Professional Experience                                                                                                                                    

2024

• Percussion instructor at Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Art School (DAAS) (Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Egyptian Drummer Yehya Khalil (Egypt)
• Egyptian singer Ramy Gamal (Egypt)
  
  

2023

• Recording session for Egyptian singer Ramy Gamal (Egypt)
• Percussion instructor at Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Art School (DAAS) (Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Syrian singer Lena Chamamyan (Egypt)
• Tunisian singer Ghalia Benali (Egypt)
• Egyptian Drummer Yehya Khalil (Egypt)
• Finish Pianist Kari Ikonen (Egypt)
• Egyptian singer Ramy Gamal (Egypt & KSA)
  
  

2022

• Recording session for Egyptian producer Hisham Kharma (Egypt)
• Percussion instructor at Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Art School (DAAS) (Egypt)
• Percussion instractor at Aswan Music Project - Aga Khan Foundation (Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Syrian singer Lena Chamamyan (Egypt)
• Tunisian singer Ghalia Benali (Bahrain & Egypt)
• Bab Ensemble by Jordanian Singer Aziz Maraka (KSA)
• Egyptian Oud player Hazem Shahin (KSA & Egypt)
• Egyptian singer Dina Elwedidi (South Africa)
  
  

2021

• Recording session for Egyptian Oud player Aly Eissa (Egypt)
• Recording session for Swidish singer and Composer Johan Weigel - HOFA SONG CONTEST (Egypt)
• Recording session for Tunisian singer Ghalia Benali (Egypt)
• Recording session for Taksir Sharqi Band (Egypt)
• Percussion instructor at Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Art School (DAAS) (Egypt)
• Percussion instractor at Aswan Music Project - Aga Khan Foundation (Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Grammy & BBC award winner Fathy Salama (Egypt)
• Cairo Steps Fet Cairo Opera House Symphonic Orchestra (Egypy)
• Manbarani Project (Russia)
• Syrian singer Lena Chamamyan (KSA & UAE & Egypt)
• Tunisian singer Ghalia Benali (Bahrain)
• Egyptian singer Maryam Saleh (Egypt)
• Egyptian Oud player Hazem Shahin (Egypt)
• Taksir Sharqi Band (Egypt)
  
  

2020

• Recording session for Swidish singer and Composer Johan Weigel - HOFA SONG CONTEST (Egypt)
• Recording session for Taksir Sharqi Band (Egypt)
• Percussion instructor at Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Art School (DAAS) (Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Syrian singer Lena Chamamyan (Egypt)
• Australian Jazz Singer Michelle Rounds - Alexandria International Summer Festival (Egypt)
• Taksir Sharqi Band (Egypt)
• Samer George Trio - Cairo Jazz Festival (Egypt)
• Mai Kamal Band - Cairo Jazz festival (Egypt)

2019

• Recording session for Musigma production company (Egypt & Germany)
• Percussion instructor at Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Art School (DAAS) (Egypt)
• Percussion instructor at Aga Khan Music Initiative (Aswan/Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Lekhfa band (United Arab Emirates, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands and Denmark)
• KaddalMerrill Band (United Kingdom)
• On The Road To Cairo (Denmark)
• Tunisian singer Ghalia Benali (Tunisia and United Arab Emirates)
• Eskendrella band (Tunisia)
• Aly Eissa Quartet (Egypt)
• Furat Qadouri band (Egypt and Morocco)
  
  
  

2018

• Percussion instructor at Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Art School (DAAS) (Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Out of Nations (Egypt & Germany & Luxembourg and Switzerland)
• Roman Bunka Trio (Egypt & Germany)
• Lekhfa band (Egypt & Palestine)
• Furat Qadouri band (Egypt & Morroco and Lithuania)
• Tunisian singer Ghalia Benali (Egypt & Tunisia)
• Mango Orchestra (Egypt)
• Aly Eissa Trio (Egypt)

2017

• Percussion instructor at Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Art School (DAAS) (Egypt)
• Recording sessions with Palestinian singer and composer Huda Asfour (Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Tunisian singer Ghalia Benali (Kuwait & Egypt)
• Out of Nations (Germany)
• Australian singer Michelle Rounds (Egypt)

