ALADIN ABBAS

Aladin Abbas is a singer, oud and tabla player who was born in Egypt. He started his musical career at the age of four by singing Arabic and Egyptian songs for different singers such as Om Kalthom and Abd El Halim Hafiz.

Aladin studied classical guitar, oud and singing at Arabic music institute and graduated in 1994. His interest towards jazz and pop music has been encouraging him to study with great musicians such as Malik Osman and Fathy Salama. He started studying musicology in 2005 at Jyväskylä University in Finland, and finished his master's degree in 2008.

Arabic rhythm has taken an important role in Aladin's music career. Because of that he has been studying tabla and duff “Arabic percussion instruments” with the masters of drum Mahmoud Hamouda and Khamis Henkish.

The main aim of Aladin's compositions is to use the roots of the Egyptian and Arabic music, and color them with creative ideas to build new way of playing Arabic music. Aladin´s compositions have been a successful way to fit the taste of Arabic and Western audience, and his musical approach is almost magical...

CURRICULUM VITAE

Alaa El Din (ALADIN) Abbas
Olav M. Troviks vei 46 HO 112
0864 Oslo NORWAY
+47 45081328
aladinabbas@yahoo.com
www.myspace.com/aladindreams
Date of birth: 01.10.1973
Citizenship: Egyptian / Finnish

EDUCATION

2005-2008 Jyväskylä University, Finland.
Master of Arts, musicology.

1990-1994 Arabic Music Institute, Cairo.
Diploma of Arabic music and classical guitar.

1987-1990 El Zahir High School, Cairo.
High school diploma.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Teaching

2008-2009 Jyväskylä University, Finland.
Islamic & Arabic music lectures at the department of musicology.

2002-2009 Pop&Jazz Conservatory, Finland.
Mixture between oriental and western music, Egyptian and Arabic rhythms, theory, and history of oriental music.

1994-1998 Arabic Music Institute, Cairo.
Theory and history of Arabic and Egyptian music, Arabic and Egyptian beats, basics of western music harmony, classical guitar.

1992- Private teaching
Singing, guitar, oud, tabla&duff (Egyptian drums), theory of oriental and western music for adults, children and handicapped persons.

Some workshops

2010 Egyptian&Arabic music at Norges Musikkhøgskole in Oslo, Norway
2010 Connection between Egyptian music and oriental dance for oriental dancers in Tallinn, Estonia
2008-2009 Oriental music workshop for children in Nurmijärvi secondary school
2008-2009 Egyptian music workshops, Georg Ots Music School, Tallinn
2007 Oriental music workshop, Norges Musikkhøgskolein Oslo, Norway
2005 Connection between Egyptian music and oriental dance in Jyväskylä, Finland
2002 Oriental drumming and lecture for Dance School Sahrami in Helsinki, Finland
2000-2003 Oriental music workshops, Jyväskylä University in Finland
2000-2002 Oriental music workshops, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland
2000, 2002 Oriental music workshop, Haapavesi Folk Music Festival in Finland
2000 Oriental music workshop, Pori Jazz Festival in Finland

Some performances in Europe

2010 Mehfel-mat og kultur; solo oud, singing and percussion in Mehfel- restaurant, Oslo
2009 Aladin Abbas Band in Tattera Til Hagen, Oslo
2009 Amazon Ensemble featuring Aladin Abbas, M/S Innvik, Oslo
2009 Mela festival, Oslo
2009 Kaunite kunstide festival Paides Kolmkola in Estonia
2008 Concert in the seminar “Stevne for nordiske musikere med minoritetsbakgrunn” in Oslo
2008 Acoustic Music Journey with Jason Carter in Espoo, Finland
2007 Aladin Abbas with friends in M/S Innvik, Oslo
2007 Aladin Dreams in Tallinn and Tartu
2007 Kiinanruusuklubi, solo with Jason Carter in Ravintola Piano, Helsinki
2007 Aladin Dreams in Espan lava, Helsinki
2006 Regiöö festival in Estonia
2005 Oriental Dance festival in Jyväskylä, Finland
2005 Orient Festival in Tallinn, Estonia
2004 Istanbulin illat with Sinuhe band in Jyväskylä University
2004 Mikkeli music school with Aladin Dreams
2000-2003 Haapavesi Folk Music Festival, Finland
2000 Pori Jazz Festival, Finland

RECORDINGS

2008 Helsinki project with Jason Carter in Finland
2006 Aladin Dreams in Finland
2005-2010 Indian music project in Estonia
2003 Taivaallinen Kuu with Hannu Lehtoranta in Finland
2002 Learning Arabic music -program in Finland
1996-2000 Recording fusion and pop music with different Egyptian and western musicians in Egypt.
1995 Soundtrack for the opening of Nubian museum in Luxor, Egypt.
1990-1994 Soundtracks for TV-programs and advertisements in Egypt.

LANGUAGES

Arabic Native speaker
English Fluent
Finnish Good
Norwegian Basics

HOBBIES Gym, music, studying Finnish and Norwegian languages.

REFERENCES

Morten Halle, Norges Musikkhøgskole tel:+4740622262
Pekka Toivonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland tel: +358505661263
Tapio Kallio, Pop&Jazz Conservatory, Finland tel: +358503257069
Minna Raskinen, Kokkola Conservatory, Finland tel: +358505003584