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) (Arabic: عزيز الشوان‎) was an Egyptian composer of classical music. He is particularly known for his opera in Arabic Anas el-Wugood (written 1960-65) which was performed at the Cairo Opera House, 1970(?), 1995.

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.

See also

• List of Egyptian composers
• List of Copts
• Lists of Egyptians

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

• Aziz El-Shawan biography
• Article about Aziz El-Shawan at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)
• Article mentioning Aziz El-Shawan