About Sayed Awad
Lived 1926 – 2000. Sayed Awad was an Egyptian composer and film score composer.
Sayed Awad (1926–2000; ) was an Egyptian composer of contemporary classical music. He began his career as a violinist for the orchestra of the Cairo Opera House and later lived in Jordan. He studied in Moscow with the Russian violinist and conductor David Oistrakh and received a Ph.D. in music there in 1968.
Sayed Awad was a music teacher at Yarmouk University (Irbid, Jordan) from 1982-1986, he taught; violin, music theory and history.
Awad had a lot of influence on the music movement in Jordan and Egypt, he was the first one to compose an orchestral work for the Oud and the orchestra, which was dedicated to his student and close friend Seifed Din Abdoun.
He is best known for his Yarmouk Symphony, and for his three-act opera The Death of Cleopatra, which is based on the epic poem by Ahmed Shawqi.
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Who was Sayed Awad?
Egyptian composer
When was Sayed Awad born?
Sayed Awad was born in 1926.
When did Sayed Awad die?
Sayed Awad died in 2000.
What was Sayed Awad's occupation?
Sayed Awad was a composer and film score composer.
What nationality was Sayed Awad?
Sayed Awad was Egyptian.
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