Composer of the Month April 2022: Kareem Roustom

Kareem RoustomSyrian-American Kareem Roustom is an Emmy-nominated composer whose genre-crossing collaborations include music commissioned by conductor Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the Kronos Quartet, arrangements for pop icons Shakira and Tina Turner, as well as a recent collaboration with acclaimed British choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh. Roustom has been composer-in-residence at the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago, the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming, and with the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen in Germany. For the 2021-2022 season Roustom was composer-in-residence with the Mannheim Philharmonic. His music has been performed by ensembles including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Boulez Ensemble, the Deutsch Oper Berlin, The Crossing choir, Lorelei Ensemble, A Far Cry, and more. Roustom holds the position of Professor of the Practice at Tufts University’s Department of Music in Boston. His concert music is published by Layali Music and ECS Publishing.

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Listen to 'Embroidered Verses' for Chorus and Takht (2015)

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