Aziz El-Shawan

Aziz El-Shawan

Aziz El-Shawan (b. Cairo, May 6, 1916; d. Cairo, May 14, 1993; first name also spelled 'Aziz and last name also spelled Al-Shawan or Al-Shawān) ( _ar. عزيز الشوان) was an Egyptian composer of classical music. He is particularly known for his grand opera in the Arabic language, and his opera "Anas El-Wogood" (1960-65) has been performed at the Cairo Opera House.

El-Shawan first studied economics in Egypt, then studied composition with Aram Khachaturian at the Moscow Conservatory in the late 1950s and in 1967-68. His pupils included the Jordanian composer Haytham Sukareya and the Egyptian composers George Kyrillos and Ramz Sabry Samy.

His daughter, Dr. Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, is an ethnomusicologist and teaches at the New University of Lisbon in Lisbon, Portugal.

ee also

*List of Egyptian composers

References

*Castelo-Branco, Salwa El-Shawan (2001). "Egypt: Western Music." In "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians", 2nd ed.
*El Kholy, Samha (2001). "`Aziz Al-Shawān." In "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians", 2nd ed., v. 1, p. 420.
*El-Shawan, Aziz (1992). "Mawsu`a mujaza li'l musiqa" (A Small Encyclopedia of Music). Cairo.

External links

* [http://phonoarchive.org/grove/Entries/S25612.htm Aziz El-Shawan biography]
* [http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/6295/MaestroAzizTribute.htm Article about Aziz El-Shawan]
* [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/784/cu2.htm Article mentioning Aziz El-Shawan]


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