2016

• Percussion instructor at Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Art School (DAAS) (Egypt)
• Recording sessions with Iraqi Qanoun player and composer Furat Qaddouri (Egypt)
• Recording sessions with Out Of Nations (Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Maktoub (Egypt)
• Eftekasat Band (Egypt)
• Maqamat Bghadadia Group (Nepal & Egypt)
• Iraqi Qanoun player Furat Qaddouri (Jordan)
• Afri-Cairo Band (Egypt)
• Egyptian Ney player and Composer Mohamed Antar (Egypt)
• Australian singer Michelle Rounds (Egypt)

2015

• Recording sessions with Maktoub and Danish Saxophonist Benjamin Koppel –Cowbell Record Label (Denmark)
• Recording sessions with American Saxophonist Lety El-Naggar (Germany)

Live concerts with:

• Dance for Arab Spring project (Germany)
• German Guitarist Roman Bunka (Egypt & Germany)
• Eftekasat Band (Egypt)
• Tunisian singer Ghalia Benali (Egypt)
• Maktoub (Egypt & Denmark)
• Syrian singer “Lena Chamamyan” (United Arab Emirates)

2014

• Recording sessions with Massar Egbari Band (Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Maktoub (Egypt & Denmark)
• Syrian singer “Lena Chamamyan” (Egypt)
• Lebanese singer “Yasmine Hamdan” (Egypt)
• Jordanian Singer “Macadi Nahhas” “Women Day organized by UN” (Egypt)
• Tunisian singer “Ghalia Benali” (Egypt & Bahrain)
• Massar Egbari Band (Egypt & Tunisia)
• Egyptian singer “Maryam Saleh” (Egypt)

2013

• Recording session for Egyptian Bass player Ahmed Nazmi’s Album “Ethbat Hala” (Egypt)
• Recording session with German Egyptian project “100 Cities” (Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Maktoub (Egypt & Denmark)
• Tunisian singer “Ghalia Benali” (Egypt, Ireland & Jordan)
• Irish Fiddler “Frankie Gavin” & Folk Irish Music Group “De Dannan” (Ireland)
• Brazilian singer and Guitar player “Gilberto Gil” (Italy)
• Jordanian Bass player and composer “Yacoub Abu Ghosh” (Egypt)
• Egyptian singer “Maryam Saleh” (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Norway, Sweden, & Denmark)
• Experimental Percussion performance with American visual artist “Warren Neidich” (Egypt)
• Egyptian singer “Dina El Wedidi” (Egypt & Italy)
• Massar Egbari Band (Egypt)
• American Trumpeter “Amir El-Saffar” and American Saxophonist “Lety El Nagar” Jazz group (Egypt)
• Ahmed Nazmi Jazz Group (Egypt)

2012

• Recording session with several musicians from all over the world at OneBeat music workshop (U.S.A.)
• Recording session with Egyptian singer "Dina El-Wedidi” (Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Egyptian Singer “Yousra El-Hawary” at the 15^th International Anti-Corruption Conference (Brazil)
• OneBeat Workshop (U.S.A.)
• Alif Ensemble (United Kingdom)
• Egyptian Singer “Maryam Saleh” (Lebanon & Palestine)
• British-Iraqi Oud player “Khyam Allami” (Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan & Tunisia)
• Massar Egbari Band (Egypt & Tunisia)

2011

• Recording session with the Choir of the German Radio "WDR" (Germany)
• Recording artist for American record label “Mojo Roots Music” (Egypt)
• Recording session with El-Karouz Choir (Egypt)
• Recording session with Hymns singer “Maher Fayez” (Egypt)
• Recording session with Egyptian Qanoun player “Hossam Shaker” (Egypt & Germany)

Live concerts with:

• The Italian Classical music quartet "Xenia Ensemble" (Italy)
• The Choir of the German Radio "WDR" (Germany & Egypt)
• British-Iraqi Oud player “Khyam Allami” (Egypt, Lebanon & Jordan)
• Massar Egbari Band (Egypt, Lebanon & Jordan)

2010

• Recording artist for American record label “Mojo Roots Music” (Egypt)
• Recording session with the Ney player “Mohamed Antar” (Egypt)
• Recording session with the Palestinian Oud player and singer “Huda Asfour” (U.S.A.)

