Past Events

Date	Artist	City	Venue
10/01/23	Amir ElSaffar – Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch Duo	Berlin	Pierre Boulez Saal
	Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
10/01/23	Amir ElSaffar Trio plus Tania Giannouli	Berlin	Pierre Boulez Saal
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
Tour: Dhikra (World Premiere) at Mostly Mozart Festival
07/26/23	Two Rivers with Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Musicians	New York, NY	Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 10 Lincoln Center Plaza.
07/25/23	Two Rivers with Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Musicians	New York, NY	Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 10 Lincoln Center Plaza.
06/23/23	Amir ElSaffar Trio	Brooklyn	SHIFT
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 411 Kent Avenue.
05/22/23	Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir	Bloomington, IN	Bloomington Early Music Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: FAR Center for Contemporary Arts.
Tour: Jazz-Maqam Reflections: Twenty-Years After of the US-led Invasion of Iraq
04/19/23	Hamid Al-Saadi and Al-Chalghi Al-Baghdadi	Bennington, Vermont	Bennington College
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/14/23	Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir	New York, NY	Symphony Space
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 95th street and Broadway.
04/10/23	Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir	Newark, NJ	Rutgers-Newark
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Express Newark.
04/08/23	Archie Shepp – Cry of My People	Brooklyn, NY	Brooklyn Academy of Music
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Peter Jay Sharp Building Howard Gillman Opera House. Featuring Jason Moran, Amina Claudine Meyers, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Avery Sharpe, and more…
Tour: Jazz-Maqam Reflections: Twenty-Years After of the US-led Invasion of Iraq
04/04/23	Two Rivers	University Park, Pennsylvania	Penn State University
	Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $42. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Eisenhower Auditorium. Two Rivers ensemble featuring Iraqi Maqam icon, Hamid Al-Saadi
04/02/23	Two Rivers	New York, NY	Drom
	Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $20 advance/$25 at the door. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 85 Avenue A New York, NY 10009-6500. Venue phone: (212) 777-1157. In commemoration of the 20 year anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq. Featuring Iraqi Maqam icon, vocalist Hamid Al-Saadi.
12/08/22 - 12/14/22	Halaqat	Brussels	Bozar
	Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Mentorship Residency with musicians from Europe and the Arab World, culminating in a performance at Bozar. In collaboration with the Goethe Institute.
11/17/22 - 11/20/22	Catherine Christer Hennix’s Kmigaku Ensemble	Brooklyn, NY	Blank Forms
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
Tour: Rivers of Sound European Tour
11/12/22	Rivers Of Sound	Reggio Emilia	Aperto Festival
	Time: 8:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Teatro Ariosto. Supported in part by Mid Atlantic Arts through USArtists International, a program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
11/10/22	Rivers Of Sound	Gent, Belgium	De Bijloke
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
11/01/22	Amir ElSaffar – Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch Duo	Brooklyn, NY	Pioneer Works
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: 20. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 159 Pioneer Street, Red Hook. World Premiere of “Inside Spaces” sponsored by the French American Cultural Exchange.
10/30/22	Amir ElSaffar – Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch Duo	Chatham NY, NY	PS21 Chatham
	Time: 5:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 2980 ROUTE 66.
10/25/22 - 10/30/22	Amir ElSaffar – Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch Duo	Chatham NY, NY	PS21 Chatham
	Time: 5:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 2980 ROUTE 66. Residency, new work development
10/18/22	Aka Moon with Special Guests	Brussels	TBA
	Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Aka Moon 30 Year Anniversary Concert.
09/17/22	Amir ElSaffar Trio plus Tania Giannouli	Berlin	Pierre Boulez Saal
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
09/09/22	National Arabic Orchestra	Houston, Texas	TBD
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. With special guests Amir ElSaffar and Hamid Al-Saadi
07/31/22	Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir	Detroit, Michigan	Private Performance
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
07/26/22	MK Dance	Bolzano	TBA
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. MAQAM, a collaboration between MK Dance, Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesh, and Amir ElSaffar
07/21/22	MK Dance	Rome, Italy	TBA
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. MAQAM, a collaboration between MK Dance, Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesh, and Amir ElSaffar
07/12/22	Hamid Al-Saadi and Amir ElSaffar	New York, NY	The Jane Hotel
	Time: 6:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 113 Jane Street. Sophia Club – Speaking Across the Divide
07/02/22	Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir	Houston, Texas	Private Performance
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
Tour: Rivers of Sound US Tour 2022
04/28/22	Rivers Of Sound	New York City	Ecstatic Music Festival, Merkin Hall
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/27/22	Rivers Of Sound	Troy, New York	Troy Music Hall
	Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $30. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/26/22	Rivers Of Sound	Hanover, NH	Dartmouth
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/23/22	Rivers Of Sound	Los Angeles, California	The Soraya
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/21/22	Rivers Of Sound	Minneapolis, MN	Walker Arts Center
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1750 Hennepin Avenue.
04/19/22	Rivers Of Sound	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at Illinois
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
03/12/22	Amir ElSaffar Trio plus Tania Giannouli	Berlin	Pierre Boulez Saal
	Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
03/12/22	Amir ElSaffar – Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch Duo	Berlin	Pierre Boulez Saal
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
03/03/22 - 03/08/22	MK Dance	Rome	Teatro India
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
02/23/22	Amir ElSaffar Solo	Brooklyn, NY	Barbes
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
02/16/22	Amir ElSaffar Trio	Brooklyn, NY	Barbes
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
02/02/22	Amir ElSaffar	Princeton	The Institute for Advance Study
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
Tour: Amir ElSaffar Residency at The Stone
01/15/22	Two Rivers	New York, New York	The Stone
	Time: 8:30pm. Admission: $20. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 55 West 13th street.
01/14/22	Amir ElSaffar Trio	New York, New York	The Stone
	Time: 8:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 55 West 13th street. with Tomas Fujiwara (drums) and Ole Mathisen (tenor saxophone)
01/13/22	Amir ElSaffar	New York, New York	The Stone
	Time: 8:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 55 West 13th street. Solo for trumpet, santur, voice, and modular synthesizer
01/12/22	New Resonance Ensemble	New York, New York	The Stone
	Time: 8:30pm. Admission: $20. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 55 West 13th street.
01/11/22 - 01/15/22	Amir ElSaffar Residency at The Stone	New York, New York	The Stone
	Time: 8:30pm. Admission: $20. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 55 West 13th street. Amir ElSaffar with special guests to be announced!
11/16/21	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Queens, New York	Kupferberg Center for the Arts
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
11/16/21	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Queens, New York	Kupferberg Center for the Arts
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Virtual Concert of Two Rivers, RagaMaqam, Luminescencia for Flamenco, Maqam, and Electronics, Transe, and Rivers of Sound.
11/08/21	Hamid Al-Saadi and Amir ElSaffar	Kalamazoo, MI	Michigan Festival of Sacred Music
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
11/08/21	Hamid Al-Saadi and Amir ElSaffar	Kalamazoo, MI	Michigan Festival of Sacred Music
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
11/07/21	Amir ElSaffar – Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch Duo	Brooklyn, NY	Pioneer Works
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: 20. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 159 Pioneer Street, Red Hook. World premiere of new electro-acoustic work sponsored by the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE).
10/23/21	MK Dance Company	Turin	“Maqam”
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
10/17/21	MK Dance Company	Reggio Emilia	“Maqam” World Premiere
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
10/11/21 - 10/16/21	MK Dance Company	Reggio Emilia	Artist Residency
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
Tour: Rivers of Sound Album Release Tour
09/30/21	Two Rivers	Lawrence, Kansas	The Lied Center
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1600 Stewart Drive.
09/18/21 - 09/26/21	MK Dance Company	Collegno	Artist Residency
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
09/15/21	Two Rivers	Ithaca, New York	Cornell Concert Series
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: http://www.cornellconcertseries.com/amir-elsaffar/. Online only – premiere of filmed performance of Two Rivers at Little Island in New York City.
Tour: Rivers of Sound Album Release Tour
09/10/21	Rivers Of Sound	Worldwide	ALBUM RELEASE: The Other Shore
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
08/15/21	Two Rivers	New York City, NY	Venue to be announced!
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
08/14/21	Two Rivers	New York City, NY	Venue to be announced!
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
07/31/21	Raga-Maqam	New York City	Lincoln Center Out of Doors
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
06/20/21 - 06/30/21	MK Dance	Turino	Turino Residency
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
06/08/21 - 06/17/21	The Wooster Group performs Bertold Brecht’s The Mother	Vienna	Vienna Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Original Music by Amir ElSaffar
04/06/21 - 04/15/21	Raga-Maqam residency and recording session	North Adams, MA	Mass MoCA
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
02/21/21	“Thaw,” for Bass Clarinet (World Premiere)	Brooklyn, New York	Bang on a Can Virtual Marathon
	Time: 3:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: https://live.bangonacan.org/february2021marathon/. Performed by Ken Thomson, bass clarinet
02/03/21	Luminiscencia – for Flamenco, Maqam, Electronics	Paris	Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac
	Time: 3:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: https://youtu.be/Ru-fQPKTg0s.
01/31/21	Video Lecture – Beyond the Other Shore	Galesburg, IL	Knox College Jerome Mirza Virtual Jazz Residency
	Time: 3:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O_k_J35QJs.
12/05/20	Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir	Pine Plains, NY	Stissing Center – Virtual Performance
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k04MfyNo5CM.
11/22/20	Raga-Maqam	Brooklyn, NY	Ragas Live Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: https://www.ragaslive.org/.
11/21/20	Solo work for trumpet, santur, and modular synthesizer	Sarajevo	Sarajevo Jazz Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KARzHPGzmM.
07/10/20	Archie Shepp’s Tribute to John Coltrane feat. Darryl Hall, Jason Moran, Nasheet Waits & Amir ElSaffar	Rotterdam	North Sea Jazz Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
06/25/20 - 06/26/20	Trans Stambeli Project	Marseille, France	Festival de Marseille
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
06/24/20	Trans Stambeli Project	Aix-en-Provence, France	Festival International d’Aix-en-Provence
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
06/13/20 - 06/14/20	Trans Stambeli Project	Amsterdam	Holland Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
05/31/20	Amir ElSaffar with Australian Art Orchestra	Melbourne	Arts Centre Melbourne
	Time: 5:00pm. Admission: $39. Age restrictions: All Ages.
Tour: Rivers of Sound Album Release Tour
04/27/20	Rivers Of Sound	Amherst, MA	UMass Amherst
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. POSTPONED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
04/26/20	Rivers Of Sound	Boston, Massachusetts	CRASHarts
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. POSTPONED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
04/25/20	Rivers Of Sound	New York City	Ecstatic Music Festival, Merkin Hall
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/23/20	Rivers Of Sound	Troy, New York	Troy Savings Bank
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/21/20	Rivers Of Sound	Hanover, New Hampshire	Hopkins Center, Dartmouth University
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/18/20	Rivers Of Sound	Urbana, Illinois	Krannert Center, University of Illinois
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/16/20	Rivers Of Sound	Los Angeles, California	The Soraya
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/15/20	Rivers Of Sound	Berkely, California	UC Berkeley
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/14/20	Rivers Of Sound	Berkeley, CA	Cal Performances, University of California, Berkeley
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
02/22/20	Hamid Al-Saad and Two Rivers with the Amarillo Symphony (World Premiere)	Amarillo, Texas	Amarillo Symphony
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
02/21/20	Hamid Al-Saad and Two Rivers with the Amarillo Symphony (World Premiere)	Amarillo, Texas	Amarillo Symphony
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
02/15/20	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water (music composed by Amir ElSaffar)	St. Paul, MN	Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
02/08/20	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water (music composed by Amir ElSaffar)	St. Joseph	College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
02/08/20	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water (music composed by Amir ElSaffar)	St. Joseph	College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
01/31/20	Two Rivers with Hamid Al-Saadi	Chicago	Harris Theater
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
01/29/20	Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir	Cleveland, Ohio	Cleveland Museum
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
01/18/20	Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir	New Haven, Connecticut	Yale University
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
01/15/20	Luminiscencia – new work with Flamenco, Maqam, and Electronics	Nîmes	Flamenco Festival Nîmes
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
01/12/20	Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir	Long Island City, NY	Moma PS1 Queens
	Time: 3:00pm. Admission: $15. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 22-25 Jackson Ave.
