Ali Osman

Ali Osman is a Sudanese composer, born in 1958, resident of Egypt since 1978, He started his musical educational at Cairo conservatoire after secondary school. He studied composition mainly with Gamal Abdel Rahim and he considered himself one of his disciples. He continued his postgraduate studies with Awatif Abdel Karim . He also studied with Bertold Hummel (Germany) and Robert Woshborn (USA).

Awards

• A secondary diploma in composition and double bass From Cairo Conservatoire.
• Bachelor in composition and theories with distinction From Cairo Conservatoire.
• Master Degree in composition and theories from Cairo Conservatoire. (1990)
• PHD in composition, from Cairo Conservatoire. (2009)
• He was awarded the third prize in a composition competition held by the Minister of Culture supervised by Dr Samha Alkoly at the Opera House. "Abo Bakr khairat music composition"
• He participated with other professors supervised by Dr Samha Alkholy in issuing a series of books titled “Egyptian Contemporary Music”.

Activities

• Wrote music articles in Cairo magazine and Folkloric Arts magazine.
• Working as a lecturer at Cairo Conservatoire and the Arabic Music Institute at the Department of composition and conducting.
• Is the principal coach and conductor of "The Light and Hope Orchestra" for blind girls (Egypt)
• Participated in the conference that was held by the Ministry of Culture (1995) which was about "the musical innovators in Egypt up to the end of the twentieth century.
• Participated in a symposium titled (oriental, occidental, accord) held in Salzburg Austria with his string quartet (Fusion) and presented a paper.
• Some of his works were published in (Intlopus) USA, Oxford University Press, and Peer Music Germany.
• Participated in the concerts that was given by the Egyptian Musical Youth Organization, at the Opera House, the (AUC), and the cultural centers in Cairo . Some of his works were recorded for the music program at the Egyptian radio.
• Some of his works were performed in Germany, Munich, Wurzburg, in the festival 'ten days of new music in Africa" in (1995). America, China, Austria.
• Was granted a scholarship to visit Switzerland (composer in residence) for four months and he gave a concert there and it was recorded on CD by the Swiss Radio.

Email: alicomposer@yahoo.com

Personal / Publisher website: http://www.composers21.com/

Orchestral

Symphony Orchestra

Symphonic poems: A day in a shepherd life in Sudan

A Nile trip from the south to the north

Solo Instrument(s) and Orchestra

Adagio for violin and strings

Shepherd song for oboe and strings

Chamber Orchestra

Song for chamber orchestra

Sad vibrations (elegy) for female voice, oboe, harp, strings, and percussion. (1990)

An hour in Boswil for strings, flute, oboe, and percussion.

Six songs for soprano, flute, oboe, piano and strings:-poems by Salah Abdel Sabour

Fusion. Two versions for strings orchestra and for chamber orchestra.

Shadows for strings, flute , and piano

Rhythmic waves. for clarinet, flute, strings, piano, and percussion. 1990

Chamber Music

Solo Instrumental

Sonata for violin

Suite for double bass

Two pieces for piano." two questions"

Four little pieces for piano (serial)--Anxiety –something-inner feelings-chasing.

Afro Arab blues for piano

Al mokhamas almasry, for harpsichord or piano

Duo

Two arias for clarinet and piano

Five little pieces for clarinet and piano

Argument for piccolo and tuba

Aria for trumpet and piano

A piece for marimba and piano.

Rhapsody for violin and piano

Two inventions for violin, and cello

Trio

 Afro mood for violin, piano and tambourine

Almurdoom for flute, clarinet, and piano

Two inventions for violin, viola and cello

Trio for flute, oboe and tambourine

Trio for piano, clarinet and cello

Quartet

Fusion. a string quartet

Fantasy for flute, marimba, harp, and percussion

Large Chamber Ensemble

From the south, two movement piece for flute and piano (Rearranged Flute, Marimba and Strings.)

Fugue for oboe and piano,arranged for woodwind, and French horn

The elephants dance for eight double bass

Dance for symphonic band

Fantasy for symphonic band

Dance for wind instruments and percussion

Vocal

Three songs for soprano and piano "images from Ghaza"poems by Salah Abdel Sabour

Song for soprano and piano." do not depart" poem by Farouk Gowadah.

Vocalize for soprano and piano

La-yaly” for four clarinets, lute, soprano, and percussion.

Atmosphere for Recorders quartet, soprano, and percussion

Multi-Media

"Sonnet" for Baritone, Guitar, Bass tuba, and percussion With a film designed by a Swiss visual artist ( Lisa Schiess)

Works available in Library

Scores

• Mawal-masry (clarinet & piano) - Score
• An hour inBoswil (fl, picc, ob, pno, perc. & strings) - Score
• Rhapsody for solo violin, flute , oboe & strings- Score
• From the South (flute & piano) - Score
• Two questions (piano) - Score
• Almokhmas almasry (harpsichord) - Score
• Adagio (oboe & piano) - Score
• Sufi’s Hymns (Alto, viola, clarinet & piano) - Score
• Elegy for female voice, str. Ob, pno & perc. – Score
  

• One CD recorded by the Swiss radio.(the whole CD) 2000
  
• Two CD's with Swiss and Egyptian composers (projects) (one piece in each 1- Atmospheres the CD is titled "Jadal" 2004
  (Sonnet) the CD titled (Ma boheme) 2003
  
• One CD (eighty songs round the world. (One song)