Kinan Azmeh offers a sampling of delights with St Luke’s

Kinan Azmeh

Kinan Azmeh and the St Luke's Chamber Ensemble

By No’a L. bat Miri, 17 April 2026

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Reviewed at DiMenna Center for Classical Music: Mary Flagler Cary Hall, New York City on 15 April 2026

Azmeh, In the Element

Azmeh, Two Syrian Imaginary Dances

Azmeh, Café Damas

Azmeh, The Fence, the Rooftop and the Distant Sea

St Luke's Chamber Ensemble

Kinan Azmeh, Clarinet

Minimalism with a beating heart: Julius Eastman's Femenine

Kurt Gottschalk, 4th February

The spirit of the St Luke's Chamber Ensemble makes for a successful performance of Julius Eastman's 1974 composition Femenine.

****1

St Luke's Chamber Ensemble finds the joy in Julius Eastman

Kurt Gottschalk, 22nd June

In their “Visionary Sounds” concert, the ensemble lets Eastman's Stay On It fall into abandon at times... but never without a plan.

****1

An uneven mix with animation by the St Luke’s Chamber Ensemble

Kurt Gottschalk, 16th March

A program of works for soloists and small ensembles proves aurally and visually taxing, emotionally and intellectually exhausting, all in fairly enticing ways.

***11

Rafael Payare and his Montrealers show off their jazz chops

Ian Cochrane, 11th March

Rafael Payare boldly programmes Kinan Azmeh's Suite for Improvisor and Orchestra in a diverse concert bill that also features long-standing Principal Flute Timothy Hutchins.

****1

A concert with a difference: Enrique Mazzola, Kinan Azmeh and the LPO

Alexander Hall, 18th January

With the LPO it's always good to expect the unexpected. Two contemporary pieces including a vibrant clarinet concerto pave the way for a neglected Russian masterpiece.

****1

A night of light entertainment with the Knights at Carnegie Hall

Kurt Gottschalk, 3rd April

With an old swing tune, a retrofitted Ligeti piece, a Syrian wedding and a Vivaldi sinfonia, the Knights mixed old and new without quite blending the two.

***11

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No’a L. bat Miri

No'a L. bat Miri is a multilingual writer and educator. Her main interests include sacred and ritual music in secular settings, contemporary American opera and political music. She attends performances globally, with an emphasis on Finland, Japan and the United States. Outside of consuming classical, she is hard at work on her first libretto, actively participates in the scent art community, and can't really say “no” to a walk along the beach or hunting for berries. No'a holds an MFA and is currently pursuing rabbinical studies.

Infinite voices in a small room: Kinan Azmeh offers a sampling of delights