Tour: Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir
11/23/19	Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir	Brooklyn, NY	Roulette
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $30. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 509 Atlantic Avenue. Venue phone: 917-267-0263.
11/20/19	Hamid Al-Saadi and Amir ElSaffar	The Bronx	Fordham University
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
11/19/19	Hamid Al-Saadi and Amir ElSaffar	New Brunswick, NJ	Rutgers University – Dana Library
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
11/17/19	Luminiscencia – new work with Flamenco, Maqam, and Electronics	Montmorency, Ile-De-France	Jazz au Fil de l’Oise Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
11/13/19	Two Rivers	Strasbourg	Jazzdor Mulhouse
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
10/28/19 - 11/12/19	Rivers Of Sound	New York City	Baryshnikov Arts Center
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 450 West 37th Street.
10/26/19	Two Rivers	Paris	Institut du Monde Arabe
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
10/25/19	Two Rivers	Gdansk, Poland	Jazz Jantar Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
10/17/19	Two Rivers	Ramallah	MahraJazz Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
10/16/19	Two Rivers	Nazareth	MahraJazz Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
Tour: Transe – Stambeli
10/04/19 - 10/13/19	Trans Stambeli Project	Tunis	Dream City Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Featuring a collective of trance musicians from Tunis, Tozeur (south of Tunisia), and Mali. More information
09/28/19	Awhaal for String Quartet	Chicago, IL	Hyde Park Jazz Festival
	Time: 11:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
09/28/19	Awhaal for String Quartet	Chicago, IL	Hyde Park Jazz Festival
	Time: 11:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
09/26/19	Awhaal for String Quartet	New York City	Lincoln Center Atrium
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
09/22/19	Luminiscencia – new work with Flamenco, Maqam, and Electronics	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
09/15/19 - 09/20/19	Amir ElSaffar	..	Trans Stambeli Residency
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Trans Stambeli Residency Related post.
08/05/19 - 08/11/19	Teaching Residency at Banff Centre Jazz Workshop	Banff, Alberta	Banff Music Centre
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
07/21/19	Cornu Luminis for Mediterranean Youth Orchestra	Alpes-Maritimes	Mougins Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
07/20/19	Cornu Luminis for Mediterranean Youth Orchestra	Ollioules	Châteauvallon Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Related post.
07/19/19	Cornu Lumins for Mediterranean Youth Orchestra	Aix-en-Provence	Grand Théatre de Provence
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 380 Avenue Max Juvénal. Daniele Rustioni, conductor
07/15/19	Two Rivers	Aix-en-Provence	Hôtel Maynier D’Oppède
	Time: 9:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 21 Rue Gaston de Saporta. Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
07/06/19	Luminiscencia – new work with Flamenco, Maqam, and Electronics	London	Lilian Baylis Studio
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Rosebery Avenue. Shubbak Festival
07/06/19	Luminiscencia – new work with Flamenco, Maqam, and Electronics	London	Lilian Baylis Studio
	Time: 5:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Rosebery Avenue.
06/29/19	Luminiscencia – new work with Flamenco, Maqam, and Electronics	Marseille, France	Festival de Marseille
	Time: 10:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Shubbak Festival
06/28/19	Luminiscencia – new work with Flamenco, Maqam, and Electronics	Marseille, France	Festival de Marseille
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
06/06/19 - 06/26/19	Amir ElSaffar: Musical Research Trip	Tunisia	Musical Research Trip
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Related post.
04/18/19	Hamid Al-Saadi and Amir ElSaffar	New Brunswick, NJ	Rutgers University – Dana Library
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/13/19	Amir ElSaffar with Hamid Al-Saadi and Safaafir	New York, NY	Metropolitan Museum Of Art
	Time: 3:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1000 Fifth Avenue.
04/12/19	Amir ElSaffar with Hamid Al-Saadi and Safaafir	New York, NY	Metropolitan Museum Of Art
	Time: 5:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1000 Fifth Avenue.
04/08/19	Two Rivers with Hamid Al-Saadi	Brooklyn, NY	Pioneer Works
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 159 Pioneer Street, Red Hook.
04/06/19	Two Rivers	Toronto, Canada	Aga Khan Museum
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/03/19	ElSaffar – Fujiwara – Mathisen Trio	New York, NY	Fridman Gallery
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: 15.00. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 169 Bowery. Venue phone: (917) 262-0612.
Tour: Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir
04/02/19	Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir	Princeton, NJ	Princeton University
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall. More information
03/30/19	Two Rivers with Hamid Al-Saadi	NW Washington, DC	Kennedy Center Jazz Club
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F Street,.
03/29/19	Two Rivers	Cambridge, MA	Celebrity Series – Sanders Theater
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 45 Quincy Street.
Tour: Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir
03/28/19	Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir	New York, NY	David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Broadway at 62nd Street.
03/03/19	Michigan Arabic Orchestra with Hamid Al-Saadi	Detroit, MI	TBD
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Related post.
02/27/19	Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir	Chicago, IL	Old Town School of Folk Music
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 4544 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL 60625. Venue phone: (773) 728-6000.
02/17/19	Two Rivers	Hudson, NY	Hudson Hall
	Time: 3:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 327 Warren St..
02/15/19	Interstices for Octet Plus One with Ictus	Gent	Handelsbeurs Concertzaal
	Time: 8:15pm. Admission: 18 Euros. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Kouter 29.
02/14/19	Interstices for Octet Plus One with Ictus	Brussels	Bozar
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: 20 Euros. Age restrictions: All Ages.
02/10/19	Archie Shepp’s Tribute to John Coltrane feat. Regie Workman, Jason Moran, Nasheet Waits & Amir ElSaffar	NW Washington, DC	Kennedy Center Jazz Club
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2700 F Street,.
Tour: Luminiscencia
02/07/19	Luminiscencia – new work with Flamenco, Maqam, and Electronics	Rotterdam	Netherlands Flamenco Biennale
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: De Doelen. More information
02/03/19	Luminiscencia – new work with Flamenco, Maqam, and Electronics	Utrecht	Netherlands Flamenco Biennale
	Time: 4:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
02/02/19	Luminiscencia – new work with Flamenco, Maqam, and Electronics	Amsterdam	Netherlands Flamenco Biennale
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Muziekgebouw.
01/20/19 - 01/29/19	Residency: Luminiscencia – new work with Flamenco, Maqam, and Electronics	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Creation of new work.
01/12/19	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Chicago, IL	The Harris Theater
	Time: 2:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 205 E. Randolph Drive.
01/11/19	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Chicago, IL	The Harris Theater
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 205 E. Randolph Drive.
Tour: Rivers of Sound Tour
01/05/19	Rivers Of Sound	New York, NY	Winter Jazz Fest
	Time: 7:40pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
12/15/18	Hamid Al-Saadi and Al-Chalghi Al-Baghdadi	Queens, NY	Queens Museum of Art
	Time: 4:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: www.queensmuseum.org.
11/24/18	World Premiere – Amir ElSaffar with Lutosławski Quartet, Ksawery Wójciński, Wacław Zimpel,	Wrocław	Jazztopad Festival
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: NFM, Sala Czerwona.
11/21/18	Jamie Baum Septet	Wrocław	Jazztopad Festival
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: NFM, Sala Czerwona.
11/18/18	Amir ElSaffar and Ictus Interstices	Bruges	Brugge Jazz Festival
	Time: 5:10pm. Admission: €30. Age restrictions: All Ages.
11/17/18	Jamie Baum Septet	London	London Jazz Festival
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
Tour: Rivers of Sound European Tour
11/16/18	Rivers Of Sound	London	London Jazz Festival
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
Tour: Rivers of Sound European Tour, with support of Mid Atlantic – www.midatlanticarts.org
11/14/18	Rivers Of Sound	Brussels	Bozar
	Time: 8:30pm. Admission: €24. Age restrictions: All Ages. This engagement is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Howard Gilman Foundation.
Tour: Rivers of Sound European Tour
11/13/18	Rivers Of Sound	Gent, Belgium	De Bijloke
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: €20. Age restrictions: All Ages.
Tour: Rivers of Sound European Tour, with support of Mid Atlantic – www.midatlanticarts.org
11/11/18	Rivers Of Sound	‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands	November Music Festival
	Time: 7:30pm. Admission: €18. Age restrictions: All Ages. This engagement is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Howard Gilman Foundation.
Tour: Rivers of Sound European Tour
11/10/18	Rivers Of Sound	Amsterdam	Bimhuis
	Time: 7:30pm. Admission: TBA. Age restrictions: All Ages.
11/03/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Washington, DC	Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
	Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $39. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 2700 F Street Northwest Washington, DC 20566. Venue phone: (202) 416-8000.
11/02/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Washington, DC	Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
	Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $39. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 2700 F Street Northwest Washington, DC 20566. Venue phone: (202) 416-8000.
10/18/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Austin, TX	Texas Performing Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 2350 Robert Dedman Drive.
10/14/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Fayetteville, AR	Walton Arts Center
	Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $10. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 495 W Dickson Street.
10/10/18	Two Rivers with Hamid Al-Saadi	Columbus, OH	Wexner Center for the Arts
	Time: 8:00am. Admission: TBA. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1871 N High Street.
10/01/18 - 10/04/18	Residency with Hamid Al-Saadi	Durham, NC	Duke University
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: TBA. Age restrictions: All Ages.
09/28/18	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Amherst, MA	Amherst College Jazz Festival
	Time: 8:00am. Admission: $25. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Bowker Auditorium, 100 Holdsworth Way.
09/20/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Hanover, NH	Dartmouth
	Time: 6:00pm. Admission: TBA. Age restrictions: All Ages.
09/19/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Hanover, NH	Dartmouth
	Time: 6:00pm. Admission: TBA. Age restrictions: All Ages.
09/18/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Hanover, NH	Dartmouth
	Time: 6:00pm. Admission: TBA. Age restrictions: All Ages.
08/19/18	Amir ElSaffar, Two Rivers, and Friends	Chicago, IL	The Park at Wrigley
	Time: 6:00pm. Admission: TBA. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 3637 N Clark Street.
08/11/18	Eastern Sierra Symphony Orchestra (Composer in Residence Amir ElSaffar)	Mammoth Lakes, CA	St. Joseph’s Cathlic Church
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: TBA. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 58 Ranch Rd.
08/10/18	Eastern Sierra Symphony Orchestra (Composer in Residence Amir ElSaffar)	Mammoth Lakes, CA	St. Joseph’s Cathlic Church
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 58 Ranch Rd.
08/09/18	Eastern Sierra Symphony Orchestra (Composer in Residence Amir ElSaffar)	Mammoth Lakes, CA	St. Joseph’s Cathlic Church
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: TBA. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 58 Ranch Rd.
06/30/18	Amir ElSaffar	Hong Kong	TBA
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: TBA. Age restrictions: All Ages.
06/24/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Becket, MA	Jacob’s Pillow Dance
	Time: 8:15pm. Admission: $45, $35, $25. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Doris Duke Theater. Venue phone: 413.243.9919.
