FARAJ, PIANO & MIC | MONTREAL | فرج، بيانو و مايك
Faraj Suleiman is bringing his first solo show “Faraj, Piano and Mic” live to Toronto.
For the first time in his career, Faraj Suleiman performs entirely alone: one piano, one microphone, no band. Piano and Mic strips his catalogue back to where it began: songs from Better than Berlin, Second Verse and his latest album Maryam in bare new arrangements, alongside the piano-led instrumental work of As Much As It Takes, which reworks Arabic melodies through jazz and contemporary composition.
Born in Rameh in the Galilee, Suleiman has become one of the defining voices of modern Arabic music, filling halls from Beirut to Berlin and appearing at Montreux Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival and the Roman Theatre of Amman. Beyond the stage, his scores for films have carried his sound into cinema and art. Faraj, Piano and Mic brings all of it into a single room, at close range, at its very first outing.
ABOUT FARAJ SULEIMAN
Faraj Suleiman is a Palestinian composer and pianist. His music is strongly influenced by Arabic/Eastern melodies and rhythms. He often incorporates those scales and modalities in his compositions. In addition to being inspired by his Arabic culture, he is also influenced by Jazz traditions. As an Arab musician/pianist trained in classical music, he constantly searches for new forms of expression to equally appeal to his "Eastern" and "Western" listeners.
To date, Faraj Suleiman has composed several albums which have placed the "Eastern" piano at the centre of the composition, ranging from solo piano compositions to quartets, quintets, arrangements for choir and full orchestras.
He released a number of albums and musical projects such as: "Login", "Three Steps", "Mud", "Opening of the Palestinian Museum", "Al-Bashiq", "Love in the Cloud", "Once Upon a City”, "Love Without a Story”, “Toy Box” and his first songs album “Second Verse”, the recording of "London Jazz Festival 2019", "Better than Berlin", "Faheem" - a songs album for children, "Upright Biano", "As much as it takes" and lately "Maryam".
He also composed music for theatre and film, such as the multiple award- winning film by Ameen Nayfeh "200 meters", and lately "Alam" by Feras Khoury.
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AGE RESTRICTION
16+
LANGUAGE
This show is performed entirely in Arabic.
REFUND POLICY
No refunds.
SPONSORED BY
Kamil Issa, LIAMK Investments Inc.
PRESENTED BY
MARSM Canada