KammerNensemble, Stockholm Philharmonie, cond. Franck Ollu, 2008

On Love II  (for Piano & Ensemble) Extract 1

Hey, my name's ChocoYoki
Changing up the tones of what feels lonely.
I'm always out trying to fly,
Doing my best and not asking, "why?"

My rythm is intangible, some consider it unmanageable.
I'm genreless, but still on the list.
Making music on a whim, just a small swim,
A little shy, but not a small fry.
Love to train, no pain equals no gain,
Overthinking, but never quitting,
Likes ramen, maybe that's uncommon.

I'm self-taught when it comes to the DAWs,
Wish I knew how to make the good sauce,
Played some many years of piano,
Just making random imaginary audio,
Followed by endless poems, 
Riddles just for Holmes,
A bit of my odd stories, 
Maybe even some random allegories.

I make some music for friends,
I wanna be good by the time I reach The Ends,
Pushing forward without any rends,
Rising up to encourage good amends.
Wants to change everyone's world,
While still trying to become unfurled.

EMAIL: haddad.saed.1972@gmail.com
NEW SOUNDCLOUD since 2025: https://soundcloud.com/saed-haddad-724159665

Saed Haddad (Dr.): Music composer.
Main Interests: interculturalism, philosophy, memory and oblivion, ethics in music

PUBLICATIONS:

WORKS FOR STAGE
1- A Wintery Spring 
-Co-commission: Opera Frankfurt & Ensemble Modern
-Libretto (English & Arabic): Gibran Khalil Gibran (edition & translation to Arabic by Saed Haddad)
-Duration: 50 min., 2015-16
-Premiere: Oper Frankfurt / Bockenheimer Depot, Ensemble Modern, cond. Frank Ollu, Feb. 2018
-Instrumentation: Solo singers: high sop., alto/mezzo-sop. (pref. Arabic native), bar., vocal ensemble (SATB, 12 members) [Prerecorded or off-stage] 
Ensemble: alto fl. (+fl.+ picc+ b.fl.), eng. hn (+ ob.), bs-hn (+ cl. in A+ cl. in Bb), cb. cl. (+ B. cl.), bsn, hn, Eb tpt (+ flug. + picc. tpt in Bb), b. tbn (+ tbn + alto. tbn+ euph), 2 perc, hp, cel. (+ pno + hpsd), 2 vlns [on-stage], vla, vcl, dbass 

2- BELOVED (Choreographic Cantata for Tenor, Chamber Choir & Orchestra)
-Commission: Musicaeterna 
-Libretto (Arabic): Extracts from Medieval Sufi (edition by Saed Haddad)
-Duration: 20 min., 2018-19
-Premiere: Teodor Currentzis, Musicaeterna, tba
-Instrumentation: tenor/ chamber choir (SATB), fl. (+a.fl.+b.fl.), cl. (+b.hn+b.cl), tpt, tbn (+b. tbn), 3 perc, hp, pno/cel, strings (pref. 10-8-6-4-2)

WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA
1- Alternative World-versions (for Piano & Orchestra) 
-Co-commission: Morgenland Festival Osnabrück & Lucerne Sym. Orch.
-Duration: 10 min., 2007 
-Premiere: Morgenland Festival Osnabrueck, Munich Radio Orchestra, cond. Frank Cramer, pno: Saleem Aboud-Ashkar, Sept. 2008 
-Instrumentation: pno/ 2 fl (1st+picc), 2 ob, 2 b.cl, 2 bsn (2nd+cbsn), 4 fr.hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, timp, 3 perc, strings (pref. 12, 10, 8, 6, 4)

2- Rebirth & Estrangements [Mundus Inversus] (for Orchestra) 
-Commission: Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra / Deutsche Bank Stiftung 
-Duration: 5 min., 2008-09 
-Premiere (10 min. original version): Stadt Halle Concert Hall- Heidelberg, Heidelberg Phil. Orch., cond. Cornelius Meister, June 2009 
-Instrumentation: 2 fl (1st+ picc), 2 ob (2nd+ eng.hn), 2 cl (2nd+ b.cl), 2 bsn, 4 fr.hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, timp, 2 perc, harp, strings (12, 10, 8, 8, 4)