06/23/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Becket, MA	Jacob’s Pillow Dance
	Time: 8:15pm. Admission: $45, $35, $25. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Doris Duke Theater. Venue phone: 413.243.9919.
06/23/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Becket, MA	Jacob’s Pillow Dance
	Time: 2:15pm. Admission: $45, $35, $25. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Doris Duke Theater. Venue phone: 413.243.9919.
06/22/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Becket, MA	Jacob’s Pillow Dance
	Time: 8:15pm. Admission: $45, $35, $25. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Doris Duke Theater. Venue phone: 413.243.9919.
06/21/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Becket, MA	Jacob’s Pillow Dance
	Time: 8:15pm. Admission: $45, $35, $25. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Doris Duke Theater. Venue phone: 413.243.9919.
06/20/18 - 06/24/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Becket, MA	Jacob’s Pillow Dance
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Doris Duke Theater. Venue phone: 413.243.9919.
06/20/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Becket, MA	Jacob’s Pillow Dance
	Time: 8:15pm. Admission: $45, $35, $25. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Doris Duke Theater. Venue phone: 413.243.9919.
06/17/18	Rivers of Sound with Members of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra	New Haven, CT	Festival of Arts and Ideas
	Time: 7:00am. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: New Haven Green, 250 Temple Street.
06/05/18	Amir ElSaffar + Ayman Fannous feat. William Parker	Brooklyn, NY	Shapeshifter Lab
	Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $12. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 18 Whitwell Place. Venue phone: (646) 820-9452.
06/02/18	Nels Cline	Philadelphia, PA	Union Transfer
	Time: 8:30pm. Admission: $35. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1026 Spring Garden Street.
Tour: Jamie Baum Septet CD Release
05/25/18	Jamie Baum Septet	NYC	The Cell
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
05/25/18	The Jaime Baum Septet	Fairfield	The Fairfield Theater Company
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $25. Age restrictions: All Ages.
05/24/18	Jamie Baum Septet	New Haven, CT	Firehouse 12
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $20. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/30/18	Amir ElSaffar and Hafez Modirzadeh Duo	Katowice	Katowice JazzArt Festival
	Time: 3:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/26/18	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Northridge, CA	Valley Performing Arts Center
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $28-$65. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Great Hall, 18111 Nordhoff Street.
04/20/18 - 04/21/18	Amir ElSaffar, Naseem AlAtrash, and Firas Zreik with Brooklyn Raga Massive	New York, NY	Jazz Gallery
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/10/18	Amir ElSaffar Solo	Stans	Stanser Musiktage
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: +41 41 612 05 88. Address: Sakrale Räume. Amir ElSaffar’s solo performance, “Mokurai,” featuring santur, voice, and trumpet.
Tour: AlefBa Residency/Concerts
04/04/18	Aka Moon w/ Fabrizio Cassol	Gent, Belgium	De Bijloke
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/03/18	Aka Moon w/ Fabrizio Cassol	Lille	Opera de Lille
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
03/31/18	Aka Moon w/ Fabrizio Cassol	Oostende	De Grote Post
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
03/30/18	Aka Moon w/ Fabrizio Cassol	Antwerp	De Singel
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
Tour: Hyper + Amir ElSaffar Italy Tour
03/26/18	Hyper + Amir ElSaffar	Bolzano	Piccolo Theater
	Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
03/25/18	Hyper + Amir ElSaffar	Dolo	Jazz Area Metropolitana
	Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
03/24/18	Hyper + Amir ElSaffar	San Vito al Tagliamento	San Vito Jazz
	Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
03/21/18 - 03/22/18	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	NYU Abu Dhabi Arts Center
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Contemporary Bharatanatyam dance with compositions by Amir ElSaffar and a distinct alchemy of Iraqi, jazz, and Carnatic instruments. More information
03/07/18	Amir ElSaffar	Miami, FL	Miami Dade College
	Time: 12:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 305-237-3930. Address: Wolfson Campus Auditorium 300 N.E. Second Ave., Building 1, Room 1261. Venue phone: 305-237-3930.
03/03/18	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Miami Beach, Florida	MDC Live Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $20/$25. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (786) 453-2897. Address: North Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave. Venue phone: (786) 453-2897.
02/10/18	Amir ElSaffar and Rivers of Sound Orchestra	New York, NY	NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 287 Spring Street.
02/09/18	Amir ElSaffar and Rivers of Sound Orchestra	Chicago, IL	Chicago Symphony Center
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
02/08/18	Amir ElSaffar and Rivers of Sound Orchestra	Iowa City, IA	Hancher Auditorium
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
12/02/17 - 12/03/17	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water (music composed by Amir ElSaffar)	Berkeley, CA	Cal Performances, University of California, Berkeley
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
11/04/17	Amir ElSaffar – Wind Octet Commission for Jazz Fest Berlin 2017	Berlin, Germany	JazzFest Berlin 2017
	Time: 4:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
10/24/17	Aka Moon with Special Guests	Brussels, Belgium	Festival des Libertes
	Time: 8:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Fabrizio Cassol – saxophone / Michel Hatzigeorgiou – basse électrique / Stéphane Galland – batterie + U.K. Sivaraman – mrdngam / Fabian Fiorini – piano / Mark Turner – saxophone / Miles Okazako – guitar / Amir El Saffar – trompette / Joao Barradas – accordion / Tcha Limberger – violin + chant / Nedyalko Nedyalkov – kaval / Misirli Ahmet – darbouka /
10/20/17	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water (music composed by Amir ElSaffar)	Ann Arbor, MI	The Power Center for the Performing Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
10/18/17	Amir ElSaffar and Rivers of Sound Orchestra	Ann Arbor, MI	The Power Center for the Performing Arts
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
09/08/17	Amir ElSaffar at the Brooklyn Raga Massive’s and The India Center Foundation’s Outside (In)dia series	New York, NY	David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Broadway at 62nd Street. Firas Zreik (qanun), Naseem Alatrash (cello), Arun Ramamurthy (violin), Abhik Mukherjee (sitar), Jay Gandhi (bansuri), and Shiva Ghoshal (tabla
09/02/17	Interstices (World Premiere) with Ictus Ensemble by AmirElSaffar	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Amir ElSaffar’s new compositions commissioned by the Royaumont Foundation in France for nine members of the Belgium-based chamber ensemble, ICTUS. Instrumentation is double bass, cello, violin, viola, clarinet/bass clarinet, oboe/English horn, and French horn, with the addition of ElSaffar on trumpet and santur (Iraqi hammered-dulcimer).
08/06/17	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Schenectady, NY	The Agnes Macdonald Music Haven Stage – Central Park
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
08/04/17	Amir ElSaffar and Rivers of Sound Orchestra	Newport, RI	Newport Jazz Festival
	Time: 12:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Fort Adams State Park 90 Fort Adams Drive, Newport, RI 02840.
07/17/17 - 07/23/17	Amir ElSaffar – Teaching Residency	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
07/10/17 - 07/16/17	Amir ElSaffar – Composition Residency at the Royal Opera House in London	London, United Kingdom	Shubbak Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
07/09/17	Fabrizio Cassol and Special Guests	Aix-en-Provence, France	Festival d’Aix
	Time: 10:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
07/03/17	Archie Shepp’s Tribute to John Coltrane feat. Darryl Hall, Jason Moran, Nasheet Waits & Amir ElSaffar	Vienne, France	Jazz à Vienne
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
06/30/17	Archie Shepp’s Tribute to John Coltrane feat. Regie Workman, Jason Moran, Nasheet Waits & Amir ElSaffar	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Ljubljana Jazz Festival
	Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Archie Shepp, tenor saxophone Amir ElSaffar, trumpet Reggie Workman, double bass Nasheet Waits, drums Jason Moran, piano More information
06/27/17	Ole Mathisen – Floating Points	Rochester, NY	Rochester Jazz Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Ole Mathisen – tenor sax, Amir ElSaffar – trumpet, Bobby Avey – piano, Gregg August – bass
06/22/17	Ole Mathisen – Floating Points	New York, NY	Jazz Gallery
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Ole Mathisen – tenor sax, Amir ElSaffar – trumpet, Bobby Avey – piano, Gregg August – bass
06/16/17	Rivers of Sound LP Release performance	New York, NY	River to River Festival
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
05/12/17 - 06/12/17	Amir ElSaffar – Composition Residency	Cassis, France	Camargo Foundation
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
05/06/17	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	New York, NY	Bang on a Can
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
04/29/17	Alwan Ensemble	New Paltz, NY	Dorsky Museum SUNY
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
03/31/17	Amir ElSaffar Solo	Cairo, Egypt	D-CAF Festival
	Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
03/30/17	Project 99	Cairo, Egypt	D-CAF Festival
	Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
03/25/17	Amir ElSaffar and Rivers of Sound Orchestra	Muscat, Oman	Royal Opera House
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
03/22/17	Catherine Christer Hennix & Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage	Berlin, Germany	MaerzMusik – Festival for Time Issues
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Amir ElSaffar, trumpet Paul Schwingenschlögl, trumpet, flugelhorn Robin Hayward, microtonal tuba Hilary Jeffery, trombone Elena Kakaliagou, French horn Stefan Tiedje, sound direction & computer programming More information
03/19/17	Amir ElSaffar Solo	Grenoble, France	Festival Detours de Babel
	Time: 5:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
03/18/17	Project 99	Grenoble, France	Festival Detours de Babel
	Time: 2:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
03/03/17	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	College Park, MD	The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
Tour: Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble in Belgium
02/25/17	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Mechelen, Belgium	Nona
	Time: 8:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
02/24/17	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Brugge, Belgium	De Werf
	Time: 8:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
02/23/17	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Gent, Belgium	De Bijloke
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
02/02/17 - 02/12/17	Amir ElSaffar – Composition Residency	Cassis, France	Camargo Foundation
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
02/02/17 - 02/12/16	Amir ElSaffar	New York, New York	Fridman Art Gallery
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 287 Spring Street. More information
01/31/17	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water (music composed by Amir ElSaffar)	Rochester, MI	Mayo Clinic Center for Humanities in Medicine
	Time: 10:30am. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
01/29/17	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water (music composed by Amir ElSaffar)	Minneapolis, MN	The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts
	Time: 2:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
01/27/17 - 01/28/17	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water (music composed by Amir ElSaffar)	Minneapolis, MN	The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
Tour: Hyper + Amir ElSaffar Italy Tour
01/13/17 - 01/19/17	Hyper + Amir ElSaffar	TBA	TBA
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
01/13/17 - 01/19/16	Hyper + Amir ElSaffar	TBA	TBA
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
01/09/17	Amir ElSaffar	New York, New York	Fridman Art Gallery
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 287 Spring Street.
12/02/16	Ole Mathisen – Floating Points	New York, NY	Spectrum
	Time: 8:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Ole Mathisen – tenor sax, Amir ElSaffar – trumpet, Bobby Avey – piano, Gregg August – bass
11/21/16	Amir ElSaffar and People of the Wind	Berlin, Germany	KK19
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
11/20/16	CUL-DE-SAC + ELSAFFAR / KAKALIAGOU / TAVIL	Berlin, Germany	ACUD MACHT NEU
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. More information
11/19/16	Tonaliens	Berlin, Germany	ausland
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Amelia Cuni – dhrupad singing Werner Durand – invented wind instruments Robin Hayward – microtonal tuba, tuning vine Hilary Jeffery – trombone Ralf Meinz – sound, live electronics Special guest: Amir Elsaffar – trumpet More information
11/18/16	ZINC & COPPER play BRASS MAQAM	Berlin, Germany	PAUL GERHARDT KIRCHE
	Time: 8:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Amir ElSaffar – trumpet Yorgos Dimitriadis – percussion Robin Hayward – microtonal tuba Hilary Jeffery – trombone Elena Kakaliagou – french horn Paul Schwingenschlögl – flugel horn More information
11/11/16	Archie Shepp’s Tribute to John Coltrane feat. Darryl Hall, Jason Moran, Nasheet Waits & Amir ElSaffar	Heidelberg, Germany	Enjoy Jazz
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
11/05/16	Alwan Arab Music Ensemble	New York, NY	Unitarian Church of All Souls
	Time: 7:00am. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 80th Street and Lexington Avenue Reidy Friendship Hall. More information
10/29/16	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Northridge, CA	Valley Performing Arts Center
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge.
