Raed Dawood

Raed Dawood

Egyptian Composer and Musician 🎶

Birthdate: November 23, 1954 (age 70) 🎂

Place: Cairo, Egypt 🇪🇬

Nationality: Egyptian 🇪🇬

Profession: Composer 🎼, Film Score Composer 🎬, Pianist 🎹, Music Professor 🎓

Instruments: 🎹 Piano

Language: Arabic (Egyptian dialect) 🗣️

Academic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from Higher Institute of Music (Conservatory) in composition in 1977. 📚

Master’s degree and PhD in composition from Vienna Academy of Music 🇦🇹.

Early Life and Education

Born in the Al-Fagala district of Cairo into a family passionate about the arts 🎨. His father was a writer and journalist in Egyptian radio 🎙️. He began learning music at an early age and joined the Higher Institute of Music at the age of 9 🎶.

Graduated in 1977, then earned his Master’s and PhD degrees from the Vienna Academy of Music 🇦🇹.

Professional Life

Collaborated with renowned directors such as Daoud Abdel Sayed and Ali Badrakhan 🎥, composing scores for many famous films like:

"Kit Kat" 🍿

"Thief of Joy" 🎞️

"Letters from the Sea" 🌊

Worked as a professor in the composition department at the Higher Institute of Music in Cairo 🎓, and is currently overseeing the music composition unit at the Academy of Arts 🎶.

Founded the Hanager String Orchestra 🎻 and conducted it from 1994 to 1999.

Composed the Mauritanian national anthem 🇲🇷 in 2018.

Artistic Works:

His Musical Compositions:

Egyptian Glimpse for Orchestra 🎶

Two Dances for Flute and String Orchestra 🎵

Soul’s Ascent for String Orchestra 🎼

Female Voice 🎶

Victory of the Sky 🕊️

In Memory of the Martyrs of January 25th 🇪🇬

Music for the Series "The Slap" 📺

Title and Music for the Series "Messages" 📡

Films He Composed Scores For:

With Daoud Abdel Sayed:

The Outlaws (1985) 🎬

Searching for Sid Merzouk (1990) 🎞️

Kit Kat (1990) 🎥

Thief of Joy (1994) 🎥

Letters from the Sea (2010) 📽️

With Inas El-Degheidy:

Teenage Diaries (2001) 🎬

Night Talk (2003) 🎬

Other Films:

The Shepherd and Women (1991) 🎥

The Killer (1991) 🎬

Nile Birds (2010) 🎞️

Awards and Honors:

State Encouragement Award in the Arts from the Supreme Council of Culture (1996) 🏆

Award in the Alexandria Film Festival 🎉

State Award for Excellence in the Arts (2003) 🏅

Honorary Medal from Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (2018) for composing the Mauritanian national anthem. 🎖️

Raed Dawood is one of the influential artists who greatly impacted the development of film scores in Egyptian cinema and has played a central role in enhancing Arab musical arts. 🎶