3- Kontra-Gewalt (for Clarinet & large Orchestra)
-Co-commission: Donaueschingen 2011/SWR Orch. & Deutsche Radio Phil. Saarbruecken Kaiserslautern & Kunstfreunde Wiesloch e.V. 
-Duration: 11 min., 2010
-Premiere: Donaueschingen Festival 2011, SWR Orchestra Baden-Baden u. Freiburg, cl: Nina Janssen, cond. Xavier Roth, Oct. 2011 
-Instrumentation: cl/ picc., 2 fl, 3 ob (2nd+ eng.hn), 3 cl, 3 bsn, 4 fr.hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc, strings (14, 12, 10, 8, 6) 

4- Que la lumière soit (for Trumpet, Trombone, Vibraphone & Orchestra)
-Co-commission: Daniel Barenboim & Lucerne Festival for the West Eastern Divan Orchestra
-Duration: 10 min., 2012-2013 / rev. 2014 
-Premiere: Lucerne Festival, Divan Orch., cond. Daniel Barenboim, Aug. 2013
-Instrumentation: tpt, tbn, vibr/ 2 fl., 2 ob (2nd+ eng.hn), 2 cl, 2 bsn (2nd+ cbsn), 4 fr.hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, 1 perc, strings (12, 12, 8, 6, 4) 

5- Melancholie (for chromatic harmonica & orchestra)
Co-commission: Donaueschingen Festival 2019 & Eduard Van Beinum Stichting- The Netherlands 
Duration: 13 min., 2017-18
Premiere: SWR Symphony Orchestra, harmonica: Hermine Deurloo, cond. Tito Cecherrini
Instrumentation: chromatic harm./ 2 fl., 2 ob., 3 cl., 1 bsn, 4 fr. hn, 1 tpt, 2 euph (+2 tbn), tba, timp, 1 perc., cel., strings (14,12,10,8,6) 

6- Different (for 19-tone Marimba & Orchestra)
Commission & Premiere: SWR Symphony Orchestra, Mar. Pedro Carneiro, cond. Gregor Mayrhofer
Duration: 11 min., 2019-2020
Instrumentation: 1/4-tone Mar./ 2 fl. (+a.fl.+b.fl.), 1 ob (+eng. hn), 2 bh. (+b.cl.), 1 bsn (+cbsn), 4 fr. hn (+4 Wgr. tba), 1 tpt, 2 tbn (2.+b.tbn), tba, timp, 3 perc., strings (12,10, 8, 6, 4) 

WORKS FOR ENSEMBLE
1- L’Éthique de la Lumière 
-Written for: Ensemble Modern 
-Duration: 10 min., 2004/ rev. 2007-08 
-Première: Hessische Rundfunk, cond. Franck Ollu, Oct. 2004
-Premiere of Revised-Version: Heidelberg Philharmoniker, cond. Cornelius Meister, Oct. 2008
-Instrumentation: fl(+picc), ob(+eng.hn), cl., bsn(+c.bsn), fr.hn, tpt, tbn, 2 perc, 2 vlns, vla, vcl, dbass 

2- La Mémoire et l'Inconnu (Concerto for ‘Ud (Arabic lute) & Ensemble) 
-Commission: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group 
-Duration: 12 min., 2005/ rev. 2012
-Première: Stockholm Phil. Concert Hall, KammerensembleN, cond. Franck Ollu, Feb. 2008
-Premiere of Revised-Version: Auditorium Marcel Landowski, Ensemble 2e2m, cond. Pierre Roullier, oud: Yousef Zayed, Jan. 2013
-Instrumentation: ‘ud/ a.fl(+picc), ob(+eng.hn), cl(+b.cl), c.bsn, fr.hn, tpt, tbn, 2 perc, hp, 2 vlns, vla, vcl, d.bass 

3- On Love I (for Qanun (Arabic zither) & Ensemble) 
-Commission: Music in ME for Nieuw Ensemble 
-Duration: 12 min., 2005
-Première (original version) : Gaudeamus Festival/ Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, cond. Lucas Vis, qanun : Bassem Al-Khouri, Sept. 2005
-Première of Revised-version: Opéra Bastille -Paris, cond. Gary Walker, qanun: Tawfiq Murkhain, Oct. 2007
-Instrumentation: qanun/ fl(+picc+b.fl), ob, cl(+b.cl), guitar, mandolin, pno, hp, 1 perc, vln, vla, vcl, d.bass 