10/22/16	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	London, UK	Nour Festival
	Time: 9:45pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
10/19/16	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Istanbul, Turkey	AkBank Jazz Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
10/15/16	Rivers Of Sound	Minneapolis, MN	Walker Arts Center
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1750 Hennepin Avenue.
10/14/16	Rivers Of Sound	Brooklyn, NY	Pioneer Works
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 159 Pioneer Street, Red Hook.
10/07/16	Ragamala Dance Company: Written in Water WORLD PREMIERE	Tallahassee, FL	Florida State University
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Written In Water World Premiere More information
10/01/16 - 10/06/16	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Tallahassee, FL	Florida State University
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Written In Water Residency More information
09/24/16	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Chicago, IL	Hyde Park Jazz Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
09/17/16	Project 99	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 8:00pm.
Tour: Dominik Bukowski Quartet Poland Tour
08/28/16	Dominik Bukowski Quartet	Świdnica	Jazz na Starówce
	Time: 6:00pm. Address: Rynek 43.
08/27/16	Dominik Bukowski Quartet	Warsaw	12on14 Jazz Club
	Time: 8:30pm. Address: ul. Noakowskiego 16.
08/26/16	Dominik Bukowski Quartet	Gdańsk	Gdańskie Noce Jazsowe
	Time: 7:00pm. Address: Teatr Leśny (Gdańsk Wrzeszcz).
08/25/16	Dominik Bukowski Quartet	Nidzica	Nidzica Castle
	Time: 7:00pm.
08/16/16 - 08/22/16	Teaching Residency – Intersections: Jazz and Maqam	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 8:00pm.
08/02/16 - 08/07/16	Teaching Residency at the Banff Music Centre	Banff, Alberta	Banff Music Centre
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
07/24/16 - 07/31/16	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Minneapolis, MN	Ragamala Dance Company
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Written In Water Residency More information
07/22/16	Project 99	Avignon, France	Festival d’Avignon
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
07/16/16	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Woodstock, NY	Jazz at the Maverick, Maverick Concerts
	Time: 8:00pm. More information
07/14/16	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	New York, NY	Jazz Gallery
	Time: 7:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
Tour: Hyper + Amir ElSaffar Italy Tour
07/10/16	Hyper + Amir ElSaffar Italy Tour	Oderzo	TBD Oderzo
	Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
07/09/16	Hyper + Amir ElSaffar Italy Tour	Pisa	Pisa Jazz
	Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Argini e Margini Scalo dei Renaioli, Lungarno G.Galilei. Related post.
07/08/16	Amir ElSaffar + Elettrofoscari Large Ensemble	Mogliano Veneto, Italy	Sile Jazz
	Time: 8:00pm. More information
07/04/16	AlefBa	Marseille, France	Festival de Marseille
	Time: 9:00pm.
07/03/16	Karim Baggili Trio featuring Amir ElSaffar	Brussels, Belgium	Musiq’3 Festival
	Time: 6:30pm. w/ Karim Baggily, oud
07/02/16	“Ashwaaq” by Amir ElSaffar with Quatour Tana with Khaled El Hafez	Brussels, Belgium	Musiq’3 Festival
	Time: 4:30pm.
06/26/16	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Athens, Greece	Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
	Time: 8:00pm.
05/30/16 - 06/09/16	Marc Nammour / Abdullah Miniawy Residency	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 8:00pm. Residency/Recording with the Marc Nammour/Abdullah Miniawi Project
05/28/16	Rajas Project	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 16 Beaver Street. w/ Rajna Swaminathan (mridangam), Anjna Swaminathan (violin) Miles Okazaki (guitar), Maria Grand (tenor saxophone) More information
05/22/16	Amir ElSaffar and Sam Shalabi Duo	Philadelphia, PA	House Gallery 1816
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1816 Frankford Ave.
05/13/16	Amir ElSaffar Trio	New York, NY	Metropolitan Museum Of Art
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1000 Fifth Avenue.
05/10/16 - 05/12/16	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Minneapolis, MN	Ragamala Dance Company
	Time: 6:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Written In Water Residency More information
05/08/16	Hyper + Amir ElSaffar	Vicenza, Italy	Vicenza Jazz Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. w/Nicola Fazzini (alto sax), Alessandro Fedrigo (electric bass), Luca Colussi (drums)
05/03/16	Alwan Ensemble // Ashwaaq String Quartet	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	NYU Abu Dhabi Arts Center
	Time: 8:00pm. More information
04/30/16	Amir ElSaffar- Rivers of Sound Large Ensemble	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	NYU Abu Dhabi Arts Center
	Time: 8:00pm. More information
04/22/16	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Bremen, Germany	Jazz Ahead
	Time: 8:00pm.
04/15/16	Amir ElSaffar- Rivers of Sound Large Ensemble	Cleveland, OH	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	Time: 7:30pm. Address: 11150 East Boulevard. More information
04/13/16	Fabrizio Cassol	Brooklyn, NY	Barbes
	Time: 8:00pm. Fabrizio Cassol w/ Amir ElSaffar, Miles Okazaki, Anthony Tidd, and Kush Abadey.
04/09/16	Amir ElSaffar- Rivers of Sound Large Ensemble	Philadelphia, PA	The Kimmel Center – Perelman Theater
	Time: 8:00pm. Rivers of Sound by Amir El Saffar is a new work for a 17-musician ensemble featuring traditional instruments from across North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, including the oud (lute), qanun (plucked zither), santur (hammered-dulcimer), nay (reed flute), as well as Western instruments, such as saxophone, trumpet, drum set, bass, retuned piano, vibraphone, guitar, and vocalists from corresponding traditions. Rivers of Sound consists of composed melodies, forms, and rhythmic formulas but is performed in an improvisational fashion, fostering variations on the musical material and spontaneous interaction between musicians. The large ensemble’s combination of instruments, each with distinct timbral properties, allows for the emergence of new sonic textures and nuanced interaction between musicians, completely unique to each performance. Individual sounds disappear into the larger sound of the whole ensemble, forming a collective, “human” voice. More information
03/30/16	Amir ElSaffar, solo trumpet	Venice, Italy	Incroci di Civiltà (Crossroads of Civilizations)
	Time: 8:00pm.
03/18/16	Dominik Bukowski Quartet	Gdansk, Poland	Jazz Jantar Festival
	Time: 8:00pm.
03/10/16	Tareq Abboushi Group	Ramallah, Palestine	Jasmine Festival – Edward Said National Conservatory
	Time: 8:00pm.
03/06/16	Amir ElSaffar and Friends w/ Tareq Abboushi	Ramallah, Palestine	Jasmine Festival – Edward Said National Conservatory
	Time: 8:00pm.
03/05/16	Amir ElSaffar and Friends w/ Tareq Abboushi	Nablus, Palestine	Edward Said National Conservatory
	Time: 8:00pm.
02/29/16 - 03/01/16	Jamie Baum Septet	Brooklyn, NY	Systems Two
	Recording Session w/ Jamie Baum Septet+
02/28/16	Amir ElSaffar and Okkyung Lee – solos and duo	Brooklyn, NY	Issue Project Rooom
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $15.00. Address: 22 Boerum Place.
02/27/16	Jamie Baum Septet	Wilton, CT	Wilton Library – The Brubeck Room
	Time: 7:30pm. Address: 137 Old Ridgefield Road. Venue phone: (203) 762-3950. More information
02/26/16	Jamie Baum Septet	New York, NY	Cornelia Street Cafe
	Time: 9:00pm. Box office: 212-989-9319. Address: 29 Cornelia Street. Venue phone: 212.989.9319. Jamie Baum- flutes,  Amir ElSaffar – trumpet Sam Sadigursky – alto sax/bass clarinet Chris Komer – French horn Brad Shepik – guitar,  John Escreet – piano Zack Lober – bass,  Jeff Hirshfield – drums More information
02/24/16	Amir ElSaffar Trio	Brooklyn, NY	Happy Lucky No. 1
	Time: 8:00pm. Venue phone: http://www.happyluckyno1.com. w/Ole Mathisen and TBD More information
02/09/16 - 02/14/16	Marc Nammour / Abdullah Miniawy Residency	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 2:30pm. Residency with the Marc Nammour/Abdullah Miniawi Project
01/20/16	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Newark, NJ	Rutgers University – John Cotton Dana Library
	Time: 2:30pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 185 University Avenue. Venue phone: 973-353-5161. Presented by The Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers. More information
Tour: Alwan For The Arts: Tarab Edition
01/17/16	Safaafir Iraqi Maqam Ensemble	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 5:00pm. Admission: $30 General // $25 Students, Seniors, Members. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 646.732.3261. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Alwan for the Arts presents: TARAB EDITION: CLASSICAL AND FOLK REPERTOIRE OF THE ARAB WORLD Featuring: George Ziadeh & Zafer Tawil Duo — Music of Umm Kulthum Safaafir — Iraqi Maqam and Pesta Tareq Abboushi — Solo Buzuq improvisations Yousif Yaseen — Contemporary and traditional Kuwaiti songs Abdulrahman Al Akhfash — Songs of Yemen Alwan Ensemble — Classics from Aleppo, Baghdad, and Cairo More information
Tour: NYC Winter Jazzfest
01/16/16	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	New York, NY	Subculture
	Time: 9:40pm. Address: 45 Bleecker St. Presented as part of NYC Winter Jazzfest More information
01/15/16	Alwan For The Arts: Fifth Annual Maqam Fest	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $30 General // $25 Students, Seniors, Members. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 646.732.3261. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Amir ElSaffar, curator Alwan for the Arts and the Center for Traditional Music and Dance present Maqam Fest 2016, featuring six ensembles performing the language of maqam in varied musical styles. 4th Floor Dolunay: 7:45 pm -8:30 pm Tareq Abboushi’s Shusmo Reunion: 8:45 pm – 9:30 pm Crimean Tatar Ensemble: 9:45 pm -10:30 pm 6th Floor Newpoli: 8:00 pm – 8:45 pm Abdoulaye Diabate: 9:00 pm -9:45 pm Kiran Ahluwalia: 10:00 pm -10:45 pm More information
01/14/16	Jamie Baum Septet	New York, NY	Greenwich House Music School
	Time: 7:00pm.
11/30/15	AlefBa	Constantine, Algeria	Dimajazz
	Time: 8:00pm.
11/26/15	Four Corners Quartet	Luzern, Switzerland	JazzKantine
	Time: 8:00pm. Joachim Badenhorst – clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone (BE), Amir El Saffar – trumpet, voice (US/IRAQ), Mark Helias – bass (US), Gerry Hemingway (US/CH) More information
11/24/15	Hyper + Amir ElSaffar	Trieste, Italy	Circolo del Jazz Thelonious
	Time: 9:00pm.
11/22/15	Hyper + Amir ElSaffar	Zero Branco, Italy	Soloqui
	Time: 6:00pm.
11/20/15	Hyper + Amir ElSaffar	Corciano, Italy	Ricomincio Da Tre Music Club
	Time: 10:00pm.
