BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31625@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230902T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230902T200000 DTSTAMP:20230829T211912Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/layale-chaker-and-sarafand-2/ SUMMARY:Layale Chaker and Sarafand DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nAcclaimed Violinist/Composer Layale Chaker is joined by her band Sarafand for music at the intersection of classical contempora ry music\, Jazz\, Arabic Music\, and improvisation. This concert will be p resented in person and via livestream/online.\n\nAdmission is by donation\ , students are free. Suggested sliding scale contribution $5-$50\n\nAbout Layale:\n\nDeemed a "Rising Star" by BBC Music Magazine\, violinist and co mposer Layale Chaker was raised on the verge of several musical streams si nce her childhood. She debuted her musical training at the National Higher Conservatory of Beirut in her native Lebanon\, and later went on to pursu e her studies at Conservatoire Regional de Paris and the Royal Academy of Music in London\, studying under professors such as Mohamed Hashem\, Carme n Scripcariu\, Jeanne-Marie Conquer and Nicholas Miller.\n\nLayale's music al world lies at the intersection of classical contemporary music\, Jazz\, Arabic Music\, and improvisation. As a violinist and composer\, she has r eceived commissions and presented performances and projects around Europe\ , the Middle-East\, North and South America and Asia\, and has collaborate d with Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra\, Ziad Rahban i\, Johnny Gandelsman\, Holland Baroque\, International Contemporary Ensem ble\, Oxford Orchestra\, the New World Symphony\, Babylon Orchestra\, perf orming at the London Jazz Festival\, Alderburgh Festival\, Junger Kunstler Festival Bayreuth\, the Lucerne Festival for Contemporary Music\, Impuls ’ Festival\, Beethoven Festival Bonn and Avignon Festival among others\, and concert halls such as The Berlin Philharmonic\, Abbaye de Royaumont\, Hancher Auditorium\, The Stone\, National Sawdust\, the Banff Centre\, th e Royal Albert Hall and the Wigmore Hall.\n\nThis season has seen her comp lete a year-long residency at the radio WQXR\, where she premiered a new w ork with her chamber jazz quintet \; a recording with string quartet ETHEL \, to be released in 2023 \; and a first public reading of "Ruinous Gods"\ , her debut opera in collaboration with Lisa Schlesinger. She is also due to premiere a new work for violin and choir at Morgenland Festival Osnabru ck (Germany) with the choral ensemble Capella Amsterdam.\n\nHer debut albu m with her ensemble Sarafand\, “Inner Rhyme”\, recipient of the AFAC 2 018 fund\, is dedicated to the sounds\, rhythms\, rhymes\, shapes and form s of Arabic poetry. The album was released on In a Circle Records\, and li sted as "Top of The World" by Songlines with a 5-star review\, rated #2 on NPR 10 Best Releases\, #1 for several weeks on the World Charts of iTunes and Amazon Music\, and has received praises by the BBC Music Magazine\, T he New York Times\, The Strad\, Strings Magazine\, Jazz World among others .\n\nA 2020-2022 Jerome Hill Fellow and winner of the Silkroad Seeds inaug ural 2020 award\, Layale is also recipient of the Opera America Dicovery 2 022 award\, a Nadia et Lili Boulanger 2019 laureate\, finalist of the Role x Mentor &\; Protege 2018 Prize\, the recipient of the Diaphonique Fran co-British Commission Prize 2019\, the 2018 Arab Fund for Arts and Culture Grant\, the Royal Academy of Music 2018 Guinness Award\, and the winner o f the Ruth Anderson 2017 Competition.\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTags\n\n \n United States Events\n New Hampshire Events\n Things to do in Clarem ont\, NH\n Claremont Performances\n Claremont Arts Performances\n #musi c\n #event\n #performance\n #layalechaker\n #sarafand\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/08/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_556818849_61002202085_1_original.jpeg CATEGORIES:#arabic,Arab,Arab Ameircan Event,Arab American LOCATION:West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts @Union Church\, 133 O ld Church Rd \, Claremont\, NH\, 03743\, United States GEO:43.383754;-72.37137 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=133 Old Church Rd \, Clarem ont\, NH\, 03743\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts @Union Church:geo:43.383754,-72.37137 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR