Sam Salem أسامة سالم is an award-winning composer and artistic director. He creates audiovisual works for performers, electronics and video which challenge traditional notions of concert presentation and instrumental virtuosity. His work is fundamentally psychogeopraphical, informed by site-specific research – the layers of myth and history that he uncovers form the building blocks of his work. He is a founding member of Distractfold Ensemble and co-director of the Another Sky Festival. He has most recently written for the BBC Philharmonic, Weston Olencki, Noam Bierstone and Linda Jankowska, and his debut album, London Triptych, is available from dFolds. He is currently PRiSM Lecturer in Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music.