11/19/15	Amir ElSaffar + Elettrofoscari Large Ensemble	Venice, Italy	MusiCa foscari/ San Servolo Jazz Fest
	Time: 9:00pm.
11/18/15	Hyper + AmirElSaffar	Correzzola, Italy	Cockney London Pub
	Time: 9:00pm.
11/16/15	Hyper + AmirElSaffar	Ferrara, Italy	JAZZ CLUB FERRARA
	Time: 9:00pm.
11/13/15	Hyper + AmirElSaffar	Pisa, Italy	Exwide
	Time: 9:00pm.
11/10/15 - 11/17/15	Amir ElSaffar Residency	Venice, Italy	MusiCa foscari/ San Servolo Jazz Fest
	Time: 11:00am.
11/10/15	Hyper + AmirElSaffar	Verona, Italy	Le Cantine de l’Arena
	Time: 9:00pm.
11/08/15	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Bimhuis
	Time: 8:00pm. More information
11/07/15	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands	November Music Festival
	Time: 7:00pm. More information
11/07/15	Ashwaaq, music by Amir ElSaffar	‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands	November Music Festival
	Time: 4:00pm. Tarjuman al Ashwaq (Interpreter of Desires) Poetry by Ibn Al Arabi Music by Amir ElSaffar More information
11/06/15	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Brussels, Belgium	Recyclart
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: Gare Bruxelles-Chapelle 25, Rue des Ursulines 1000 Bruxelles. Venue phone: +32 2 502 57 34. More information
11/01/15	Amir ElSaffar	Berlin, Germany	JazzKeller
	Time: 11:00am. MAQAM WORKSHOP at GLOBAL MUSIC ACADEMY 11am-5pm followed by a concert starting at 6pm. Part 1 (30minutes) Intersections: Maqam and Jazz Improvisation – workshop presentation Part 2 (30 minutes) Amir ElSaffar – trumpet, santur, voice Cymin Samawatie – voice
10/30/15	Amir ElSaffar Trio	Berlin, Germany	JazzKeller
	Time: 9:00pm. Amir ElSaffar – trumpet, santur, voice Paul Schwingenschlögl – trumpet, flugelhorn Zafer Tawil – oud, percussion
10/30/15	Amir ElSaffar Trio	Berlin, Germany	JazzKeller
	Time: 8:30pm. Amir ElSaffar – trumpet, santur, voice Paul Schwingenschlögl – trumpet, flugelhorn Percussion TBD
10/28/15	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Berlin, Germany	SOWIESO
	Time: 8:30pm. Amir Elsafar – trumpet, santur, voice. Hilary Jeffery – trombone Meinrad Kneer – double bass Paul Schwingenschlögl – trumpet, flugelhorn Sebastian Flaig – darabuka
10/27/15	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Berlin, Germany	Wendel
	Time: 8:30pm. Anthony Burr – bass clarinet Amir ElSaffar – trumpet Philipp Gerschlauer – alto sax Hilary Jeffery – trombone Claudio Puntin – clarinets Andre Vida – tenor sax
10/25/15	ZINC & COPPER play BRASS MAQAM	Berlin, Germany	PAUL GERHARDT KIRCHE
	Time: 8:30pm. Amir ElSaffar – trumpet Robin Hayward – microtonal tuba Hilary Jeffery – trombone Elena Kakaliagou – french horn Paul Schwingenschlögl – flugel horn More information
10/25/15	ZINC & COPPER WORKS play BRASS MAQAM	Berlin, Germany	PAUL GERHARDT KIRCHE
	Time: 8:00pm. Amir ElSaffar – trumpet Robin Hayward – microtonal tuba Hilary Jeffery – trombone Elena Kakaliagou – french horn Paul Schwingenschlögl – flugel horn
10/14/15 - 10/22/15	Ragamala Dance company: Written in Water	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	New York University – Abu Dhabi
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: http://www.nyuad-artscenter.org/. Part of the “Written in Water Residency” with Ragamala
10/08/15	AlefBa	Rome, Italy	TBA
	Time: 8:00pm.
10/06/15	AlefBa	Brussels, Belgium	KVS
	Time: 8:00pm.
09/26/15	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Toronto, Canada	Aga Khan Museum
	Time: 8:00pm. More information
09/25/15	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	New Haven, CT	Firehouse 12
	Time: 8:00pm. More information
09/24/15	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Springfield, MA	Community Music School of Springfield
	Time: 7:30pm. Address: 127 State St..
09/20/15	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Chicago, IL	Chicago Cultural Center
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: Free. Presented as part of the Chicago World Music Festival
09/19/15	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Chicago, IL	Constellation
	Time: 8:00pm.
09/17/15	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	New York, NY	Peter Norton Symphony Space’s Leonard Nimoy Thalia
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 1881 Broadway, 3rd Floor. Amir ElSaffar’s Two Rivers Ensemble celebrates the release of its third CD, Crisis, on Pi Recordings. Crisis chronicles the continuing development of trumpeter Amir ElSaffar’s critically acclaimed Two Rivers Ensemble, a band purpose-built to explore the juncture between jazz and music of the Middle East, in particular the Iraqi maqam. The new work is his reflection on a region in turmoil and strife: revolution, civil war, sectarian violence; a culture’s struggle for survival. The result is passionate and visceral, a cry from the heart. Crisis was commissioned by the Newport Jazz Festival, where at its 2013 première, it made a clear emotional connection to the audience, receiving a rousing standing ovation after just the first piece. Driving and to the point, ElSaffar’s music is beyond categorization not jazz, world music or any facile fusion thereof but a world unto its own.
08/16/15 - 08/22/15	Amir ElSaffar- Teaching Residency	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 8:00pm. More information
07/19/15	Amir ElSaffar	Eisenach, Germany	Wandelhalle – Theater Eisenach
	Time: 8:00pm. Concert entitled: 1001 Nacht – Träume des Orients Special concert featuring Amir’s piece “Hijaz Variations” for chamber orchestra commissioned by Morgenland Festival.
07/17/15	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Berlin, Germany	Katz & Bach Galerie Richter
	Time: 9:00pm. More information
07/16/15	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Berlin, Germany	SOWIESO
	Time: 9:00pm. IMPROVERSAL SOULS Amir Elsaffar – trumpet Hilary Jeffery – trombone Fabiano Lima – percussion Joao De Alencar Rego – percussion Max Weissenfeldt – drums
07/12/15 - 07/14/15	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Berlin, Germany	Bonobo Bar at Greenhouse
	Time: 9:00pm. Address: Gottlieb Dunkel Straße 43-44, 12099. More information
07/10/15	Güç Başar Gülle ft. Amir ElSaffar	Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul Jazz Festival
	Time: 9:30pm. Güç Başar Gülle is renowned for his profound knowledge in Ottoman-Turkish music as well as in classical-jazz music that manifests itself in his genuine musical language and highly creative projects. Güç Başar Gülle’s band with Volkan Hürsever along other musicians will also feature trumpeter Amir ElSaffar. More information
07/09/15	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul Jazz Festival
	Time: 7:30pm. This engagement is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. www.midatlanticarts.org
06/10/15	Amir ElSaffar	Big Indian, NY	Creative Music Studio (CMS) Spring Workshop
	Time: 6:00pm. ElSaffar will be a guiding artist at this workshop open to musicians and non-musicians. Other artists include Steven Bernstein, Warren Smith, Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso. More information
05/30/15	Jamie Baum Septet	New York, NY	The Jazz Gallery
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013. Venue phone: 212-242-1063. Sets at 8pm and 10pm $22 / $12 members More information
05/12/15	Aka Moon w/ Fabrizio Cassol	Bruxelles, France	Cirque Royal
	Time: 8:00pm.
04/18/15	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	Philadelphia, PA	The Kimmel Center- SEI Innovation Studio
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 300 S. Broad Street. Performance followed by a talk-back with the audience.
04/16/15	Amir ElSaffar- Rivers of Sound Large Ensemble	New York, NY	David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
	Time: 7:30pm. Admission: Free. Address: Broadway at 62nd Street. World Premiere More information
04/03/15	ORACION Project	Rouen, France	HANGAR 23
	Time: 8:00pm. Featuring “Ashwaaq,” for String Quartet, santur, and vocal with Quatour Tana and Khaled ElHafiz
03/06/15	Safaafir Iraqi Maqam Ensemble	Dearborn, Michigan	Arab American National Museum
	Time: 8:00pm.
02/28/15	Amir ElSaffar and Heather Raffo- Sounds of Desire	Nashville, TN	Belmont University
	Time: 6:00pm. More information
02/13/15	Amir ElSaffar	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Preview Performance: The Thousand and One Nights, part of The Expressions of Tarab Series More information
02/12/15	Amir ElSaffar Quintet/ Rudresh Mahanthappa “Gamak”	Easton, Pennsylvania	Lafayette College
	Time: 8:00pm. More information
01/30/15	The Amir ElSaffar Quintet	New York, NY	Jazz and Colors @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Time: 6:00pm. More information
01/24/15	Ashwaaq, music by Amir ElSaffar	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 16 Beaver Street. As part of the Expressions of Tarab series, George Ziadeg and a string quartet will play Tarjuman al-Ashwaaq composed by Amir ElSaffar and featuring poetry by Ibn Al Arabi . The program also includes “Roba’eyat el-Khayyam” by Riadh ElSunbati. George Ziadeh, vocal Layth Al-Rubaye – violin Navid Kandalousi – violin Naseem Atrash, cello Eylem Basaldi, viola More information
01/09/15	Amir ElSaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 10:20pm. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Presented as part of Maqam Fest
01/09/15	Alwan Arab Music Ensemble	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:20pm. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Presented as part of Maqam Fest
01/09/15	Amir ElSaffar- APAP Panel	New York, NY	APAP World Music Pre-Conference-NYC Midtown Hilton
	Time: 10:00am. Address: 1335 Avenue of the Americas. ElSaffar will be a speaker in the APAP World Music Pre-Conference Panel: “Community Innovations: Homegrown Methods for Engaging Audiences Beyond Entertainment” along with Kaisha S. Johnson, Center for Traditional Music and Dance, and Njia Kai, African World Festival, Detroit, moderated by Dmitri Vietze, rock paper scissors
11/22/14	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Honolulu, Hawaii	Shangri La Center For Islamic Arts and Cultures
	Time: 5:00pm. Address: 4055 Papu Circle. This concert is presented in conduction with Amir ElSaffar’s residency at The Shangri La Center for Islamic Arts and Cultures. Ikhlaq Hussein on sitar and TBA on tabla
11/20/14	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Honolulu, HI	Honolulu Museum of Art- Doris Duke Theatre
	Time: 7:30pm. Address: 900 S Beretania St. This concert is presented in conduction with Amir ElSaffar’s residency at The Shangri La Center for Islamic Arts and Cultures. Ikhlaq Hussein on sitar and TBA on tabla
11/10/14 - 11/24/14	Artist-in-Residence	Honolulu, Hawaii	Shangri La Center For Islamic Arts and Cultures
	Time: 7:00pm. Address: 4055 Papu Circle.
11/08/14	Amir ElSaffar and Farida with guests	Montreal, Canada	Festival Du Monde Arabe de Montreal
	Time: 8:00pm.
11/01/14	Amir ElSaffar with Navid Kandelousi	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 16 Beaver Street. More information
10/24/14	Jamie Baum Septet	New York, NY	The Jazz Gallery
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013. Venue phone: 212-242-1063.
