'Opus 961' Album Launch

Various artists

Saturday, January 13, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)

Benzaquen Hall at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY, United States

$40 ($20 student)

Wajdi Abou Diab — Mouraba' Dance
Sami Seif — La'ib An-nard ("The Dice Player")
Layale Chaker — The Brown Texts
Noémie Chemali — Kaddishat
Saad Haddad — Dohree

Lebanese-French-American violist Noémie Chemali releases her debut album, Opus 961, under the label Dreyer-Gaido. This album launch event is animmersive concert experience which will feature performances of works for solo viola and chamber music by Lebanese composers Layale Chaker, Saad Haddad, Wajdi Abou Diab, Sami Seif, and will feature Noémie's new string trio. She is joined by a roster of exceptional guest artists. The event concludes with a post-concert reception.

An ode to Lebanon, 961 nods to the country's telephone code and celebrates the resilience of the people of Beirut after the 2020 seaport explosion. 100% of ticket sales will go to Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders who were active in providing humanitarian support after the explosion in Lebanon and continue to bring medical aid to conflict zones around the world.

About Yann Chemali, cello

Yann Chemali was born in Cleveland, Ohio and has been playing cello since the age of four. At the age of 12, Yann and his family moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he attended the Governor's School for the Arts. Yann completed his undergraduate in Music Performance at McGill University, where he studied under the tutelage of Matt Haimovitz. While at McGill, Yann participated in Haimovitz's cello ensemble, UCello, and has given performances in Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, and Berlin. In conjunction with cello, Yann is also interested in sciences and hopes to one day attend medical school.

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