Live concerts with:                                                                                                                              

• Palestinian Oud player and singer “Huda Asfour” (U.S.A.)
• Several musicians from Portugal, Hungary, Serbia and Poland within the activities of the third session of the EuroMed Music Festival (Serbia, Poland & Hungary)
• Grammy and BBC award winner “Fathy Salama” (Egypt)
• World famous Qanoun player “Hossam Shaker” (Egypt)
• Ney player “Mohamed Antar” (Egypt)
• German pianist “Matthias Frey” and German Saxophonist “Büdi Siebert” (Egypt)
• Spanish Guitar player “Fernando Perez”, a JPF U.S.A. award winner (Egypt)
• Jordanian Singer “Sahar Khalifa” (Egypt)

2009

• Recording artist for American record label “Mojo Roots Music” (Egypt)
• Recording session with the Ney player “Mohamed Antar” (Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Grammy and BBC award winner “Fathy Salama” (Egypt)
• World famous Qanoun player “Hossam Shaker” (Egypt)
• Ney player “Mohamed Antar” (Lebanon)
• German pianist “Matthias Frey” and German Saxophonist “Büdi Siebert” (Egypt)
• Spanish Guitar player “Fernando Perez”, a JPF U.S.A. award winner (Egypt)    
• Percussion teacher at the Art Center of the “Bibliotheca of Alexandrian” (Egypt)

2008

• Recording artist for American record label “Mojo Roots Music” (Egypt)

Live concerts with:

• Grammy and BBC award winner “Fathy Salama” (Egypt)
• Spanish Guitar player “Fernando Perez”, a JPF U.S.A. award winner (Egypt)    
• French Rock singer “Rodolphe Burger” (Egypt)
• Ney player “Mohamed Antar” (Egypt)
• O.S. Music Festival “Let's End Poverty” in co-operation with U.N. (Egypt)
• Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue Night, Anna Lindh Foundation (Egypt)
• AIDS forum concert for U.N. (Egypt)
• World music workshop with musicians from U.S.A. and England “One language = music” Gudran association for art and development (Egypt)

2007

Live concerts with:

• Oud player “Hazem Shaheen”, the winner of Best Oud Player in the World, 2002 & 2004 (Egypt & Malta)
• Malta Summer Festival for Arts (Malta)
• Experimental workshop of music and architecture with German musicians (Egypt)
• Drum Night concert for Euro-Mediterranean Youth Parliament (Egypt)

2006

Live concerts with:

• Live concerts with Alex Opera House Traditional Oriental Band (Egypt)
• Alexandria University’s official band (Egypt)
• Lebanese Singer “Merriam Fares” (Egypt)
• Wama Band (Egypt)

2005

Live concerts with:

• Alexandria Opera House Traditional Oriental Band (Egypt)
• Alexandria University’s official band (Egypt)

Educational Achievement:

2009 - Present:

• Working on several music styles (Jazz, North African and Flamenco) and percussion instruments (Hybrid Percussion Set).

2009

• Music workshop with Qanoun player “Hossam Shaker” & Sudanese musicians (Egypt)
• African percussion courses with French percussionist “Fred Pako” (Egypt)
• Flamenco Cajon courses with “Fernando Perez”, a JPF U.S.A. award winner (Egypt)

2008

• Music production workshop (Oriental & Western Music) with “Fathy Salama” (Egypt)
• Flamenco Cajon courses with “Fernando Perez”, a JPF U.S.A. award winner (Egypt)
• African percussion courses with French percussionist “Fred Pako” (Egypt)
• Private lessons on world percussion with Egyptian percussionist “Ayman Sedky” (Egypt)

2007

• Music arrangement workshop (Oriental & Western Music) with Grammy & BBC award winner “Fathy Salama” (Egypt)
• Rhythms & Harmony workshop with “Fathy Salama” (Egypt)
• Private lessons on world percussion with Egyptian percussionist “Ayman Sedky” (Egypt)

2006

• Graduated from Faculty of Law, Alexandria University (Egypt)
• Electronic music workshop with German artist “Tomath Brinkman” (Egypt)
• Music workshop with Grammy & BBC award winner “Fathy Salama” (Egypt)
• Private lessons on world percussion with Egyptian percussionist “Ayman Sedky” (Egypt)

2005

• Music theory with “Mohamed Hussny”, “Alexandria Opera House” (Egypt)
• Music theory with Ayman Asfour “Faculty of Music, Alexandria University” (Egypt)

2000-2005

• Oriental music studies with Alexandria University’s official band (Egypt)

1994-2000

• Oriental music classes in both Primary & High School (Egypt)