Brahim Kerkour is an Anglo-Moroccan composer based in London. His music focuses on the intersections of sound, movement and space to magnify listening perception.
Brahim served as a resident composer at Abbaye de Royaumont's “Transforme: Se pronlonger” programme for choreographers, culminating in commissions for "Croi(t)re" and "l'entre de l'entre" for live-electronics and dance. As a Sound and Music Embedded composer-in-residence with Manchester Camerata, his orchestral piece "In circulation" was premiered at Bridgewater Hall and recognized by the George Butterworth Award.
His music has also been performed by groups such as the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, neue vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Wet Ink Ensemble, and unitedBerlin. Brahim's music has been featured at international new music festivals including ECLAT, MaerzMusik, MATA, musikprotokoll, Contempuls and Musiikin aika. Radio and television broadcasts of his music include France Musique, SWR, ORF Ö1, Deutschlandradio Kultur, France 3, and ABC Australia.
Brahim holds a doctorate in composition from Columbia University, having initially studied at Connecticut College. He trained with Fabien Lévy, Tristan Murail, and Noel Zahler.