Saad Haddad

Saad Haddad (b. 1992) is a Lecturer in the Discipline of Music at Columbia University. His creative practice focuses on synthesizing Western art music with Middle Eastern musical traditions, notably through the adaptation of traditional Arabic instrument techniques to Western symphonic instruments enhanced by technological innovations.

• Commissioned by Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Princeton Symphony Orchestra
• Performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, and others
• Publisher: Dib Press

Recent Distinctions

• Charles Ives Fellowship (American Academy of Arts and Letters)
• Barlow Endowment General Commission
• S&R Foundation Washington Award Grand Prize
• Jerome Fund for New Music grant
• Aaron Copland Residency Award
• Multiple ASCAP, BMI, and Vancouver Chamber Choir awards