Mona Ghoneim (; b. 1955; first name also spelled Mauna) is an Egyptian composer of
contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music is Western art music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st-century classical music, 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 Modernism (music), post-tonal music after the death of ...
and pianist. She is a member of that nation's
third generation of such composers.
Ghoneim studied piano with E. Puglisi and composition with
Gamal Abdel-Rahim at the
Cairo Conservatoire The Cairo Conservatoire (; transliteration: ''Ma'had el-Konservatwar''; full name: "المعهد العالي للموسيقى "الكونســرفاتوار) is the primary College or university school of music, music conservatory in Egypt. It was ...
beginning in 1962; she graduated with a degree in composition in 1977 and in 1978 with a degree in piano. She holds a doctorate from the
University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university established in 1817 located in Vienna. With a student body of over three thousand, it is the largest institution of its kind in Austria, and one of t ...
, and serves as a professor in the Conducting and Composition Department at the Cairo Conservatoire. She is married to
Rageh Daoud (b. 1954), who is also an Egyptian composer.
She has composed chamber, vocal, and piano music, as well as music for the documentary film ''Desert Safari''.
Compositions
*Fantasia for piano and string orchestra
See also
*
List of Egyptian composers
External links
Review of piano sonata by Ghoneim
1955 births
Living people
Egyptian women classical composers
Egyptian pianists
Women pianists
Egyptian classical pianists
Women classical pianists
20th-century Egyptian classical composers
Women classical composers
21st-century classical pianists
20th-century women composers
20th-century women pianists
21st-century women pianists
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