10/18/14	A Benefit Concert for c3, the Content Creators Coalition	Brooklyn, NY	Roulette
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 509 Atlantic Avenue. Venue phone: 917-267-0263. Featuring: John Zorn, Eric Slick (Dr Dog), Steve Coleman, Marc Ribot, Henry Grimes, Amir ElSaffar, Marina Rosenfeld, Trevor Dunn, Brandon Seabrook, Satomi Matsuzaki (Deerhoof), and friends. The event will also feature a short screening of highlights from Michael Count Eldridge’s upcoming documentary film “Unsound”. More information
10/09/14	Rajas Project	North Bethesda, Maryland	Strathmore Mansion
	Time: 7:30pm. Address: 5301 Tuckerman Lane. Rajna Swaminathan, mrudangam, compositions Amir ElSaffar, trumpet, santur Anjna Swaminathan, violin Rafiq Bhatia, guitar More information
09/25/14	Alwan Arab Music Ensemble	New York, NY	United Nations
	Time: 8:00pm. Private Event
09/14/14	ORACION Project	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 8:00pm. More information
09/13/14	Fabrizio Cassol and SivaRaman	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 8:00pm. More information
09/07/14 - 09/13/14	Amir ElSaffar Residency	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 7:00pm. Residency with Fabrizio Cassol, Sivaraman, Misirli Ahmet, Stephane Galland More information
09/06/14	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Berlin, Germany	Kühl Spot Social Club
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: Lehderstrasse 74-79 (Hinterhof links). Thomas Finke – piano Jan Roder – bass Paul Schwingenschlögl – trumpet, flugel horn Jan Roder – bass + guests: Amir ElSaffar – trumpet Hilary Jeffery – trombone More information
09/05/14	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Berlin, Germany	K77 (Lichtblik Kino)
	Time: 9:00pm. Address: Kastanien Allee 77. Amir ElSaffar – trumpet, Robin Hayward – microtonal tuba, tuning vine, Hilary Jeffery – trombone, Omar Dewachi – oud
09/04/14	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Berlin, Germany	MaThilda
	Time: 9:00pm. Address: Wildenbruchstraße 68 12045 Neukölln. Featuring- Tony Buck – drums, Amir ElSaffar – trumpet, Mike Majkowski – bass, Hilary Jeffery – trombone, Paul Schwingenschlögl – trumpet, flugel horn More information
09/03/14	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Berlin, Germany	t Berlin
	Time: 8:30pm. Address: Fidicinstrasse 38. “Sonic Krause #2” Set 1:Mike Majkowski – double bass solo Set 2: Amir ElSaffar – trumpet & Omar Dewachi – oud Set 3: Hannes Buder – guitar, Amir ElSaffar – trumpet, Omar Dewachi – oud, Hilary Jeffery – trombone More information
09/02/14	Amir ElSaffar with Guests	Berlin, Germany	MaThilda
	Time: 9:00pm. Address: Wildenbruchstraße 68 12045 Neukölln. Featuring: Amir ElSaffar – trumpet, Robin Hayward, microtonal tuba, Omar Dewachi – oud, Paul Schwingenschlögl – trumpet, flugel horn More information
08/30/14	AlefBa	Tournai, Belgium	Festival du Wallonie-Hainaut
	Time: 9:00pm. More information
08/29/14	Amir ElSaffar Quintet	Saalfelden, Austria	Saalfelden International Jazz Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. More information
08/23/14	ORACION Project	Arc-Et-Sedans, France	Saline Royale d’Arc et Senans
	Time: 6:00pm. Performance of “Ashwaq” for string quartet and voice More information
08/13/14	Iraqi Maqam Duo with Omar Dewachi	Philadelphia, PA	The Random Tea House
	Time: 7:30pm. Address: 713 n. 4th st.. More information
08/12/14	Zikrayat	Long Island City, NY	Live at the Gantries- Gantry Plaza State Park
	Time: 7:00pm. Admission: Free. Address: 49th Avenue and Center Blvd. More information
08/11/14	Rajas Project	New York, NY	Drive East Festival- La Mama
	Time: 6:00pm. Address: First Floor Theater 74A East 4th Street (btw Bowery & 2nd Ave).
08/10/14	Amir ElSaffar Quintet	New York, NY	Children’s Museum of Manhattan
	Time: 4:00pm. Admission: Free with Museum Admission. Address: 212 West 83rd Street. A concert in conjunction with the summer jazz exhibit ” Jazzed! The Changing Beat of 125th Street.”
08/09/14	Zikrayat	Brooklyn, NY	Brooklyn Public Library @ Macon
	Time: 2:00pm. Address: 361 Lewis Ave. at Macon Street. More information
08/08/14	Amir ElSaffar Quintet	New York, NY	The Rubin Museum of Art
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 150 W 17th Street. Venue phone: (212) 620-5000.
08/01/14	Amir ElSaffar Quintet	Newport, RI	Newport Jazz Festival
	Time: 4:55pm. Address: Fort Adams State Park 90 Fort Adams Drive, Newport, RI 02840. More information
07/31/14	Amir ElSaffar Quintet	Northampton, MA	Iron Horse Music Hall
	Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $20 Adv. | $25 Door. Address: 20 Center St. Venue phone: 01060.
07/24/14	AlefBa	Avignon, France	Festival d’Avignon
	Time: 8:00pm.
07/24/14	ORACION Project	Avignon, France	Festival d’Avignon
	Time: 8:00pm. More information
07/20/14	ORACION Project	Avignon, France	Festival d’Avignon
	Time: 8:00pm. Premiere of “Ashwaq” for string quartet and voice More information
07/19/14	ORACION Project	Aix-en-Provence, France	Festival d’Aix
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: 25€ |15€. Premiere of “Ashwaq” for string quartet and voice More information
07/16/14	AlefBa	Marseille, France	MuCem
	Time: 3:00pm. Admission: Free. Address: 1 esplanade du J4. Symposium and Discussion at the Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée More information
07/08/14 - 07/13/14	ORACION Residency	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 7:00pm. More information
06/28/14	Amir ElSaffar	New Lebanon, NY	The Abode
	Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $20. Box office: 518-794-8095. Address: 5 Abode Road. Amir ElSaffar will be joined by Omar Dewachi, an Iraqi/Canadian academic and musician based in Beirut, Lebanon as part of The Abode’s Divine Sound Series.
06/25/14	Amir ElSaffar	Brooklyn, NY	Brooklyn Raga Massive – Art Cafe
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 884 Pacific Street.
06/21/14	Amir ElSaffar	New York, NY	WKCR Live Broadcast
	Time: 10:00pm. Tune in to 89.9 FM at 10pm for a live broadcast of Amir ElSaffar on WKCR. You can also stream the show here: http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/
06/01/14	AlefBa	Cairo, Egypt	Dcaf Festival
	Time: 8:00pm.
05/24/14	Fathy Salama	Chicago, IL	Parkway Ballroom
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 4455 S King Dr. Venue phone: (773) 373-4320. More information
05/20/14	Fathy Salama	Chicago, IL	Old Town School of Folk Music
	Time: 10:30am. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 4544 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL 60625. Venue phone: (773) 728-6000.
05/10/14	Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society	Brooklyn, NY	Shapeshifter Lab
	Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $15. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 18 Whitwell Place. Venue phone: (646) 820-9452. More information
05/09/14	John Escreet Quartet	New York, NY	The Jazz Gallery
	Time: 9:00pm. Address: 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013. Venue phone: 212-242-1063. John Escreet Quartet, with Amir ElSaffar – trumpet, François Moutin – bass, Tyshawn Sorey – drums More information
05/04/14	Columbia University Middle Eastern Music Ensemble	New York, NY	Columbia University:Union Theological Seminary
	Time: 7:00pm. Admission: Free. Address: 3041 Broadway Avenue. More information
05/03/14	Fathy Salama	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $20 General | $15 for Students, Members and Seniors. Address: 16 Beaver Street. More information
04/30/14	International Jazz Day Concert and Jam Session	Harlem, New York	MIST
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $25 General Admission | $20 Jazz Museum Members. Address: 46 West 116th Street New York, NY 10026. Venue phone: 646·688·5886. In honor of International Jazz Day, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NJMH) will illuminate the truly global roots of jazz with an international jam session hosted by Michael Mwenso featuring Amir ElSaffar, Oran Etkin and Kavita Shah. More information
04/23/14	Catherine Christer Hennix & Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage	Brooklyn, NY	Issue Project Rooom
	Time: 7:00pm. Admission: Free. Address: 22 Boerum Place. Swedish-American artist Catherine Christer Hennix appears alongside her Berlin-based just intonation ensemble Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage as part of Ultima Festival New York. In their first-ever US performance the group premieres Blues Alif Lam Mim intended to reveal the blues’ origins in the eastern musical traditions of raga and maqam musics. The ensemble features Imam Ahmed Tüzer, Amir ElSaffar, Amirtha Kidambi and others. More information
04/22/14	Amir ElSaffar	Harlem, New York	National Jazz Museum in Harlem
	Time: 7:00pm. Admission: Free. Address: 104 E. 126th Street New York, NY 10035. Venue phone: (212) 348-8300. Amir ElSaffar and discussant (TBA) will talk about Jazz and its confluence with strains of Middle Eastern music. More information
04/19/14	Gaida	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $20 General | $15 for Students, Members and Seniors. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Alwan for the Arts is happy to announce an evening of original and unique contemporary classical music by Syrian composer and violinist Zaid Jabri in collaboration with Amir ElSaffar and Kinan Azmeh and an accompanying String Trio. More information
04/17/14	Zaid Jabri	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $20 General | $15 Students, Members and Seniors. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Alwan for the Arts is happy to announce an evening of original and unique contemporary classical music by Syrian composer and violinist Zaid Jabri in collaboration with Amir ElSaffar and Kinan Azmeh and an accompanying String Trio. More information
04/04/14	AlefBa	Brussels, Belgium	Royal Flemish Theatre (KVS)
	Time: 8:00pm.
03/15/14	Safaafir	Detroit, MI	Trinosophes
	Time: 9:00pm. With Dena El Saffar, Tim Moore, and guests.
03/15/14	Safaafir	Detroit, MI	Detroit Public Library
	Time: 1:00pm.
02/24/14 - 02/27/14	ORACION Project	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 9:00pm. Part one of Oracion Residency, which will premiere at the Aix and Avignion Festivals in July.
02/23/14	Ole Mathisen’s Outlier	New York, NY	Nublu
	Time: 9:00pm. Address: 62 Ave C btwn 4th and 5th.
02/21/14	Jamie Baum Septet	New York, NY	The Jazz Gallery
	Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $20/$10. Address: 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013. Venue phone: 212-242-1063.
02/18/14 - 02/23/14	Alwan Interdisciplinary Ensemble	Tarrytown, NY	Rockefeller Estate
	Time: 8:00pm.
02/16/14	Ole Mathisen’s Outlier	New York, NY	Nublu
	Time: 9:00pm. Address: 62 Ave C btwn 4th and 5th. Microtonal Standards! With Francois Moutin, Julian Pollack, and Marko Djordjevic.
01/25/14	Safaafir	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $15. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Following “Broken Record,” a film by Parine Jaddo.
01/11/14	Jamie Baum Septet	New York, NY	The Bitter End
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $35. Part of 2014 Winter Jazz Fest. w/Brad Shepik, Francois Moutin, John Escreet, Doug Yates, Jeff Hirshfield.
01/10/14	Alwan Arab Music Ensemble	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $30. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Part of Alwan’s annual Maqam Fest, featuring seven bands on two stages.
Tour: Jamie Baum Septet CD Release
12/15/13	Jamie Baum Septet	TBA	TBA
	Time: 8:00pm.
11/19/13	Jamie Baum Septet	New York, NY	The Jazz Standard
	Time: 6:00pm. Address: 116 E. 27th Street (b/w Park and Lex) NYC 10016. Venue phone: 212-576-2232.
