Sami Seif
Sami Seif | |
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| Born | Ashkout, Mount Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Citizenship | Lebanon |
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Sami Seif is a Lebanese composer and music theorist. His music is inspired by the aesthetics, philosophies, paradigms and poetry of his Middle-Eastern heritage. His work has been described as “very tasteful and flavorful” with “beautiful, sensitive writing!” (Webster University Young Composers Competition). Seif’s music has been performed by such renowned artists as Mary Kay Fink and Stanley Konopka of The Cleveland Orchestra.
Life
Originally from the small town of Ashkout in Mount Lebanon, he was born to a non-musical family in Abu Dhabi and he is fluent in Arabic, French and English. He started out at the age of twelve as a self-taught musician, composing and playing keyboard instruments. He then studied Piano and Composition in Abu Dhabi with Julia Victorivna Podsekaeva from 2013-2015. During this period, he also studied audio engineering and sound synthesis. Later, he moved to Toronto and studied composition with Roger Bergs.
Education
Seif completed his BM, double-majoring in composition and music theory at the Cleveland Institute of Music where he studied composition with Keith Fitch, piano with Gerardo Teissonnière and music theory with Alan Reese. At CIM, he earned the Donald Erb prize in composition and the Beth Pearce Nelson award in music theory. His music theory thesis is titled How Time Passes: Some Thoughts on Musical Time, and is an inquiry on the manipulation of time perception brought about by music.
Awards
Seif’s music has been recognized by a number of prestigious institutions such as ASCAP[1] , SOCAN[1] , The Foundation for Modern Music[2] , the Stamford Music and Arts Academy[3] , the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs, the Cleveland Composer’s Guild, the Arizona Flute Society[4] , Webster University[5] , Abundant Silence, and Warren County Summer Music School, among others. Additionally, he was selected as a finalist for the 2019 Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra call for scores from a pool of more than 2200 applicants from more than 90 countries. In 2020, he was selected again from a larger pool of almost 8000 applicants.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.ascap.com/press/2021/05/05-14-foundation-morton-gould-winners
- ↑ "History". June 12, 2018.
- ↑ "2021 WINNERS". Culley Competition.
- ↑ "2021 COMPOSITION COMPETITION | Arizona Flute Society". arizonaflutesociety.
- ↑ https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Local-Student-Honored-in-National-Young-Composers-Competition.html?soid=1110239357528&aid=zR-QszXD6uY
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