Mona Ghoneim ( ar, منى غنيم; b. 1955; first name also spelled Mauna) is an Egyptian composer of

contemporary classical music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included seria ...

and pianist. She is a member of that nation's

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of such composers. Ghoneim studied piano with E. Puglisi and composition with

Gamal Abdel-Rahim Gamal Abdel-Rahim ( ar, جمال عبد الرحيم ) (November 25, 1924 Cairo – November 23, 1988 Königstein/Germany) was a distinguished Egyptian classical music composer, and composition professor. Life and career Abdel-Rahim was born ...

at the

Cairo Conservatoire The Cairo Conservatoire ( ar, معهد الكونسرفتوار; transliteration: ''Ma'had el-Konservatwar''; full name: "المعهد العالي للموسيقى "الكونســرفاتوار) is the primary 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 (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

, and serves as a professor in the Conducting and Composition Department at the Cairo Conservatoire. She is married to

Rageh Daoud Rageh Sami Daoud ( ar, راجح داود; born November 23, 1954; first name also spelled Ragueh and last name also spelled Dawood) is an Egyptian composer of contemporary classical music. He is a member of that nation's third generation of such c ...

(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

External links

Review of piano sonata by Ghoneim
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Compositions

See also

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