A prolific composer and pre-med student, Loba Salami ’27 debuts pieces with Lehigh Philharmonic and at a Symphony in San Diego
For Loba Salami ’27, performing and composing music have always been intertwined. A violinist who began playing in eighth grade, he discovered his passion for composition in high school which earned him the Marine Corps’ Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence. Some of his early works, including “A Pirate’s First Adventure” and “A Cave Story,” inspired by Plato's Allegory of the Cave, signaled the start of his fascination with narrative-driven music.
Yet, it was love of both art and science that brought him to Lehigh. “I’ve always been really curious about so many things and science is an outlet for that curiosity,” he remarks. Salami, a double major in biology and music composition, draws parallels between the communication between instruments and biochemical signaling.
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Loba Salami ’27
Biology and music composition double major