Elyas Khan is a composer and performer who was born in London. His music is influenced by Indo-Pakistani heritage and involves primitive instrumentation, electronic chaos, soulful voice, and sexy groove. He often plays each instrument on his tracks and refuses to be constrained by stylistic norms. Khan has been awarded the New York Meet The Composer Grant and a MacDowell Fellowship.
Discipline:
Interdisciplinary Art
Elyas Khan
Discipline:
Interdisciplinary Art
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2005
More:
www.elyaskhan.com
Studios
MacDowell
Elyas Khan worked in the MacDowell studio.
Built in 1912, Pine Studio was renamed MacDowell Studio in 1943 in recognition of support from a group of Edward MacDowell’s music students. It was built as a composers’ studio and the stuccoed walls were intended to be soundproof. Like many of the studios on property, MacDowell was winterized in the 1950s when the program began welcoming…