4- On Love II (for Piano & Ensemble)
-Duration: 11 min., 2006
-Première: Stockholm Phil. Concert Hall, KammerensembleN, cond. Franck Ollu, 
Pno: Andres Kilström, Feb. 2008
-Instrumentation: pno/ fl(+picc), ob(+eng.hn), cl(+b.cl), c.bsn, fr. hn, tpt, tbn, 2 perc, hp, 
2 vlns, vla, vcl, d.bass

5- The Sublime 
-Co-commission: Donaueschingen Festival 08 & Freunde des Ensemble Modern e.V.
-Duration: 12 min., 2007 / rev. 2014
-Premiere: Donaueschingen Festival, Ensemble Modern, cond. Franck Ollu, Oct. 2008
-Instrumentation: picc, cl(+b.cl), b.cl, fr.hn, tpt, tbn, 2 perc, cel, hpsd(+pno), vln, vla, vcl, dbass

6- In Contradiction (for Ensemble & 2 soloistic Cellos) 
-Co-commission: Kronberg Academy & Ensemble Modern / Mr. Ulrich Fischer
-Duration: 13 min., 2009 / rev. 2012
-Premiere: Cello Festival Kontrapunkte, Kronberg Stadthalle, Ensemble Modern, vcli: Eva Boecker & Michael M. Kaspar, cond. Ilan Volkov, Oct. 2009 
-Premiere of Revised-Version: Ensemble 2e2m, cond. Pierre Roullier, Auditorium Marcel Landowski- Paris, Mars 2013
-Instrumentation: 2 vcl/ piccb(+b.fl), obb(+eng.hn), Eb clb(+b.cl+cb.cl), bsnb(+c.bsn), fr.hn, Eb tpt(+flg.hn), b. tbn, 1 perc, hp, cel, hpsd, 2 vln, vla, dbass

7- Funérailles (for Concertino & Ensemble)
-Commission: Ensemble Modern with the generous support of Mr. Ulrich Fischer 
-Duration: 10 min., 2009-10 / rev. 2012, 2015
-Premiere: Alte Oper- Frankfurt, Ensemble Modern, cond. Brad Lubman, March 2010
-Instrumentation: Concertino: cl(+cb.cl), vla, eng.hn, fr.hn, dbass; Ensemble: picc, bsn, 
Eb tpt(+Bb picc.tpt), C tpt(+flg.hn), alto tbn, 2 perc, cel, hpsd(+pno), 2 vln, 2 vcl

8- Entre l’Émotion et la Raison (for 3 Singers & Ensemble)
-Co-commission: French government & support of Ministry of Culture- Niedersachsen 
-Text (English): Lord Byron & Gibran Khalil Gibran
-Duration: 10 min., 2012
-Premiere: Ensemble 2e2m, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, cond. Pierre Roullier, Auditorium Marcel Landowski, May 2013
-Instrumentation: high soprano, baritone, bass, eng hn, b.cl(+cb. cl), cbsn, hn, b. tbn, 1 perc., hp, cel., vln, vla, vcl, dbass

9- A Winter Card (for Ensemble) 
Written for the 40th anniversary of Ensemble Modern
Duration: 2 min., 2019
Instrumentation: fl. ob. cl., cbsn, Fr. hn, tpt, tbn, 2 perc., pno, cel., 2 vlns, vla, 2 vc, dbass

10- Melancholie II (for chromatic Harmonica & Ensemble)
Co-commissioned by SWR for the Donaueschingen Festival & the Eduard Van Beinum Foundation- The Netherlands; supported by a fellowship at the Rockfeller Foundation at the Bellagio Center - Italy
Duration: 13 min., 2019
Instrumentation: chrom. harm./ fl., ob., 2 cl., bsn, fr. hn, tpt, euph, tba, 1 perc., cel, 2 vlns, vla, vc, dbass 

11- Sombre (for 13 musicians)
Commission: Daniel Barenboim Foundation - Berlin
Duration: 18 min., 2019
Premiere: Boulez Ensemble,. Boulez Saal - Berlin, cond. Thomas Guggeis
Instrumentation: eng. hn (+heckl), bsn (+cbsn), fr. hn, tba, 3 perc., hp, 2 vln, vla, vc, dbass 

12- Different II (for 1/4-tone Marimba & Ensemble)
Commission & Premiere: 
Duration: 11 min., 2022
Instrumentation: 1/4-tone Marimba/ fl., ob., cl., bsn., fr. hn, tpt, tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc., 2 vln, vla, vc, dbass 

