Egyptian composer known as Bassam Noureddien, born in Kuwait on 06 April 1977 and lives in Austria.

Studies

2012

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Currently doing Masters in Electroacoustic Composition and Computer Music at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM) of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG) With Prof. Dr. Marko Ciciliani, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Nierhaus and Prof. Dr. Gerhard Eckel

2009

2012

Obtained the second Artistic diploma (The Highest Artistic Diploma) with "honors" in Composition and music theory with "emphasis on music education" at the Joseph Haydn Conservatory Eisenstadt with Prof. Mag Tibor Nemeth

2008

 

Joined an Electronic music master class with Prof. Dr. Nahla Matter at the American University in Cairo through his masters Study at the Cairo Conservatoire

2006

 

Joined as a participant in Global-Interplay (Musik der Jahrhunderte and International Conference for modern music –Stuttgart Project) an Electronic music master class with the composer and Professor Oliver Schneller and Composition Master Class with the Composer and Professor Walter Zimmerman in the University of Arts / Berlin

2003

2007

Obtained the Bachelor of Arts with “Very good with honors” in both Composition and Conducting at the Cairo Conservatoire / Academy of Arts

1995

2002

Obtained the Bachelor of Music Education in Cello, Guitar, Singing and Piano at Faculty of music Education / Helwan University

1983

1995

Elementary, Primary and Secondary schools in El-Jahra (Kuwait) and Cairo (Egypt)

Professional Activities

2013

Mai

·      Ensemble Employer  / member (Tenor) at the States Theater Baden in Austria

2012

 

·      Member of Arnold Schönber Choir and Vienna Chamber Choir

·      Member of Oper Klosterneuburg as singer and Actor

·      German tour for “The Flying Hollander / R. Wagner”as Solo Tenor and Actor in roles “Steuermann and Erik” in Germany with Kinder Oper Papageno

2011

2012

·      Employer as Composer and Musician in “Theatro Vagabondo” with the actress Barbara Roesnberger

2011

 

·      Live Sound, Video and Light engineering in the Burgenland tour of the Musical Play  Tastentiger beissen nicht / Gerhard Krammer” about the life of the Austrian/ Hungarian Composer Franz Liszt in the Franz Liszt’s 200 years of his Birth

·      Cello Player in Haydn Orchestra, Eisenstadt

·      Member of Vienna Philharmonic Chior, Singverein der Gesellschaft des Musikvereins Wien

2010

 

·      Notation for the Universal Edition Vienna (eg: Wolfgang Rihm: Two poems by Joseph Eichendorff for tenor and piano)

·      Concert of the "EuRiental" project with the topic Oriental and European music in the gallery workstation in the Cselley mill "Oslip".

·      • Live sound engineering for " Ritter Roland rastet aus " musical by Mark Peter Gössler (book) and Gerhard Krammer (music) in "Forchtenstein Fantastich"

·      • Lecturer and choir coaching for communicative and pedagogical considerations "dialogue" in collaboration with the College of Education Burgenland.

2009

 

Creating the score of the contemporary opera "RES" by Maria Gabriella Zen (ITA) (in cooperation with the Institute for Opera and Poetry Verona International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, eu-art-network)

Development of programming "Graphics to MIDI" to implement a graphical notation to MIDI data and acoustic playability

2008

2009

·      Lecturer for ear training and solfege at the State Conservatory of Music in Cairo

·      General Manager, Founder and  Principal conductor of Cairo Modern Ensemble

2008

 

Arrangement of the opera "Suor Angelica " by Puccini for chamber orchestra commissioned by the Alexandria library

2007

2008

·      Media composition "Let's pray" (fusion of Christian and Islamic Music) for the channel "El Masreyah 1"

·      Employer in the Egyptian Philharmonic Society as Executive Manager and Project coordinator of the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Creating performance material for the chamber orchestra, Keyboard player in chamber orchestra (specialist in electronic sound production)

2007

 

Genesis of the idea "EuRiental" my lifelong project that connects the European and Arabic music, but they in their original fascination receives "Two Souls in One Body Musical"

2006

2009

Teaching at the State Conservatory Cairo as a lecturer in the subjects of harmony, general-bass, counterpoint and musical analysis

2006

 

Participation as a composer on March Festival Berlin and "new world music festival in Stuttgart"

