Performed at the Kalv Festival, Kalv, Sweden, August 12, 2021 by Ensemble Mosaik

Event Horizon (2021), for clarinet, viola, cello, piano, and percussion

(x)enharmonic (2021) - EA

B - b - a (2020/21);Bläschen - beengt - worauf hoffst du
für amplifiziertes Ensemble
Ensemble KNM Berlin

3 sprachliche Materialien liegen dem Stück zugrunde. Ihr klanglicher, struktureller und außermusikalischer Inhalt hat meine Komposition angeregt. Diese 3 Pole auszuloten, sie auf Überschneidungen und Verwandtschaften zu untersuchen und davon ausgehend eine Musik zu entwickeln stand im Zentrum meines Schreibens. Das Ausgangsmaterial selbst verschwindet im Lauf der Arbeit in die Unkenntlichkeit.

B - b - a (2020/21) für amplifiziertes Ensemble

The big game

2012 
For Violin, A-Clarinet, Cello, Percussion and Tape
Ensemble Modern

A handful of earth

Searching for Saris

Heliopolis

Please, use headphones or good loudspeakers.

MOULT (2018–19), for orchestra
commissioned by Westdeutschen Rundfunk and Wien Modern

Live Recording WDR Orchestra, 12 May 2019, Witten

MOULT (2018–19), for orchestra

ensemble XX. jahrhundert
Conductor: Peter Burwik

Flute: Birgit Ramsl-Gaal
Oboe: Gernot Jöbstl
Clarinet(s): Anna Koch
Accordion: Marko Trivunovic
Piano: Kimiko Krutz
Violin: Marianna Oczkowska
Viola: Andjela Sibinovic
Cello: Stefanie Prenn
Double bass: Arisa Yoshida

Recording and mix: Tong Zhang

Imaginary Devices, Book I (2020) | Burwik & EXXI

Under_
for flute and electronics

flute: Xiaoyu Lin

Seeking the essence is a crucial part to me. The “decorations” in the earthy life always cover my eyes, block my ears, and disturb my nose, so that I unconsciously indulge in and struggle with the flowery world. A famous statue in the Heart Sutra that “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.” Under the gorgeous, debauched, or corrupted “decorations,” there is a hidden essence, which is buried deeply within human consciousness, the order of the world, and the “emptiness.” Like the Buddhist interpretation, emptiness does not only mean nothing or naught, but it is the carrier for everything and the space for the opposite of existing. However, we wouldn’t be noticed the emptiness without those “decorations.” Thus, we have to feel the energy of the emptiness with every single cell when our five senses are covered, and then the essence will seep out.

Under_ for flute and electronics (2020)

Amir Khalaf, born in Cairo, Egypt. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts in Cairo and studied composition at the University of Birmingham.
He attended masterclasses and individual lessons with Pierluigi Billone, Frank Bedrossian, Dieter Ammann, Oscar Bianchi, Raphaël Cendo, and Mark Andre. He participated in Festivals such as Impuls, reMusik, Sound of Wander, Festival Mixtur, Young Euro Classic Festival, Etchings festival. He worked with Quatuor Bozzini, Ensemble Linea, Quartetto Maurice, mdi ensemble, The Callino Quartet, Vertixe Sonora, and AYPO Philharmonic Orchestra.

Heliopolis

Amir Khalaf

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