelligencer reviews the premiere of “The Son of Man.” The next performance will take place on May 15th at 3 p.m. at the Church of the Covenant in Boston, MA. Details here.

 

 

 

 

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My score for Julia Bacha’s excellent and award-winning documentary Budrus is now available online.

Kareem Roustom: Budrus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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