CHAMBER MUSIC
SOLO:
1- Les Deux Visages de l'Orient 
-Commission: partially for the 25th anniversary of Ensemble Modern
-Duration: 16 min., 2006
-Premiere: Ulrike Stortz, Eclat festival, Feb. 2008 
-Instrumentation: vln

2- Etudes Mystérieuses (I-VII) 
-Duration: 11 min., 2007 
-Premiere: Noriko Kawai, Festival PARKMUSIK Neue Ho(e)rizonte, Aug. 2010 
-Instrumentation: pno 

3- In Memoriam Escher I 
-Duration: 4 min., 2011
-Premiere: Carin Levine, Spring Contemporary Music Festival- Weimar, April 2013 
-Instrumentation: Alto flute

4- In Memoriam Escher II 
-Commission: Deutsche Ensemble Akademie e.V.
-Duration: 2 min., 2011
-Premiere: tba
-Instrumentation: French horn (a version for Bass Clarinet also exists)

5- In Memoriam Escher III 
-Duration: 2 min., 2011
-Premiere: tba
-Instrumentation: English horn

6- In Memoriam Escher IV
-Commission: Volker Hemken
-Duration: 2 min., 2011-12
-Premiere: Heilbronn Perspektiven Festival, Dec. 2012
-Instrumentation: Bass Clarinet

7- Nuages funebres 
Commission: Yael Weiß for the 32 Bright Clouds Project
Duration: 2 min., 2018
Premiere: Yael Weiß, USA, 2019
Instrumentation: pno

DUO:
1- Quelques Essais sur 'je ne sais pas quoi' 
-Commission: Eduard van Beinum Foundation - Netherlands
-Duration: 10 min., 2006
-Premiere: duo Amuse-Oreille, Porgy & Bess - Netherlands, Feb. 2008 
-Instrumentation: mandolin & guitar

2- Memoires oubliees 
Supported generously by the Kone Foundation & a fellowship at the Saari Residence - Finland
Duration: 10 min., 2018
Premiere: tba (open to co-commissioners)
Instrumentation: Violin & Cimbalom

TRIO:
Le Contredésir
-Duration: 14 min., 2004
-Premiere: Ensemble Modern, Centre Pompidou - Paris, Dec. 2005 
-Instrumentation: cl, fr.hn, vcl

QUARTET:
Mirage, Mémoire, Mystère
-Co-commission: GMEM - Marseille & Ensemble Ictus & support of Ministry of Culture- Niedersachen 
-Duration: 12 min., 2011-12
-Premiere: Ictus String Quartet, GMEM- Marseille, April 2013
-Instrumentation: String Quartet

QUINTET:
Stabat Mater
-Commission: The Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival
-Text (Hebrew): Extracts from Lamentations & Song of Solomon- Old Testament 
-Duration: 8 min., 2014-15
-Premiere: Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival (sop: C. Meghnagi, cl: S. Brill, vln: A. Matathias, vla: L. Chang, vcl: T. Park, cond. Y. Zorn), YMCA- Jerusalem, Sept. 2015
-Instrumentation: Soprano, cl. in A, vln, vla, vcl

SEXTET:
...Kein Anfang. Kein Ende... 
-Commission: ha'atelier fuer Kunst u. Philosophie / Robert-Bosch-Stiftung
-Text (German): Paul Celan & Mahmoud Darwish.
-Duration: 6 min., 2008 / rev. 2012
-Premiere: Beirout Festival, Ensemble Courage, cond. Manuel Nawri, mezzo-sop. lyrical: Uta Buchheister, Haus 13/Pfefferberg- Berlin, Sept. 2008 
-Instrumentation: alto (singer), al.fl(+ picc), fr.hn, 1 perc, vla, dbass

SEPTET:
Love Requiem 
-Commission: Neue Vocalsolisten 
-Text (Latin): an adaptation of the ‘Requiem’
-Duration: 10 min., 2008 
-Premiere: Neue Vocalsolisten, Eclat festival, Theater Haus- Stuttgart, Feb. 2010 
-Instrumentation: high soprano, mezzo-soprano (or lyrical soprano), alto (or mezzo-soprano), counter-tenor [off-stage or pre-recorded], tenor, baritone, bass

OCTET:
Ibtasim (Smile)
2 ob, 2 fr. hn, 2 bar., 2 dbass (17 Min.)2 ob, 2 fr. hn, 2 bar., 2 dbass (17 Min.)
Supported generously by Musikfonds Berlin 2022
Poem (Arabic): Ilya Abu Madi
Premiere: tba 2028 (open to co-commissioners)

NONET:
Mo(u)rning (for viola solo, 6 winds & 2 percussion)
Supported by Musikfonds Berlin 2021
Duration: 15 min., 2020
Premiere: Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt LAB, vla: Megumi Kasakawa, cond. Susanne Blumenthal
Instrumentation: Viola / fl, cl, bsn, fr. hn, tpt, b. tbn, 2 perc. 