2005

2009

·      Consulting and executing external artists for the Chamber Orchestra of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, Alexandria (creating piano arrangements, performance material with computer)

·      Guest Conductor of the " World Celebrating Choir" (Scandinavia)

·      Commissioned works for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (chamber music) in the CD series "Contemporary Egyptian music for string “

2005

2008

·      Participant in Global-Interplay 2005

·      März Music festival  – Berlin, Germany, March 2006, invited participant

·      ISCM World New Music Days, Stuttgart, Germany; July 2006, invited participant

·      Shanghai, China, August 2008, invited participant

1997

2009

·      Cellist in Egypt Air Orchestra for Arabic music

·      Engagement at Cairo Opera house as

·      Ensemble conductor

·      Choir trainer

·      Cellist

·      Bass Guitarist

·      Music scoring

·      Founding member and soloist (tenor) , Acapella Choir of Cairo Symphonic Orchestra at the Opera House Cairo

1994

1996

Musical assistant of Mohammed Abdel Maksud (Theatre)

 

Preise und Auszeichnungen

2007

1st. Price in the composition competition of the Egyptian supreme council of culture for the String Quartet "El Haramlik clips"

2005

The special jury award of the composition competition of Egyptian supreme council of culture for "Destiny" (bassoon and piano) and the String Quartet "Nightmare".
Gamal Abdel-Rahim price for a children's choral works of the Egyptian musical youth society.

2003

1st. Price of the Cairo International Music Festival for "Jaguar galbi"

2001

Best composition for a play ("knight and hostage") issued by the Supreme Council of Universities.

1998

2nd. Price of the composition competition of the composition department at Helwan University in Cairo.

 

Festivals, Forum, Symposium, Konferenz und Konzerte

2013

Feb

Teilname als Elektronischermusik Performer und E-Cellist am LAbO #4 der Champ d’Action der  DeSingle (International Arts Campus und  Musik Universität) Konferenzen, veranstaltungen und workshops in Antwerp/Belgian

2012

Sep.

Teilnahme am ICMC2012 ‘International Computer Music Conference’ in Laibach (Ljubljana/Slovenian)

2011

 

Erstaufführung „El-Tahrir Platzfür Großensemble im Joseph Haydn Konservatorium

Eisenstadt,
Kompositionsauftrag fürLisztomaniadurch
Joseph Haydn Konservatorium, anlässlich der 40 Jahrfeier des
Konservatoriums und im Zusammenhang mit den Feierlichkeiten zum Liszt-Jahr.

Elektro-Akustik Kompositionen im Zusammenhang mit dem Ereignissen im Frühjahr in Ägypten

laute LAUTE!!“
„FISCHTOPIA“ Projekt in Puchberg/Schneeberg in Zusammenarbeit mit der VS Puchberg und dem Verein „ Andre Kombinat“ und Erstaufführung „Ode an die FreudeS’is woa

Musik Workshops mit Schülerinnen und Schülern in der KMS Grundsteingasse 48, 1160 Wien, und in der IBHS Grossweikersdorf  “Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten in der arabischen und europäischen Musik
Zusätzliche Fähigkeiten

2010

 

Konzerte und Kompositionen unter anderem in der Kulturabteilung der Ägyptischen Botschaft in Wien.

2009

 

Music Dialogue, Grand Teatro La Fenice, Venedig.
Dreaming Europe - Real Europe Symposium, Linz-Österreich.
Himmel und Haydn“ im Rahmen des Haydn-Jahres, Eisenstadt-Österreich.

2008

 

Global-Interplay Forum in Shanghai-China.
International Arts Dialogue Symposium, Burgenland- Österreich.

2007

 

International Festival of young musicians (DAM Festival) Prishtina-Kosovo.

2006

 

Global-Interplay Forum in Kairo-Ägypten (February) und Berlin-Deuschland (März-Musik).
New World Music Festival, Stuttgart- Deutschland.

2005

 

Egypt's eminent composer Jamal Abdel-Rahim.

2004

2009

Arabic perspectives festival (Cairo Symphonic Orchestra).

2004

 

Egypt's eminent composer Jamal Abdel-Rahim.

2004

 

New Egyptian vocal music.

 

 

Musikinstrumente
Klavier, Cello, Kontrabass, Klassische Gitarre, E-Bassgitarre, Sänger (Tenor), arabische Laute(Oud), Rababa (arabische Geige).