Amir ElSaffar and Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesch

Amir El-Saffar and Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesch:  Revered composer/trumpeter Amir ElSaffar fuses elements of traditional Middle Eastern modal music and American jazz to create a mesmerizing sonic hybrid. Amir El Saffar spent a 10 days in residency at PS21 with the Paris-based electronics composer/performer, Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesch. Lorenzo and Amir first worked together at the Royaumount Foundation in France in 2016 as part of a project called 99 with Franco-Lebanese rapper Marc Nammour. In 2018, the two musicians worked on “Luminiscencia,” Amir ElSaffar’s project combining Flamenco, maqam, and electronics, and last year they collaborated with the Italian dance company, MK Dance in a work entitled “Maqam.” The two ended their residency with a performance of their new work  Inside Spaces on October 30th 2022. Residency October 20-30, 2022