Bahaa El ANSARY

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''One of the young voices who play a part in shaping Egypt's cultural future.'' BBC Radio3.
 
Bahaa El-Ansary is a composer and improvisor from Egypt, born in Cairo, 1991. He studied composition at The Academy of Arts in Cairo, Conservatoire de Bordeaux, Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt, and he is currently studying for a Master of Arts in Opera Making & Writing at the world-renowned Guildhall School of Music & Drama in collaboration with Royal Opera House. He also participated at The 46th International Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt.
 
Bahaa had been a Composer in Residence of The Royal Opera House & Shubbak Festival, ROH-Shubbak composers’ residency in London, Summer 2017.
 
At some prestigious festivals and venues, Bahaa's music has been performed throughout Europe and in the UK, Singapore, Lebanon, Egypt, and the US.
By some prestigious ensembles such as: Xenia Ensemble, Duo Harpverk, ECCMOP Ensemble, Egyptian Contemporary Music Ensemble, Musicians of LSO London Symphony Orchestra, Fear No Music, Cairo Guitar Collective, Friends of MATA, Ensemble Écoute, and Quatuor Apollinaire.
And at some prestigious festivals such as: ESTOVEST Festival in Turin, Singapore Saxophone Symposium, American Arts Festival in Beirut, DCaf Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival in Cairo, Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Utrecht, Shubbak Festival in London, MATA Festival in New York, Cairo Contemporary Music Days in Cairo, Fete de la Musique in Paris, and World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb.
 
In 2017, he co-founded Cairo Impro, a Free Improvisation series of workshops and concerts, which is running in Cairo since November 2017, gathering some of Egypt's best improvisors and a number of up-coming improvisors as well.
 
Bahaa’s music -a composer who is rooted with Arabic music- is influenced by a list of master composers’ technique i.e. György Ligeti, Iannis Xenakis, and John Cage, as well as many of Spectral Music and Avant-Garde music techniques, However, All materials in his music are related to Arabic music. Bahaa is composing what he calls “Energetic Music”.
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Ordered by year. Most recent works appears first

Opera

Hard Playing Kills Micro Opera / Libretto by: Monika Dalach (2019)

Chamber Group ( 2 - 4 instruments )

Les Courtisanes Egyptiennes for Flute, Saxophone, Piano & Celesta/Narrator (2018)
Love the sounds, which sounds, as it sounds for Oud & 2 Guitars (2018)
The Art of Process for Guitar Duet (2017)
The Art of Growing for Saxophone Trio (2015)
Nightmare for Violin, Viola & Guitar (2015)
The Art of Mist for Harp, Violin & Double bass (2014)
The Art of Love for Saxophone Duo (2014)
The Art of Fear for String Quartet (2013)
ATMOSPHERE Harp & Percussion (2012)
25th January for String Quartet (2011)

Voices and Instruments

Tears of Blood for Soprano, Harp, Piano, Violin & Cello (2018)

Large Ensemble (20 - 35 instruments)

15 Minutes in Snape Improvisatory Score for Ensemble (2017)

Music Theater

The Art of Sorrow for Arabic Singer & String Quartet (2017)
LOST for Solo Harp & 30 Cellos (2016)
The Art of Crime for Actor & String Trio (2015)
A Hope in The Dark Age Solo Bas Sax, Solo Sop. Sax, & Saxophone Ensemble (2015)
The Art of the 'je ne sais quoi' for Solo Cello (2014)

Chamber Ensemble (5 - 9 instruments)

L'Eternité du Nil for Bass Clarinet, Percussions & String Quartet (2016)

String Orchestra

The Art of Destruction Fluxus Score for String Orchestra (2015)

Solo Instrument

The Art of Bleeding Fluxus Score for Solo Percussion (2014)
SCREAM for Solo Clarinet (2013)
Circles for Solo Cello (2012)

String Quartet

The Art of Fear for String Quartet (2013)
25th January for String Quartet (2011)
15 Minutes in Snape Improvisatory Score for Ensemble (2017)
25th January for String Quartet (2011)
A Hope in The Dark Age Solo Bas Sax, Solo Sop. Sax, & Saxophone Ensemble (2015)
ATMOSPHERE Harp & Percussion (2012)
Circles for Solo Cello (2012)
Hard Playing Kills Micro Opera / Libretto by: Monika Dalach (2019)
L'Eternité du Nil for Bass Clarinet, Percussions & String Quartet (2016)
Les Courtisanes Egyptiennes for Flute, Saxophone, Piano & Celesta/Narrator (2018)
LOST for Solo Harp & 30 Cellos (2016)
Love the sounds, which sounds, as it sounds for Oud & 2 Guitars (2018)
Nightmare for Violin, Viola & Guitar (2015)
SCREAM for Solo Clarinet (2013)
Tears of Blood for Soprano, Harp, Piano, Violin & Cello (2018)
The Art of Bleeding Fluxus Score for Solo Percussion (2014)
The Art of Crime for Actor & String Trio (2015)
The Art of Destruction Fluxus Score for String Orchestra (2015)
The Art of Fear for String Quartet (2013)
The Art of Growing for Saxophone Trio (2015)
The Art of Love for Saxophone Duo (2014)
The Art of Mist for Harp, Violin & Double bass (2014)
The Art of Process for Guitar Duet (2017)
The Art of Sorrow for Arabic Singer & String Quartet (2017)
The Art of the 'je ne sais quoi' for Solo Cello (2014)