Awatef Abdel Karim

Awatef Abdel Karim (; 8 February 1931 - 24 April 2021) was an Egyptian composer of contemporary classical music. Karim was the first Egyptian female composer to formally study music composition. She composed for piano, violin, choir, and orchestra, and also wrote music for children. In 1991, she succeeded Gamal Abdel-Rahim as chairman of the composition and conducting department of the Cairo Conservatoire, serving in that position until 1997. A revised edition of her book, Music Appreciation of Nineteenth Century Music was published in 2005 in Cairo. She was awarded the State Merit Award in June 2006. Her notable students include Ahmed El-Saedi, Ali Osman, and Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah.

Compositions

Nine Pieces for Children, piano

See also

List of Egyptian composers

Music of Egypt

References

External links

AAWM article mentioning Awatef Abdel Karim

International Alliance for Women in Music article mentioning Awatef Abdel Karim

Egyptian composers

Women classical composers

1931 births

2021 deaths

20th-century classical composers

Place of birth missing

Place of death missing

Egyptian women musicians

20th-century Egyptian musicians

21st-century Egyptian musicians

21st-century women musicians

20th-century women composers