Riad Abdel-Gawad

Riad Abdel-Gawad is an Egyptian-American composer and violinist, born in Cairo in 1965. He holds a PhD in composition from Harvard University and studied with Egyptian violin master Abdo Dagher.

Frédéric Rzewski described his work as operating "at the likely boundaries that music will take in the 21st century."

He has composed in contemporary, electronic, and new music idioms. His practice extends to international traditional repertoire through allogamy – generative exchange between distinct musical lineages, producing new works that carry the DNA of multiple traditions

His practice is that of a virtuoso, particularly in improvisation.

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