The Cairo Conservatoire ( ar, معهد الكونسرفتوار;

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: ''Ma'had el-Konservatwar''; full name: "المعهد العالي للموسيقى "الكونســرفاتوار) is the primary

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. It was established in 1959 and is located in the same building complex as the Cinema Institute and the Higher Institute for Theatrical Arts,

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, while the

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is based at

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in Cairo. Along with six other educational institutions, the Cairo Conservatoire is part of Egypt's

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(''Akādīmīya al-Finūn''), a large complex. The current dean is dr.Hanan Aboulmagd. The Cairo Conservatoire was preceded by, but should not be confused with, several other smaller Cairo institutions with similar names, such as the conservatoires of

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and

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. They teach

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, and all other instruments.

Notable faculty

* Samha El-Kholy * Nabila Erian * Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah

Alumni

* Mona Ghoneim (composer) * Ali Osman *

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* Nabila Erian (singer) *

Ramzi Yassa Ramzi Yassa ( ar, رمزى يسى; born 1948) is an Egyptian pianist. Born in Cairo, Yassa is an outstanding member of the first batch of musicians trained at the Cairo Conservatory. Yassa then joined the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow in the c ...

(pianist) * Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah *

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References

Education in Cairo Music schools in Egypt Educational institutions established in 1959 Culture in Cairo 1959 establishments in Egypt {{Egypt-school-stub