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Nour-Eddien, Bassam (b. April 6, 1977, Al-Jahra). Kuwaiti-born Egyptian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, and piano works that have been performed in Europe and the Middle East.
Mr. Nour-Eddien studied piano as a child in Kuwait and Cairo, taught himself guitar at age 14 and bass guitar at age 18 and studied bass guitar privately with Ahmed Anwar and Vasily Shenkarenko in Cairo from 1996–2001. He studied cello with Mahmoud Abdel-Maksoud and piano with Elena Djamashvili at the Conservatory of Music in Cairo, where he graduated with distinction in 2000, and has studied composition there with Rageh Daoud, composition, harmony, orchestration, and score reading with Ahmed El-Saedi and counterpoint with Awatif Abdel-Karim since 2003. In addition, he has studied singing privately with Sobhi Bidder, Violet Makkar and Raouf Zeydan in Cairo since 2000.
His honors include the Composition Prize from the Committee of Music, Opera and Ballet in Cairo (2003, for Egyptian Suite; 2005, for Destiny and Nightmare) and selection to participate in the ISCM Global Interplay seminars in Egypt and Germany (2005). His music has been performed in Egypt, Germany and Jordan.
He is also active in other positions. As a tenor leggiero, he has been a member of the A Cappella Choir in Cairo since 1998.
He has lived in Egypt since 1985.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: bassam_nour_eddien@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: + 202 283 2672
Cellular phone: + 201 2360 1863
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Classical Chamber Symphony, 38-39 strings, 1997; Concerto, flute, 38-39 strings, 1997; Spin (concerto), piano, orchestra, 1998; Concerto, cello, orchestra, 2000; Concerto, bassoon, percussion, string orchestra, 2005; The Lonely One on the Other Side of the Story, string orchestra, 2005; Martyrs of Invading Badr (symphonic poem), 2005
CHAMBER MUSIC: Periods of Night and Blaze, French horn, piano, 2001; The Drunk One, mime ad libitum, flute, 2003; Egyptian Suite, cello, piano, 2003; Elegy (in memoriam Gamal Abdel-Rahim), clarinet, bassoon, piano, 2004; Brainstorming, flute, piano, 2004; Misty, violin, 2004; The Mummy, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2004; Nightmare, string quartet, 2004; Sorrow, oboe, 2005; Destiny, bassoon, piano, 2005; Escaping, 3 French horns, 2005; Resonance, cello, piano, 2005; Dancing on dead bodies (all players also kick their feet), violin, cello, piano, 2005; White, piccolo, flute, E-flat clarinet, clarinet, bass clarinet, string quartet, piano, celesta, timpani, bass drum, triangle, houne, glockenspiel, tape, 2005; String Quartet, 2005
CHORAL: Requiem, soprano, alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus, trumpet, orchestra, 1998–2001; Birth Certificate (text by Mukhtar Abu Ghali), soprano, alto, bass, 2003; Zoroni (text from the words "zoroni kol sana marrah haram tensoni bel marrah"), mixed chorus, 2004
PIANO: The Bedouin and the Fortuneteller, 2003; Four Little Pieces, 2003; A Case of Love, 2 pianos, 2004; Visit Me, 2004; Prelude and Piece (Farewell Friend), 2005; Fantasy, 2005
(Last updated on May 17, 2006)
