My latest piece on this wonderful composer has now been posted on Rhapsody:
It’s not every day you expect a major talk show to spotlight a composer from the world of contemporary classical music. But Mohammed Fairouz has a way of defying expectations: Last May, MSNBC’s Morning Joe presented a segment on the young Arab-American composer — just one indication that Fairouz, only 30 years old, has rapidly become one of the most visible figures in the new-music scene.
Filed under: American opera, Mohammed Fairouz, new music, Rhapsody