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Amir ElSaffarAmir ElSaffar was born to an Iraqi father and American mother and is a trumpeter, santur player, and vocalist based in New York City and working within Jazz,
Classical, and Arab musical styles. He has created new techniques to play microtones and ornaments that are idiomatic to Arab music but are not
typically heard on the trumpet. As a composer, ElSaffar has used the microtones found in maqam music to create a unique approach to harmony and melody.
In 2002 he began studying the maqam tradition in Baghdad and London, with Hamid al-Saadi, one of the most renowned maqam singers in Iraq and is
currently an acknowledged performer of the classical Iraqi maqam tradition.
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