Selim Sahab

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Selim Sahab
Birth name	Selim Sahab
Born	1941 Palestine (now a citizen of Egypt)
Occupations	Distinguished Egyptian conductor Artistic Director at Cairo Opera
Labels	Founder of National Arab Music Ensemble Founder Cairo Opera Children's Choir ,founder of Organization for the Arabic creator

Selim Sahab (Arabic: سليم سحاب‎) is a prominent conductor and contemporary composer. Sahab was born in Palestine in 1941, but is now a citizen of Egypt.

Selim Sahab obtained a Bachelor of Choral Conducting in 1971 from the Institute of Jnesen. In 1976, he obtained a diploma in Symphony Orchestra Conducting from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. In 1977, Sahab returned to Lebanon and wrote reviews that were published in prominent Lebanese and Arabic newspapers and magazines.^[1] Sahab also worked as a musical supervisor for the official Lebanese radio station. He established the Beirut Arab Music Ensemble for Arabic Music in Lebanon in 1980. He has performed in Damascus, Amman, Tunis, Paris and London.

Founder

In Lebanon

Beirut Arab Music Ensemble
Lebanon Children's Choir

In Egypt

National Arab Music Ensemble
Cairo Opera Children's Choir
Children Choir for the General Services of Heliopolis
Choral groups in the Maternal and Child Welfare Association

References

↑ "Biography of Salim Sahab on Yala.fm. Free listening and MP3 downloads". Yala.fm. Retrieved 2013-05-08.

External links

The National Arabic Music Ensemble Official web site
Cairo Opera House Official web site

Authority control	VIAF: 178740153 BNF: cb16529977h

Persondata
Name	Selim Sahab
Alternative names
Short description	Classical and Arabic music conductor
Date of birth	1941
Place of birth	Palestine (now a citizen of Egypt)
Date of death	Not Available
Place of death	Not Available

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