Musician and composer of contemporary arabic music Mustafa Said
Mustafa Said is a musician and composer of contemporary arabic music, born in Cairo 1983. He is the founder of Asil ensemble (2003-), researcher in musicology and audio archivist. An oud virtuosoplayer and singer with Arab and international recognition. He made several concerts as a solo artist, with ensembles and collaborations. Recently he was awarded Best Musi Performance Price 2019 from the Agha Khan foundation. In addition to his research on old music manuscripts, and managing the collection of the Arab Music Archive and Research foundation (AMAR), he realized two serial podcasts specialized in Arabic music:
– Rawdat al balabel (2013 - 2017)
– with Mustafa (2019-)
Today he is working on new music projects in relation with Arabic poetry, archives, and experimenting with new playing techniques to produce new acoutstic sounds and enhance the listeners and the players experience of live music.