11/16/13	Jamie Baum Septet	New Lyme, OH	TBA
	Time: 8:00pm.
11/15/13	Jamie Baum Septet	New Haven, CT	Firehouse 12
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $20. Age restrictions: All Ages.
11/14/13	Jamie Baum Septet	Northampton, MA	Northampton
	Time: 8:00pm.
11/08/13	College of William and Mary Middle East Ensemble	Williamsburg, VA	College of William and Mary
	Time: 8:00pm.
11/06/13	Galeet Dardashti	New York, NY	Baruch College
	Time: 8:00pm.
11/05/13	The Sounds of Desire: Heather Raffo	Lancaster, PA	Millersville University
	Time: 6:00pm.
11/03/13	Charbel Rouhana	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $25/$20. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 16 Beaver Street.
Tour: Amir ElSaffar CD Release tour
11/02/13	Amir ElSaffar Quintet	New York, NY	The Jazz Gallery
	Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $20/$10. Address: 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013. Venue phone: 212-242-1063.
11/01/13	Amir ElSaffar Quintet	Dearborn, Michigan	Arab American National Museum
	Time: 8:00pm. Amir ElSaffar, trumpet; Ole Mathisen, tenor and soprano saxophones; Francois Moutin, bass; Dan Weiss, drums; John Escreet, piano
Tour: Salaam CD Release tour
10/26/13	Salaam	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $20. Address: 16 Beaver Street.
10/25/13	Salaam	Washington, D.C.	Busboys & Poets
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $10.
Tour: Amir ElSaffar CD Release tour
10/18/13	Amir ElSaffar Quintet	New Haven, CT	Firehouse 12
	Time: 8:00pm. Amir ElSaffar, trumpet; Ole Mathisen, tenor and soprano saxophone; John Escreet, piano; TBA bass, Dan Weiss, drums.
Tour: Salaam CD Release tour
10/09/13	Salaam	Chicago, IL	Old Town School of Folk Music
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: Free ($10 suggested donation). Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 4544 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL 60625. Venue phone: (773) 728-6000.
Tour: KAMA US Tour
10/06/13	KAMA	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	The Painted Bride
	Time: 6:00pm. Admission: $25/$30. Part of the French American Jazz Exchange (FAJE) program, featuring Sylvain Barou (wooden flute), Keyvan Chemirani (percussion), Amir ElSaffar (trumpet, dulcimer), Emmanuel H. During (violin, guitar, saz), Mavrothi Kontanis (oud).
10/04/13 - 10/05/13	KAMA	New York, NY	TBA
	Time: 6:00pm.
Tour: Morgenland Concerts
10/01/13	Morgenland All Star Band Residency and Concerts	Mulheim, Germany	STADTHALLE MÜLHEIM
	Time: 7:30pm.
09/28/13	Morgenland All Star Band Residency and Concerts	Hannover, Germany	NDR GROSSER SENDESAA
	Time: 7:30pm.
09/27/13	Morgenland All Star Band Residency and Concerts	Osnabrück, Germany	St. Marien
	Time: 5:30pm. Amir ElSaffar performs new work with chamber orchestra.
09/21/13 - 10/03/13	Morgenland All Star Band Residency and Concerts	Osnabrück, Germany	Morgenland Festival Osnabrück
	Time: 10:00pm.
09/13/13 - 09/19/13	Ziad Rahbani	TBA	European Tour
	Time: 8:00pm.
09/07/13	Alwan Arab Music Ensemble	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $20. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Mutennebi Project
08/03/13	Two Rivers	Newport, RI	Newport Jazz Festival
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $15-135. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: Fort Adams State Park 90 Fort Adams Drive, Newport, RI 02840. World Premiere performance w/Ole Mathisen, Zafer Tawil, Tareq Abboushi, Carlo DeRosa, Nasheet Waits
07/25/13	Ziad Rahbani	Beirut, Lebanon	Amphitheatre Romain
	Time: 9:00pm. Zouk Mikael International Festival with Ziad Rahbani
07/14/13	AlefBa	Marseille, France	Museum of Mediterranean and European Civilizations
	Time: 10:00pm. Panel discussion on AlefBa.
07/12/13	AlefBa	Aix en Provence, France	Festival d’Aix
	Time: 10:00pm.
Tour: AlefBa Residency/Concerts
07/10/13	AlefBa	Aix-en-Provence, France	Festival International d’Aix-en-Provence
	Time: 10:00pm. Admission: $10€/25€. Part of Festival D’aix-en-Provence
07/01/13 - 07/07/13	AlefBa Residency	Royaumont, France	Royaumont Abbey
	Time: 8:00pm.
04/30/13	Amir ElSaffar	Paris, France	Baiser Salé
	Time: 9:00pm. Address: 58 rue des Lombards / 75001 Paris.
04/28/13	Amir ElSaffar	Brussels, Belgium	Recyclart
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: Gare Bruxelles-Chapelle 25, Rue des Ursulines 1000 Bruxelles. Venue phone: +32 2 502 57 34. Solo santur/trumpet/vocal performance, part of the Urban Rituals Festival.
04/27/13	Hamid Al-Saadi and Al-Chalghi Al-Baghdadi	Paris, France	Maison des Cultures du Monde
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 101 Bd Raspail – 75006 – Paris.
04/26/13	Hamid Al-Saadi and Al-Chalghi Al-Baghdadi	Paris, France	Maison des Cultures du Monde
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 101 Bd Raspail – 75006 – Paris.
Tour: Ziad Rahbani
04/23/13	Ziad Rahbani	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Private Event (Kuwait)
	Time: 8:00pm.
04/19/13	Ziad Rahbani	Beirut, Lebanon	Royale Hotel
	Time: 8:00pm.
04/18/13	Ziad Rahbani	Beirut, Lebanon	Royale Hotel
	Time: 8:00pm.
04/12/13	Ziad Rahbani	Beirut, Lebanon	Royale Hotel
	Time: 8:00pm.
04/11/13	Ziad Rahbani	Beirut, Lebanon	Royale Hotel
	Time: 8:00pm.
04/10/13	Ziad Rahbani	Beirut, Lebanon	Royale Hotel
	Time: 8:00pm.
03/26/13	Safaafir	Jacksonville, FL	Jacksonville Public Library
	Time: 8:00pm.
Tour: Eloquence: Iraqi Cultural Festival and Tour
03/23/13	Hamid Al-Saadi / Two Rivers Ensemble	Ann Arbor, MI	University Musical Society: Hill Auditorium
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $24-38. Venue phone: 734-764-2538. Part of Eloquence: Iraqi Cultural Festival and tour, presented by Alwan for the Arts (www.alwanforthearts.org).
03/22/13	Hamid Al-Saadi and Al-Chalghi Al-Baghdadi	Chicago, IL	Old Town School of Folk Music
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $25. Address: 4544 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL 60625. Venue phone: (773) 728-6000. Part of Eloquence: Iraqi Cultural Festival and Tour, presented by Alwan for the Arts (www.alwanforthearts.org), featuring Hamid Al-Saadi and Naseer Shamma
03/16/13	Hamid Al-Saadi and Al-Chalghi Al-Baghdadi	New York City, NY	St. John the Divine
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $25-50. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1047 Amsterdam Ave New York, NY 10025. Venue phone: (212) 316-7540.
03/14/13	The Sounds of Desire: Heather Raffo	Easton, Pennsylvania	Lafayette College
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages.
03/09/13	Alwan Arab Music Ensemble	New York, NY	Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
	Time: 7:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1000 5th Ave New York, NY 10028. Performing a new work by Amir ElSaffar, opening for renowned Iraqi Oud player Naseer Shamma, with his Al-Oyoun Ensemble from Egypt, part of Iraq Now, a festival of Iraqi Culture presented by the Metropolitan Museum and Alwan for the Arts.
01/13/13	The Amir ElSaffar Quintet	New York, NY	Zinc Bar
	Time: 1:00am. Admission: $35 ($45 for 2-day pass). Age restrictions: No Minors. Address: 82 West 3rd Street (btw Thompson & Sullivan) Greenwich Village. Venue phone: 212-477-ZINC. Part of Winter JazzFest 2013
01/11/13	Salaam / Alwan Ensemble	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $30. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 646-732-3261. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Part of Alwan’s second annual Maqam Fest, featuring six ensembles all performing in the Maqam style.
11/16/12	The Sounds of Desire: Heather Raffo	Oslo, Norway	Rumi Festival
	Time: 8:00pm.
10/22/12 - 07/22/13	Relocated to Cairo for Music Research/Collaboration	Cairo, Egypt	Egypt
	Time: 8:00pm.
10/16/12	Resonance Quintet	New York, NY	Cornelia Street Cafe
	Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $10 cover + $10 food/drink minim. Address: 29 Cornelia Street. Venue phone: 212.989.9319. Double bill with traditional Iraqi maqam and new microtonal compositions.
10/14/12	Safaafir	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 5:00pm. Admission: $20 general | $15 students, seni. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 16 Beaver Street.
Tour: One Beat Residency Tour
10/06/12	One Beat	Brooklyn, NY	Autumn Bowl
	Time: 8:00pm.
10/05/12	One Beat	Brooklyn, NY	Roulette
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 509 Atlantic Avenue. Venue phone: 917-267-0263.
10/04/12	One Beat	Philadelphia, PA	World Cafe Live
	Time: 7:30pm.
10/03/12	One Beat	Washington, D.C.	Atlas Performing Arts Center
	Time: 5:00pm.
10/02/12	One Beat	Washington, D.C.	Busboys & Poets
	Time: 8:30pm.
09/29/12	One Beat	Roanoke, V.A.	Jefferson Center
	Time: 8:00pm.
09/26/12	One Beat	Charleston, SC	Circular Church
	Time: 8:00pm.
09/22/12	Ushaq	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $20|15 (students, members). Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Premiere of the Ushaq Ensemble, featuring Falu on vocal, Taoufiq Ben Amor on vocal and percussion, Zafer Tawil on percussion, and Hedayat Shafaeei on Persian Tar. The group will perform a cross-cultural blend of distinct, yet related, musical traditions. This concert is co-presented by the Asian American Arts Alliance (http://aaartsalliance.org/)
09/15/12	Safaafir	Washington, DC	Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
	Time: 7:30pm. Address: 2700 F Street Northwest Washington, DC 20566. Venue phone: (202) 416-8000.
09/10/12 - 10/07/12	Amir ElSaffar at OneBeat Residency	Multiple Cities, Florida	Atlantic Center for the Arts / US Tour
	Time: 8:00pm. Tour Dates to be announced soon!
09/08/12	Galeet Dardashti	Brooklyn, NY	Park Slope
	Time: 9:00pm.
09/07/12	Alwan Arab Music Ensemble	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $20|15 (students, members). Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 16 Beaver Street.
08/25/12	Alwan Arab Music Ensemble	New York, NY	Private Event
	Time: 8:00pm.
08/23/12	Salaam	Bloomington, Indiana	TBA
	Time: 8:00pm.
08/22/12	Salaam	Indianapolis, Indiana	TBA
	Time: 8:00pm.
08/09/12	Roberto Rodriguez’s Orchestra Sarabia	Los Angeles, CA	Skirball Cultural Center
	Time: 8:00pm. Address: 2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard 90049.
07/20/12	Rez Abbasi and Friends	New York, NY	Cornelia Street Cafe
	Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $10 plus $10 minimum. Address: 29 Cornelia Street. Venue phone: 212.989.9319. New ensemble with Matt Pavolka on bass and Satoshi Takeishi on drums.
07/16/12	The Sounds of Desire: Heather Raffo	Seaside, CA	CSU Monterey Bay
	Time: 8:00pm.
