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Bruce A. Russell aka Ibrahim El Mahboob (b. Kingston, ON, 1968) is a composer and self-taught pianist living and working in Toronto (Tkarón:to, the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat). He studied at York University with James Tenney and Phillip Werren. He has composed music for Artemis Musicians' Society, Gryphon Trio, the Madawaska Quartet and Thin Edge New Music Collective. Interest in his work increased in 2020, with performances since then by Arraymusic, Prism Percussion, Second Note Duo, San Juan Symphony and Idaho Falls Symphony, Grant Park Orchestra, Regina Symphony Orchestra, and the Isabel String Quartet and the Mill City String Quartet. He was the composer, music director and keyboardist for writer/performer Ian Kamau’s live multimedia work Loss, which premiered at Harbourfont Centre for the Luminato Festival in Toronto. He was the host of Radio Music Gallery, and has written for Musicworks and I Care if You Listen. His interests are in 20th and 21st century concert music especially postminimalism, and music of the African diaspora.

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