عمر خيرت

Omar Khairat Arabic عمر خيرت Also Spelled Omar Khayrat Is An Egyptian Musician. He Was Born In Cairo In 1949 And Belongs To An Artistic Family. His Uncle The Composer Abu Bakr Khairat Was The Founder Of The Egyptian Conservatory Institution And Was Its First Dean. In 1959 Khairat Joined The Conservatory Cairo Conservatoire And Studied Piano And Musical Theory. After Graduating He Continued His Studies At Trinity College Of Music In London. In Parallel He Became Involved In International Popular Music And Jazz And Played The Drums For One Of The Top Bands In Egypt Les Petits Chats. This Experience Added Another Dimension To His Musical Influences. After Receiving His Degrees In Piano And Musical Theory He Started Composing Music For The Egyptian Cinema Television And Theatre. In Addition He Wrote Music For Egyptian Ballet. His Music Was Influenced By Arabic And European Classical Music Egyptian And African Traditional Music And Also Jazz Pop And Blues. What Makes His Music Different Is His Way Of Combining Western And Eastern Musical Instruments. His Career As A Pianist Began In 1979 When His Various Works Started To Gain Recognition From Both Listeners And Critics. His First Major Work Was The Musical Score For The Very Popular Movie "The Night Of Fatima's Arrest". The Music Of That Movie Was His First Hit And It Was Widely Loved By The Public. It Was The First Time In The Music Industry Of Egypt To Have A Movie Score Be Reproduced As An Audio Cassette Which Became A Milestone In The Middle Eastern Music Industry As Whole. Besides His Compositions He Rearranged And Performed With His Orchestra Several Music For An Older Famous Egyptian Composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab. Examples Of The Rearranged Music * El Hob Gamil * Emta El Zaman Yesmah Ya Gamil * Emta Hanebtedy El Hekaya * Enta Omry * Men Gheirl Leh Among His Many Compositions TV Drama * The Bangles * The Cheap And Me * Escape From Prison * Face Of The Moon * This Man * The Second Meeting * Spring In The Storm * Homes Have Secrets Movies * The 6th Day * Deer’s Blood * Escape From The Mental Hospital * The Forbidden Time * The Hostage * Love Also Dies * The Night Of Fatima's Arrest * Places In The Heart * Search For Diana * Silence We’re Rolling * Slumber In Honey * The Terrorist * Uncle Ahmed's Case Operettas * 100 Years Of Cinema * Al Amarna Hill Others * Arabian Rhapsody Symphonic Work . * The Sourceress And The Magical Perfumes Commissioned By Diana Calenti For Her Dance Company .* The Music For The Opening Ceremony Of The 11th Pan-Arab Games Performed By The British Symphony Orchestra . * The Music For The Opening Ceremony Of The Asian Games In Doha ASIAD 2006 Performed By The British Symphony Orchestra . * The Nile Ballet By The Cairo Opera Ballet . Awards * Egyptian Society For Cinema - For His Work On The Musical Scroll For "Escape From The Mental Hospital". * Egyptian Society And The Film Society On His Musical Scroll For The Movie "Slumber In Honey". CD And DVD Releases * Am Ahmed. * Arabian Rhapsody. * Bangles. * Egyptian Overture CD DVD And VCD. * Fatma. * Mrs. Hikmat's Conscience. * Murcia Tres Culturas DVD And VCD. * Panorama. * The Modern Woman. * The Second Meeting. * The Sorceress And The Magical Perfume. * The Vision. * Festival Or Tolerance. External Links * Omar Khairat Official Page * Omar Khairat's Web Page * Clip From "Ahmed's Case" * Clip From "The Cheap And Me" read less