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Straddling Eastern and Western idioms, Mohammed Fairouz, one of the most frequently
performed composers of his generation, has emerged as a force on the musical scene. Praised by the New York Times as "warmly sympathetic" and "brilliantly handled", his
music has been received at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall, the
Kennedy Center and internationally throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East
and Australia. He has received commissions from Musicians for Harmony, Northeastern
University, the Imani Winds (Legacy Commission), the Cygnus Ensemble, Counter)induction,
Alea III (Boston University), Alwan for the Arts and the Second Instrumental Unit among others.
His music has been championed by some of the foremost performers such as the Borromeo
and Lydian String Quartets, the Imani Winds, The Knights Chamber Orchestra, members of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, the violinists Rachel Barton Pine and James Buswell, the clarinettist David Krakauer as well as the conductors Gunther Schuller, Fawzi Haimor and Yoon Jae Lee. Among the eminent singers that have
promoted his wealth of vocal music are Kate Lindsey, Sasha Cooke, D’Anna Fortunato, David Kravitz and
Randall Scarlata. Fairouz has been recognized as an "expert in vocal writing" by the New Yorker and as a "post millenial Schubert" by Gramophone Magazine.
The awards and honors that Fairouz has received for his work include the prestigious
Tourjee Alumni Award from the New England Conservatory which he received in 2008. He is
also the recipient of the Malcolm Morse Memorial Award, the NEC Honors award and awards
from the Merit Funds of the New England and Boston Conservatories. In 2008 he was
honored with a national citation from the Embassy of the U.A.E in Washington D.C. for
outstanding achievement in artistry and scholarship.
He has been invited to lecture and lead residencies across the country at institutions such as Columbia University, Brown University,
Chestnut Hill College, Grinnell College, Northeastern University (Boston), Humbolt State University and the University of Western
Michigan.
Fairouz’s teachers in composition included Gyorgy Ligeti in Vienna as well as John Heiss, Gunther Schuller, Halim El-Dabh and Richard Danielpour with studies at the Curtis Institute and New England Conservatory.
Recordings of his music are available on the Sono Luminus, Albany and GM labels. An upcoming recording featuring Rachel Barton Pine, the Borromeo String Quartet, Imani Winds and David Krakauer is slated for release on the Naxos Label in the 2012-13 season.
He has served on the faculty at Northeastern University in Boston as well as several summer festivals including SongFest.
The music of Mohammed Fairouz is published by Peermusic Classical. He lives in New York City.
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