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Rageh Daoud

Rageh Daoud

Composer

Egypt

Rageh Daoud is an Egyptian composer who was born in Cairo in 1954. He began his musical studies at the Cairo Conservatoire at the age of nine where he studied composition afterwards and graduated in in 1977. In 1981 he got a scholarship to pursue postgraduate studies at the Vienna Music Academy. Rageh Daoud has his active role in the musical life in Egypt and abroad. He composed for many important films with many directors such as: Daoud Abdel Sayed, Mohamed Kamel El-Kaliouby and Inas El-Degheidy. He was awarded several prizes in cinema Festivals especially the National Film Festival in Cairo and Alexandria Film Festival for his film music for feature and documentary films.