Born in Damascus, Syria, Zaid Jabri completed his M.A. degree with honours from the Music Academy of Kraków in Poland where he studied composition with Zbigniew Bujarski. He earned his Ph.D. at the same school under the supervision of Professor Krzysztof Penderecki. He won the first prize at the Adam Didur Composers' Competition in Sanok in 1997 for his piece "Two Songs for Soprano and String Orchestra" and the second prize at 2 Agosto 2012 international composition competition in Bologna for his piece "Les Temps Des Pierres for Baritone and Symphony Orchestra." In 1999 he participated in the International Musikwerkstatt Buckow in Germany. He has received fellowships from VCCA, the Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio, MacDowell, and the Radcliffe institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard.
In 2011 he became a member of ZKP (The Polish Composers Union).
Since 2008 Jabri has been also involved in teaching at The Academy of Music in Kraków. His works have been performed in Poland (Warsaw Autumn, Cracow composer's Days & Festival of Polish Premiers By The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir), Germany (Morgenland Festival Osnabrück), Dubai, Egypt (Opera House), Tunisia, France, Italy, the U.S. (Pacific Symphony Orchestra), Armenia (by Armenian National Symphony Orchestra), Syria (by Syrian National Symphony Orchestra), Slovakia, Belgium by (Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles) during the young composers forum Tactus 2011, Ukraine (by Lviv philharmonic during Contrast Festival, Uzhgorod philharmonic & by Kiev Kamerata during The Festival of Modern Music), Holland (by Nieuw Ensemble and Ensemble Zerafin), the United Kingdom (Plaisterers' Hall, Cadogan Hall) during Al Farabi Concerto (by English Chamber Orchestra), Neue Vocalsolsiten Stuttgart during MATA festival, and Eclat festival.
Zaid Jabri
Studios
Kirby
Zaid Jabri worked in the Kirby studio.
Erected in memory of Sarah L. Kirby, who had left a bequest to MacDowell, this studio was the first — and remains the only — brick building on the grounds. Built by local mason Augustus Beaulieu, the load-bearing masonry walls rest on a fieldstone foundation. The design of the boxlike building is simple and compact…