07/13/12	Hafez Modirzadeh Quintet	New York, NY	The Jazz Gallery
	Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $20 | $10. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: 212-242-1063. Address: 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013. Venue phone: 212-242-1063. CD Release on Pi Recordings Hafez Modirzadeh, alto saxophone; Vijay Iyer, re-tuned piano; Royal Hartigan, drums; Ken Filiano, bass; Amir ElSaffar, trumpet;
06/30/12	Min Xiaofen Ensemble	Queens, NY	Queens Museum of Art
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: www.queensmuseum.org.
06/23/12	Amir ElSaffar	New York, NY	Private Event
	Time: 8:00pm.
06/22/12	Two Rivers	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $20. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 16 Beaver Street.
06/21/12	Ibrahim Maalouf and Ensemble	New York, NY	Drom
	Time: 10:00pm. Age restrictions: No Minors. Address: 85 Avenue A New York, NY 10009-6500. Venue phone: (212) 777-1157.
06/21/12	Alwan Arab Music Ensemble	New York, NY	United Nations – Make Music New York
	Time: 6:00pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages.
06/18/12	Amir ElSaffar	Washington DC	Private Event
	Time: 8:00pm.
06/16/12	Amir ElSaffar	Louisville, KY	Churchill Downs Racetrack
	Time: 7:00pm. Desert Oasis Party
06/07/12	Iraqi folk and popular song class	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 6:00pm. Admission: $17-20. Address: 16 Beaver Street.
06/05/12	Microtonal Trumpet Workshop	New York, NY	Sam Ash
	Time: 6:00pm. Admission: Free. Address: 155 W. 48th Street.
06/02/12	Amir ElSaffar	New York, NY	Private Event
	Time: 2:00pm.
05/31/12	Iraqi folk and popular song class	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 6:00pm. Admission: $17-20. Address: 16 Beaver Street.
05/25/12	Amir ElSaffar	Washington DC	The Iraqi Cultural Center
	Time: 7:00pm. Address: 1101 14th ST NW, Suite 710. Venue phone: 202-986-2626. Private Event
05/22/12	Amir ElSaffar	Washington DC	Private Event
	Time: 6:00pm.
05/17/12	Roberto Rodriguez’s Orchestra Sarabia	New York, NY	David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
	Time: 8:30pm. Admission: Free. Address: Broadway at 62nd Street. Zafer Taweel- Oud, Canun, Darbuka, Voice Igor Arias- Congas, Bongos, Voice Amir ElSaffar- Santoor, Trumpet, Voice Lefteris Bournias- Clarinet Megan Weeder Gould- Violin Hadar Noiberg- Ney, Flute Jennifer Vincent- Bass Tareq Abboushi- Bouzuk, Percussion, Voice Uri Sharlin- Accordion, Piano Roberto Rodriguez- Percussion, Composer
05/12/12	Two Rivers	Washington DC	The Iraqi Cultural Center
	Time: 8:30pm. Address: 1101 14th ST NW, Suite 710. Venue phone: 202-986-2626.
05/11/12	Two Rivers	Washington DC	The Iraqi Cultural Center
	Time: 8:30pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1101 14th ST NW, Suite 710. Venue phone: 202-986-2626.
05/04/12	The Amir ElSaffar Quintet	New York, NY	The Jazz Gallery
	Time: 8:00am. Admission: $20. Address: 290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013. Venue phone: 212-242-1063.
04/29/12	Amir ElSaffar	New York, NY	United Nations General Assembly
	Time: 3:00pm. Speech on Jazz and Iraqi music (in Arabic) in commemoration of International Jazz Day. Invitees only.
04/22/12	Iraqi Maqam Class	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 1:00pm. Address: 16 Beaver Street.
04/19/12	Green Stop Start	New York, NY	Nublu
	Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $10. Age restrictions: No Minors. Address: 62 Ave C btwn 4th and 5th.
04/15/12	Alwan Arab Music Ensemble	New York, NY	Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
	Time: 2:30pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (212) 535-7710. Address: 1000 5th Ave New York, NY 10028. With the Alwan Ensemble, featuring George Ziadeh, Zafer Tawil, Tareq Abboushi, Sami Shumays, and Rami El-Asser. Part of the Sundays at the Met Program.
04/15/12	Iraqi Maqam Class	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 11:30am. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 16 Beaver Street. This weekly class covers the repertoire of Iraqi classical music, known as Maqam, in addition to folk songs from rural areas of Iraq.
04/13/12	Green Stop Start	Monmouth, NJ	Rutgers University, Cook Campus Community Center
	Time: 5:00pm. Private Event
04/07/12	Amir ElSaffar, Zafer Tawil, Tareq Abboushi with the Chinese Women’s String Ensemble	New York, NY	The China Institute
	Time: 4:00pm.
03/18/12	Gaida	New York, NY	Cornelia Street Cafe
	Time: 8:30pm. Admission: $20. Address: 29 Cornelia Street. Venue phone: 212.989.9319.
03/18/12	Iraqi Maqam Class	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 1:30pm. Admission: $17-20. Box office: 917-697-2938. Address: 16 Beaver Street.
03/11/12	Iraqi Maqam Class	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 1:30pm. Admission: $17-20. Box office: 917-697-2938. Address: 16 Beaver Street.
03/04/12	Iraqi Maqam Class	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 1:30pm. Admission: $17-20. Box office: 917-697-2938. Address: 16 Beaver Street.
03/03/12	Ahmad Gamal with the Alwan Ensemble performing the music of Sayyed Darwish	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $20 | $15. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (646) 732 3261. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Featuring: Tareq Abboushi: buzuq Sami Abushumays: violin Zafer Tawil: qanun Hadi Eldebek: oud Lety ElNaggar: nay Ramzi Eledlibi: percussion Johnny Farraj: percussion
02/21/12	Two Rivers	New York, NY	The Jazz Standard
	Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $20. Address: 116 E. 27th Street (b/w Park and Lex) NYC 10016. Venue phone: 212-576-2232. Ole Mathisen: tenor and soprano saxophone Tareq Abboushi: buzuq Zafer Tawil: oud and percussion Carlo DeRosa: bass Tyshawn Sorey: drums
02/18/12	Two Rivers	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Arts Alliance
	Time: 8:00pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 251 S 18th Street. Ole Mathisen: tenor saxophone Tareq Abboushi: buzuq Zafer Tawil: oud Carlo DeRosa: bass Tyshawn Sorey: drums
01/28/12	Gaida	New York City	Joe’s Pub
	Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $20. Address: 425 Lafayette Street 10003. With Tareq Abboushi, Zafer Tawil, Jennifer Vincent, George Dulin, Hector Morales
01/22/12	The Sounds of Desire: Heather Raffo	Blacksburg, VA	Squires Studio Theatre
	Time: 3:00pm. Box office: 540-808-6504.
01/21/12	The Sounds of Desire: Heather Raffo	Blacksburg, VA	Squires Studio Theatre
	Time: 8:00pm. Box office: 540-808-6504.
01/20/12	Danilo Pérez, Things to Come: 21st Century Dizzy	West Lafayette, IN	Loeb Playhouse, Purdue University
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $30 General, $22 Student/Child. David Sánchez, tenor saxophone Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone Jamey Haddad, percussion Ben Street, bass Adam Cruz, drums Amir ElSaffar, trumpet and voice
01/14/12	Safaafir	Knoxville, KY	Private Party
01/13/12	Two Rivers	New York, NY	Westin Times Square
	Time: 2:15pm. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 270 West 43rd Street. Performing in a showcase as part of the annual Chamber Music America Conference.
01/12/12	Jamie Baum Septet	New York, NY	Cornelia Street Cafe
	Time: 8:30pm. Admission: $10 Admission, $10 minimum. Box office: http://corneliastreetcafe.com/Performances.asp?sdate=1/12/2012&from_cal=0. Address: 29 Cornelia Street. Venue phone: 212.989.9319.
01/06/12	Safaafir	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 9:30pm. Admission: $30 General, $25 Advance. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 16 Beaver Street. Part of Alwan Maqam Fest, featuring 6 top musical groups from the greater Middle East.
12/13/11	Amir ElSaffar	New York, NY	Charlotte’s Place
	Time: 2:00am. Address: 109 Greenwich St.
12/12/11	Jamie Baum Septet	Brooklyn, NY	Roulette
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $15 General, $10 Members. Address: 509 Atlantic Avenue. Venue phone: 917-267-0263. Jamie Baum- flutes Amir Elsaffar – trumpet Douglas Yates – alto sax/bass clarinet John Escreet – piano Zack Lober – bass Jeff Hirshfield – drums Brad Shepik – guitar Special guest Samir Chatterjee on tabla Read more here
12/08/11	ResoNations telematic concert with students from NYU Washington Square and NYU Abu Dhabi campuses (via internet connection).	New York, NY	NYU
	Time: 8:00pm. With support from Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations
12/04/11	Alwan Arab Music Ensemble	New York, NY	Alwan for the Arts
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $25 Suggested Donation. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 16 Beaver Street. George Ziadeh, oud, vocals Tareq Abboushi, buzuq, vocals Sami Shumays, violin, vocals Johnny Farraj, riqq, vocals Zafer Tawil, qanun, violin, vocals Amir ElSaffar, santur, vocals Read more here
11/12/11	Jamey Haddad’s Arab Jazz Ensemble	Toronto, Canada	The Royal Conservatory
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $22-61. Age restrictions: All Ages. The Three Cohens featuring Anat Cohen and the Jamey Haddad Arab Jazz Ensemble
11/10/11	Jamie Baum Septet	New York, NY	Symphony Space
	Time: 7:30pm. Admission: $25/$30 $15 for under 30. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 95th street and Broadway. Jamie Baum Septet w/ Jeff Hirschfield, drums; Zack Lober, bass; Chris Komer, woodwinds; Matt Mitchell, piano; Zafer Tawil, percussion;
11/05/11	Alwan Arab Music Ensemble	New York, NY	Great Hall Balcony at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Time: 5:00pm. Admission: Free with museum admission. Age restrictions: All Ages. George Ziadeh, oud, vocals; Tareq Abboushi, buzuq, vocals; Sami Shumays, violin, vocals; Johnny Farraj, riqq, vocals; Zafer Tawil, qanun, violin, vocals; and Amir ElSaffar, santur, vocals.
11/04/11	Hafez Modirzadeh Quintet	San Francisco, CA	Knuth Hall, San Francisco State University
	Time: 7:00pm. Admission: General: $8 Student, faculty/sta. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 1600 Holloway Ave, Creative Arts Building.
11/02/11	Amir ElSaffar with Mark Dresser, Sarah Weaver, Oliver Lake, Jane Ira Bloom, Michael Dessen, Nicole Mitchell, Joshua White, Ikue Mori, Tomas Ulrich	New York, NY and San Diego, CA	NYU Steinhardt School and UCSD Experimental Theater
	Time: 10:00pm. Admission: NYU: free. UCSD: General: $15.50. Age restrictions: All Ages. Address: 35 W. 4th Street, 6th Floor New York City. Telematic Concert in New York City and San Diego presented by the University of California, San Diego and NYU. 10pm Eastern Time, 7pm Pacific Time Contact for NYU event: sarahweaver@gmail.com
11/01/11	Two Rivers	New York, NY	Drom
	Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $10-15. Age restrictions: All Ages. Box office: (212) 777-1157. Address: 85 Avenue A New York, NY 10009-6500. Venue phone: (212) 777-1157. Amir ElSaffar: trumpet, santour, vocal Ole Mathisen: soprano and tenor saxophones Tareq Abboushi: buzuq Zafer Tawil: ‘oud, percussion Carlo DeRosa: bass Nasheet Waits: drums