Amir Khalaf

Amir Khalaf, born in Cairo, Egypt. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts in Cairo and studied composition at the University of Birmingham.

In his music, Amir explores the notion of deficiency and decay as well as the limited sonorities of musical instruments. He is interested in transforming motion into sound objects by creating ephemeral and insufficient acoustic environments inspired by Nature, folk music, and electronic music.

He attended masterclasses and individual lessons with Pierluigi Billone, Frank Bedrossian, Dieter Ammann, Oscar Bianchi, Raphaël Cendo, and Mark Andre. He participated in Festivals such as Impuls, reMusik, Sound of Wander, Festival Mixtur, Young Euro Classic Festival, and Etchings Festival. He worked with ensembles such as Quatuor Bozzini, Ensemble Linea, Quartetto Maurice, mdi ensemble, The Callino Quartet, Vertixe Sonora, and AYPO Philharmonic Orchestra.