10-12 MUSICIANS:
1- On Vulgarity & Transcendence
-Commission: Ensemble C Barré 
-Duration: 6 min., 2012 
-Premiere: Ensemble C Barré, cond. Sébastien Boin, Salle Musica-treize-Marseille, Dec. 2012 
-Instrumentation: b.cl(+cb. cl.), alto sax.(+sop. sax.), picc. tpt, mandoline(+banjo), guitar(+ electric guitar), hp, 1 perc., bayan/accordion, vcl, dbass

2- On Silence (OR  The conquest of Silence)(for Basso profondo & Ensemble)
-Co-commission: The Koussevitzky Foundation- Library of Congress & French Government 
-Text (English): Quotations from philosophers, scientists and poets
-Duration: 13 min., 2014
-Premiere: Ensemble C Barré, bass: Jean-Manuel Candenot, cond. Sébastien Boin, Théatre de la Criée- Marseille, May 2015 
-Instrumentation: basso profondo, 2 sax.(+sop.+ten.+bar.+bass), cbsn(+electric bsn), C tpt
(+picc. tpt+flg.hn), guitar, hp, steel drums [2 players], bayan/accordion, dbass

3-- Divertimento babelico 
-Co-commission: Festival Format Raisins supported by Le Prix of the Foundation Coupleux Lassalle & Ensemble Musica Nova funded by The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation & The French Ministry of Culture and Communication 2015-16
-Text (Latin + other languages)
-Duration: 20 min., 2015
-Instrumentation: 2 canti (or soprano & mezzo), 2 alti (or 2 tenors), 2 tenori (or 2 baritones), 2 bassi, Arabic traditional singer, Qanun (or any other instrument of similar timbre and technical possibilities)

ARRANGEMENT:
Um Kulthum's Inta Omri (the Musical Introduction) 
Commission & Premiere: 
Duration: 5 Min.  (A shorter version exists: 3 min.)
Instrumentation: fl, ob., cl., bsn., 2 fr. hn., tpt, 3 perc., hp, cel. strings (10-8-6-4-2) 

DISCOGRAPHY
Les Deux Visages de l'Orient/ Etudes Mystérieuses/ Le Contredésir/ The Sublime/ On love I/ On love II
Ensemble Modern / Nina Janßen: clarinet / Saar Berger: horn / Michael M. Kasper: violoncello / Bassem Alkhouri: qanun / Hermann Kretzschmar: piano / Ulrike Stortz: violin / Noriko Kawai: piano / Franck Ollu: conductor/ Martyn Brabbins: conductor
WERGO WER 65782

Quelques Essais sur « je ne sais pas quoi » 
Duo Amuse-Oreille
Private Label: http://www.niteq.nl/amoreille

Kontra-Gewalt
Donaueschingen Musiktage 11: SWR Orchestra Baden Baden und Freiburg, cl. Nina Janssen, dir. François-Xavier Roth
NEOS 11214-16

The Sublime
Donaueschingen Musiktage 08: Ensemble Modern, dir. Franck Ollu
NEOS 10942

Les Deux Visages de l'Orient [5th fragment only]
Edition Zeitgenössische Musik - Collection 6: Ulrike Stortz
WER 65912

L’éthique de la lumière (original version, 2004)
Ensemble Modern
CDEM-021

Que la lumière soit (VIDEO)- Unitel classica
A955500010000: West Eastern Divan Orchestra, cond. Daniel Barenboim, Lucerne Festival 2013 

BOOKS
Saed Haddad: Entre les milieux
Authors: Szpirglas, Bruneau-Boulmier, Albertson 
Edition: Ensemble 2e2m- Collection: A la ligne, 2013
Languages: French & English
ISBN: 978-2-913734-09-8
www.ensemble2e2m.com