Dr. Haddad, Saed (b. December 14, 1972). Jordanian-born German composer. Haddad studied philosophy in Belgium, after which music composition in Jordan, Israel and England. After having had explored in his works from 2004-2006 his identity as a simultaneous resident-outsider to Western and Arabic traditions, Haddad has been questioning the idea of forgetfulness and distance of one's own tradition. Since 2015, however, his works were inspired by achieving a parallelism/ a balance between memory and oblivion of the Arabic culture. Haddad's music has been commissioned and performed by most prestigious international ensembles and orchestras in Europe, North America, Australia, Africa and Asia such as Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Intercontemporain, London Sinfonietta, West Eastern Divan Orch., SWR Orch. Baden-Baden u. Freiburg, City of Birmingham Sym. Orch., Deutsches Sym. Orch.-Berlin, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Oper Frankfurt, Lucerne Festival, Wienerkonzerthaus, Salzburger Festspiele, Festival d’Automne, Festival Présences, Aldeburgh Festival with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Heinz Holliger, George Benjamin among others. Haddad served as ‘composer-in-residence’ with numerous ensembles, orchestras and festivals. He was fellow and guest lecturer at many universities and academies, and was invited guest at many radio and TV stations. Many honors rewarded Haddad's work including the French and German ‘Prix de Rome’ 2008-10, the deutsche Schallplattkritik Preis 2010, Nomination for the German Music Composers’ Prize 2014, The Koussevitzky Music Foundation Commission- Library of Congress 2014 and Le Prix Coupleux-Lassalle 2015 (shared with Ensemble Musica Nova – Lyon). His music can be heard on labels such as WERGO, NEOS and Ensemble Modern. Haddad speaks five languages.