tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82970938931365232592024-02-20T18:53:07.136-08:00Professional ProfileDr. Mohamed Abdelwahab AbdelfattahMohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17968905221119380705noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8297093893136523259.post-86316487319502031332008-03-22T12:34:00.001-07:002013-10-21T02:09:57.557-07:00PROFESSIONAL PROFIL<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Abdelwahab was born in Giza around 12 KM from <a href="http://www.culturefocus.com/egypt_pyramids.htm">the pyramids of Giza</a>. He is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Egyptian_composers">composer</a> and educator. He is one of the most important composers of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_composers#Fourth_generation">fourth generation</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_composers">Egyptian composers</a>. He graduated with a B.A. from the <a href="http://www.helwan.edu.eg/english/www/fineartsen/fenongamela.html"><span style="color: black;">College of Applied Arts</span></a> of <a href="http://www.helwan.edu.eg/english/">Helwan University</a> in Egypt and went on to attain a second B.A. from the Faculty of Composition as well as a third B.A in Ear Training Education ("Solfege") at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Arts_%28Egypt%29">the Egyptian Academy of Arts University</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Conservatoire">, Cairo Conservatory</a> with "excellent honors" in the same (1986). He studied in Egypt under <a href="http://www.gamal-abdelrahim.org/Biography.html">Gamal Abdel-Rahim</a>, <a href="http://drabdelwahabsarticles.blogspot.com/">Dr. Awatif Abdel-Karim</a>, Dr. Leila El-Saiyad and <a href="http://www.abudhabifestival.ae/en/artist/ahmed-saedi.html">Maestro Ahmed El-Saedy</a>. He was appointed to the faculty of Cairo Conservatory in 1987, and later obtained his <a href="http://expressarticleswahab.blogspot.com/2008/03/master-degree.html">M.A from the Academy of Arts</a> in Giza/Cairo in 1990. Abdel-Wahab received a scholarship to study composition in Austria, <a href="http://www.kug.ac.at/home.html">Graz</a> and later experimental music under Professor <a href="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Kaufmann-Dieter.htm">Dieter Kaufmann</a> in Vienna where he obtained the highest terminal qualification in composition, <a href="http://drabdelwahabsmagisterartium.blogspot.com/">"Magister Artium"</a> from "Musik and Darstellende Kunst Universitaet in Wien" in 1996. This degree was transferred to Doctor of Arts in Egypt (1998). After his return to Egypt, he was promoted at the Cairo Conservatory to Assistant Professor in 1989 and to Associate Professor in 2003. He is currently a visiting faculty at the Boston University School of Music.<o:p></o:p></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Abdelwahab has taught composition, instrumentation and orchestration, music theory, Arabic music, harmony, counterpoint, acoustics, and electro-acoustic music courses at various institutions in Egypt. He has been consulted by various music departments for curriculum development and program establishment in composition, music theory, and ethnomusicology. He has also advised many thesis and served on dissertation committees at the Cairo Conservatory, including Amir Nagib (completed Master degree in conducting). He has supervised the organization of public concerts presenting the work of students and <a href="http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:o_mEzcM5xZwJ:www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/jetztmusik/-/id%3D659442/vv%3Dprint/pv%3Dprint/nid%3D659442/did%3D1772928/qe9icd/index.html+%22abdel+wahab+abdel+fatah%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us">young composers</a> at the <a href="http://www.cairoopera.org/">Cairo Opera House</a>. Many prominent young Egyptian composers studied under him, including <a href="http://composers21.com/compdocs/okbaa.htm">Amr Okba</a>, <a href="http://www.wnmf2006.de/index.php?PageID=13&p=1&ID=5&pID=1000161&lang=en"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Wael </span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fa3nkaIxY8"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Samy</span></a>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.bassamhalaka.com/">Bassam Halaka</a> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">and</span><a href="http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:xbgVudf8RRkJ:haridy.com/ib/showthread.php%3Ft%3D94458+%22%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF+%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A8+%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AD%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us&lr=lang_ar%7Clang_en%7Clang_fr%7Clang_de&client=firefox-a"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></a><a href="http://mattarcomposer.