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Basha, Mohamed Saad (b. September 22, 1972, Cairo). Egyptian composer of mostly chamber and vocal works that have been performed in Africa, Europe and the Middle East; he is also active as a percussionist.
Mr. Basha studied composition with Rageh Daoud and conducting with Ahmed El-Saedi at the Conservatory of Music in Cairo, where he earned his BMus in both subjects in 1997, higher diploma in composition in 2000 and MMus in composition in 2004. He also had private drumkit studies with Ashraf Fouad, Labib Henin and Amr Khairy in Cairo from 1990-93, earned two diplomas in studio operation at Helwan University in Cairo in 1995 and twice attended the International Workshop for Orchestral Conducting in Cairo in 2001-02.
Among his many honors are First Prize in a children's chorus competition in Cairo (1994, for the children's song Sons of the Nile [withdrawn]) and First Prize in a youth orchestra competition in Cairo (2002, for Ay'oub). His music was featured at the Orient und Okzident festival in Ulm in 2003.
As a percussionist, he was a member of the Cairo Opera Orchestra from 1998-2002 and played with Lukas Ligeti in Cairo in 2000 and the quartet Saxofourte in Egypt and Germany in 2004.
He has taught composition and conducting as an assistant at the Conservatory of Music in Cairo since 2004.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: mohamed_pasha@hotmail.com
Street address: Mr. Mohamed S. Basha, 7A El-Gaish St., Ataba Sq., 8th Floor, Flat #57, Cairo, Egypt
Telephone: + 202 593 9571 or + 202 584 0063
Cellular phone: + 201 2256 2094
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Steps Rewind..., 1997; Eskinderia – Alexandria, string orchestra, 2004; 28/4/2004, string orchestra, 2004
CHAMBER MUSIC: El-Nahhasseen... – El-Hussain Brass Makers, 7 percussion, 2001; El-Fishawy... – El-Hussain Coffee Shop (vocalise), voice, 7 percussion, tape, 2002; Enawy – Man from Qena, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2002; Gana el-farh – Joy Has Sung (suite of wedding folksongs), cello, piano, 2003; Characters from the Alley, flute, double bass/bass guitar, 2003; Dandourmah – Ice Cream, 4 saxophones, drumkit, 2004; A Gift from Egypt, 4 saxophones, drumkit, 2004; Your Paradise (percussionist also chants text by the composer), 4 saxophones, drumkit, 2004 (also version for Arab voice, 4 saxophones, drumkit, 2004); Bannoutah – A Young Girl, 4 saxophones, drumkit, 2004; Yamamah Baidah – White Pigeon, nay, harp, string quartet, 2004; Aragoz – Puppet, flute, oboe (+ nay ad libitum), clarinet, bassoon, 2004
CHORAL: The Throne (text from an ancient Egyptian source), mixed chorus, electric guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, drumkit, orchestra, 2000; Ay'oub (text by the composer), speaker, children's chorus, mixed chorus, rababa (2-string Egyptian instrument), orchestra, 2002
VOCAL: Rynzi (text from an ancient Egyptian source), soprano, harp, vibraphone, percussion, 1997; Legnawy... – Man from Qena (text by the composer), alto, rababa, orchestra, 2002; Prisoner (text from an ancient Egyptian source), female speaker, Egyptian tabla (+ sagat [finger cymbals]), drumkit, live electronics, lights, 2001
ARRANGEMENTS: Ana hawaitoh wentahait... – I loved him and I vanished (Saed Darwish), Arabic voice, Arabic chorus, orchestra, 2002; Ya Fo'ady – Oh, my heart (Saed Darwish), Arabic voice, Arabic chorus, orchestra, 2002
(Last updated on December 9, 2004)
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