Saturday, January 10, 2009

Omar Khairat

Omar Khairat


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

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

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.

Great thanks to WikipediA

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Broken sail , (Arabic : الشراع المكسورTranslit Al Sheraa Almaksoor) Click here
Justice in Islam , (Arabic : القضاء في الإسلام Translit Al Qadaa fe elislam ) Click here
Immortal River , (Arabic : النهر الخالد Translit Alnahr Alkhalid) Click here
Young wives , (Arabic : زوجات صغيرات Translit Zawjat Sagherat) Click here
The Terrorist , (Arabic : الإرهابي Translit Al Erhaby) Click here
Clear spring ( Arabic : ربيع الصفاء Translit Rabee El Safa) Click here



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