Ahmed Abbas Al-Tonsi, Music Composing and Performing Experience

Ahmed Abbas Al-Tonsi

Music Composing and Performing Experience

AUC, Cairo Opera House, Cultural TV Channel in Egypt

Location
Qatar
Education
Bachelor's degree, Music Theory and Composition
Experience
29 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :29 years, 4 Months

Music Composing and Performing Experience at AUC, Cairo Opera House, Cultural TV Channel in Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 1995

Music Composing and Performing Experience

Performer (Singer - Actor)
• Worked in a number of plays in AUC (playing and singing at graduation parties of the Arabic Language Institute at The American University. Cairo, Egypt.Compose music and writing songs in many plays among which" Cairo Stories 1", singing, acting and music songs of the play "Suleiman Halabi", The scene" at the American University Theatre. Cairo, Egypt. 1995

• In 1998 participated in the singing of a work of the Egyptian composer Dr. AttiaSharara, a festival set up by the Ministry of Culture to support the uprising of the Palestinian people and the celebration was held at the small theater at the Opera House. 1998

Composer
• Composed and prepared the music of some of the programs of the Cultural Channel in Egypt from the period 1999-2001.

Conductor and Composer
• Administrated, supervised and lead the “Chamber music Orchestra” at the troop Morale Armed Section. I was responsible for the establishment of the Special Presidential concerts during my service as a military officer from 2001 until 2003.
• Nominated and Awarded in 2001, a Certificate of Merit from the Performing Artists, Writers and Journalists Society.
• Composed some songs for children in Classical Arabic during the period that I was working with Childhood Cultural Center in Doha.2012 - 2014
• Re-Composed the music for Some of Ahmed FouadNajm, FouadHadad and many other famous poets Songs such as Mamnoaat, Sayad Al toyour, Fi Al Moataqal and some other songs too.

Assistant Director at Doha Film Institute
  • Qatar - Doha
  • September 2016 to October 2016

I worked as an assistant director in the film produced by the Doha Film Institute, called - Dunia - written and directed by Amer Jamhour, and it is supposed to display through Ajyal Festival in the next session in December

Actor at Innovation Films
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2016 to April 2016

9956, A short comedy film, story by Zaki Hussain, Nicholas Wong and directed by Zaki Hussain about an ex-marathoner talks about his passion for his new found sport - Crawling. The film was shown at the Ajyal Festival 2016

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5926102/?ref_=ttspec_spec_tt

Actor at Studio 20Q
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2015 to April 2015

I was the main character in a short film directed by Farida Zahran & produced by Mayar Hamdan.
A dark comedy about a mysterious young man who shows up at a family gathering where he is continually bombarded by unwanted advice and hospitality from an unusually nosy family until finally, his body gives out. The family must then learn to continue on its life with the obstacle of a dead man on the dinner table.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/mandown2015/about/?ref=page_internal

Artistic section Editor at Childhood Cultural Center
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2013 to June 2014

• Artistic section Editor - Tejoori Magazine
Childhood Cultural Center

Events Managements,Stage Manager,Musical theater assistant director,Sound editor at Cairo Opera house
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2004 to June 2011

I was working in the National Cultural Center of The Opera House as a PR associate,
events technical coordinator, stage manager, musical theater assistant director since 2004
until 2011 and during this time I worked in many performances like.

Stage Manager and Technical Coordinator of these Operas
*Aida - Cairo Opera Main Stage, Pyramids Sound and Light Stage.
*Carmen - Cairo Opera Main Stage.
*CavalleriaRusticana - Cairo Opera Main Stage.
*Lakme - Cairo Opera Main Stage.
*L'elisird'amore - Cairo Opera Main Stage.
*Le nozze di Figaro - Cairo Opera Main Stage.
* Il Trovatore - Cairo Opera Main Stage.
*Tosca - Cairo Opera Main Stage.
*Madama Butterfly - Cairo Opera Main Stage.
*latraviata - Cairo Opera Main Stage.

Stage Manager and Technical Coordinator of these Ballet
*Nutcracker - Cairo Opera Main Stage.
*TROY, FIRE of ANATOLIA - Cairo Opera Main Stage.
*SPARTACUS - Cairo Opera Main Stage.
*The Moon over the Helan Mountain - Cairo Opera Main Stage.
*Swan Lake - Cairo Opera Main Stage.

Stage Manager and Technical Coordinator of these Musical Plays
* Tut Ankh Amon - The Musical - Cairo Opera Main Stage.
*Praxa - Cairo Opera Main Stage.

Assistant Director and Director
I was the Assistant Director of many National events and festivals at the Cairo opera house
And I was the Director of many other events like The Celebration of Golden Jubilee for
Kawakeb magazine 2010, Egyptian Gazette magazine 2010, the Arabic Movies festival
2010. Stage Manager and Technical Coordinator
Joined and worked in the ceremony of the night of the second date 2011, as a stage manager
Assistant on Qatar opera House main stage and the event was sponsored by the Voice of Gulf
Radio.

Music Teacher at American University in Cairo
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 1995 to January 2004

• I was working as a teacher of Arabic music, Arabic music history, and Oud at The American University in Cairo, Center for Arabic Study Abroad and the Institute of Arabic Language from 1995until 2004.
• I teach music, Arabic music Theory and Oud in Education City - Qatar Foundation “Part Time”
• Basics of Piano for kids.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Music Theory and Composition
  • at Academy of the Art - Higher Institute of Arabic Music
  • June 2000

B.A in composing, leadership of orchestra from the Higher Institute of Arab Music Academy of the Arts. Cairo, Egypt 2000. Degree: B+.

Specialties & Skills

Music History
History
Adobe Photoshop
Final Cut pro 7
Sony Sound Forge
Adobe Audition 3
Adobe Photoshop 5 CS
Sony Vegas
Magix Music Studio
Note Worthy Composer
Avid Pro Tools 9
Wave Lab 6
Microsft office 2010

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Poetry, Theater