Georges Kazazian The Nile Musician
An Egyptian - Armenian musician, composer and oud player, born in Cairo in 1953. He completed his musical training as a self-taught artist.
His music defines the essence of the river Nile, ever-living symbol of Egypt`s ancient civilization. Georges found the popular Egyptian musical instruments extremely sophisticated, he loved the tones and over the years he turned them into highly unique colours that reflect the ancient and the modern spirit of Egypt.
Like father like son
Georges Kazazian's son, Tigrane Kazazian, is also a composer, oud player and multi-instrumentalist. Georges and Tigrane collaborate through the Nour project, with performances at The Opera House in Cairo, Egypt, in 2017 and in Yerevan, Armenia, in 2016.
Music
Kazazian composed the soundtracks for the films: (The Wife of an Important Man, Hunger, Conqueror of Time), and also set the soundtracks for several documentaries, including: (Before the Pyramids, Ramses II, and The Dance of Love).
He also released several albums such as (Sabil, Sajaya, Al Janoub, Azraq). Throughout his artistic career, Kazazian performed many concerts throughout Europe, in addition to several shows inside Egypt, especially at El Sawy Culturewheel.
Discography
Albums
Sabil (1991)
Sagate (1997)
Sajaya (1997)
Le concert de Nanterre avec Pedro Soler, Kudsi Erguner, Renaud Garcia Fons, Keyvan Chemirani (1997)
Nil Sangit (1999)
Suite "al Ganûb" (1999, 3-CD set)
Monaga (2001)
Azraq (2002)
Dayra Jazz (2002)
Neel Dhun (2008)
Zafir (2008).
Meeting By The Nile with Rahul Sharma (2009).
Documentary soundtracks
The Egyptian Museum by M.Islam (1979)
Temples of Upper Egypt by M.Islam (1979)
The Citadel by M.Islam (1979)
Ramses The Second by Shadi Abdel Salam (1980)
Before The Pyramids by Shadi Abdel Salam (1981)
The Third Circle by M Zakaria (1988)
Love Dance by Ihab Shaker (1992)
Silent Dialogue by Ali El Ghazouli (1999)
Les hommes oubliés de la vallée des Rois by Jérôme Prieur – France (2002)
Feature films
Hunger by Ali Badrakhan (1985)
Kaher El Zaman by Kamal El Sheikh (1986)
The Wife of an Important Man by Mohamed Khan (1988)
The Lady of Cairo by Moumen El Semehi (1991)
Ruis Blas by Jacques Weber (2003)
An extract of the album Sabil was featured in the film "Factory Girl" by Mohamad Khan (2013)
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