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Khaled Kurbeh<\/a> is a Berlin-based musician and composer. In his art practice muhawal\u0101t<\/em> [attempts, variations] and haw\u0101mesh<\/em> [sonic footnotes], he layers fragments of piano, amplified buzuq and field recordings.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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Experimenting with long-form improvisation, maq\u0101m and electroacoustic composition, Kurbeh\u2019s projects often depart from questions like \u201cwhat happens if___?\u201d. Filling in the blank, he makes sounds and records them (sometimes) \u2013 as can be heard on his albums Likulli Fad\u0101in Eq\u0101eh<\/em> (Research Records, 2025) and Aphorisms<\/em> with Raman Khalaf Ensemble (!K7 imprint Between Buttons, 2017).<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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His work has been presented in Asia, Europe and Australia at: Funkhaus, Berlin; ISA Gallery, Jakarta; Brunswick Music Festival, Naarm; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; M\u00fcnchner Kammerspiele; New Diorama Theatre, London; Novi Sad Theatre; and XJAZZ! Festival, Berlin.

In recent years, he has composed and performed with theatremakers including director Omar Elerian, the theatre collective Rhum and Clay, Collective Ma\u2019louba, Wayang Rajakaya shadow puppetry theatre with Herlambang Bayu Aji. He scored the soundtrack for Almourad Aldeeb\u2019s films Estahbes<\/em> (Visions du R\u00e9el, 2026) and On The Dry Bank of the River <\/em>[\u062c\u0641\u0627\u0641] (Cairo International Film Festival, 2024). He holds an M.A. from Berlin-Wei\u00dfensee Academy of Arts, Germany.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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