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Nahla Matter</span></a>. Dr. Abdelwahab has coordinated many cultural-exchange concerts in collaboration with organizations such as the Japanese Foundation (Cairo), Swiss Prohelvetia, <a href="http://www.alte-schmiede.at/hammer/DerHammerNR15.pdf">Alte Scmiede in Vienna</a> and German Goethe-Institute in Cairo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In addition, Abdel-Wahab is a multidisciplinary artist combining many fields in his compositions, including poetry, painting, photography and cinema montage. He has worked with many Egyptian artists in the field of theater, dance, <a href="http://www.fineart.gov.eg/Eng/CV/CV.asp?IDS=654">painting </a>and literature. Dr. Abdel-wahab frequently combines Eastern and Western elements, reflecting his view on the importance of cross-cultural experience.<span style="font-size: 0pt;"> </span>He mixes the tone color of traditional melodies with instrumental sound effects.<span style="font-size: 0pt;"> </span>He also uses unconventional and natural sound-samples forms, for example, machinery, <a href="http://arabi.ahram.org.eg/arabi/ahram/2004/4/24/LYLB6.HTM">cars engines</a>, tools and daily-life ambient sounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">He offered his first experimental and acoustic music concert in Egypt under title "<a href="http://wahabsposters.blogspot.com/2008/03/basamat.html">Basamat</a>" at the </span><a href="http://www.cairoopera.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cairo Opera House</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">, (November 22, 1999). He also offered too the first electronic music concert with live <a href="http://operaorchestra.multiply.com/photos/album/14">Cairo Symphony Orchestra</a>, which was conducted by him under title the "<a href="http://worldposterswahab.blogspot.com/2008/03/tonalism.html">Tonalism</a>", performing with collaboration of Japanese Foundation in Cairo, June 05, 2003.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 0pt;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">His work has been covered in both <a href="http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1998/396/cu6.htm">public and cultural media</a> where he has been quoted as being an all-around <a href="http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/626/cu6.htm">comprehensive artist</a> and a <a href="http://www.elaph.com/Music/2005/1/35697.htm?sectionarchive=Music">multi-media</a> music pioneer in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Egyptians">Egypt</a> and the Arab countries. He is <a href="http://expressarticleswahab.blogspot.com/2008/03/first-composer-offers-electro-media.html" style="color: black;">the first Egyptian composer to combine sound with photography, video and cinematography</a>, and present them simultaneously and unconventionally, using electro-acoustic and computer technology.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Over the last few years, Abdelwahab has focused on research, and published two books and various articles in Arabic journals about Arabic music theory and contemporary music.<span style="font-size: 0pt;"> </span>He </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">also wrote</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> a paper on the <a href="http://drabdelwahabsscores.blogspot.com/">interaction between jazz and Arabic music</a>. He is also very interested in "applied composition" which intends to find <a href="http://deafmusicawahab.blogspot.com/">practical functions for music</a> within society.<span style="font-size: 0pt;"> </span>His current interests, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">for example</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, include educational <a href="http://visualmusicabdelwahab.blogspot.com/">visual music</a> for the <a href="http://www.getsugar.com/calendar/archives/2008/02/musical_instrum.php">Deaf</a>, and therapeutic and <a href="http://expressarticleswahab.blogspot.com/2008/03/qahqaha-for-depression.html">comic music for depression</a>. In his most recent book, <span style="font-style: italic;">Sound Scenography</span> <a href="http://www.elakhbar.org.eg/issues/16419/0114.html">(Seeing the Sound</a>), he writes about his unique experience related to embodied art and music. In this book ,he discusses new sound and musical <a href="http://www.termsdrabdelwahab.blogspot.com/">termenology,</a> which he calls "<a href="http://termsdrabdelwahab.blogspot.com/2008/03/theater.html">sound theatricalism</a>" and <a href="http://termsdrabdelwahab.blogspot.com/2008/03/movie-film.html">cinematization</a>,"—the translation of the dramatic feeling of sound into a specific visual display on the stage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Beyond merely creating art for art's sake, Abdelwahab envisions a vital social role for his art in establishing cross-cultural dialogue and understanding, particularly between the western and Arab world<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;">.<br /><br /><a href="http://mohamedabdelwahabdelfattah.musicaneo.com/de/about.html" target="_blank">Bio</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"><a href="http://abdelwahabsarticle.blogspot.com/2008/03/profile-in-arabic.html">Profile in Arabic</a><br /><a href="http://drabdelwahabsworks.blogspot.com/">List of works</a><br /><a href="http://wahablikns.blogspot.com/2008/03/dr_25.html">Links</a><br />(<a href="http://egyptiancomposer.blogspot.com/" style="color: #cc66cc;"><span style="color: #ff99ff;">Home</span></a>)</span></span>Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17968905221119380705noreply@blogger.com