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Amir ElSaffar (born 1977 near Chicago, Illinois, United States) was born to an Iraqi father and American mother and is a trumpeter, santur player, and vocalist based in New York City and working within jazz, classical, and Arabic musical styles. ElSaffar has created new techniques to play microtones and ornaments that are idiomatic to Arab music but are not typically heard on the trumpet. As a composer, ElSaffar has used the microtones found in maqam music to create a unique approach to harmony and melody. In 2002 he began studying the ''maqam'' tradition in Baghdad and London, with Hamid al-Saadi, one of the most renowned ''maqam'' singers in Iraq and is currently an acknowledged performer of the classical Iraqi ''maqam'' tradition. He performs actively as a vocalist and ''santur'' player with his group, ''Safaafir'', the only ensemble in the US performing Iraqi Maqam in its traditional format. In 2006, ElSaffar received commissions from the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia and from the Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT), to compose ''Two Rivers'', a suite that invokes Iraqi musical traditions and frames them in a modern jazz setting. ElSaffar has since received commissions from the Jerome Foundation, the Jazz Institute of Chicago, and Chamber Music America and has continued developing a singular approach to integrating Middle Eastern tonalities and rhythms into an American jazz context, releasing three albums; ''Two Rivers'' (2006), ''Radif Suite'' (2010), and ''Inana'' (2011) to critical acclaim. He has also composed for theater projects and film soundtracks, and appeared in Jonathan Demme’s Oscar-nominated film, Rachel Getting Married. ElSaffar has performed with Cecil Taylor, Simon Shaheen, Randy Brecker, Miya Masaoka, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Vijay Iyer, and Samir Chatterjee. In addition to his busy performance schedule, ElSaffar curates a weekly concert series at Alwan for the Arts, New York’s premiere center for Middle Eastern arts and culture. == Discography == *''Maqams of Baghdad'' (2006), Safaafir *''Two Rivers'' (2006), Two Rivers Ensemble *''Radif Suite'' (2009), Hafez Modirzadeh/Amir ElSaffar Quartet *''Inana'' (2011), Two Rivers Ensemble *''Alchemy'' (2013), Amir ElSaffar Quintet 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amir ElSaffar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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