Nahla Mattar

Professions: Musician

PERSONAL INFORMATION


Music Composer, Associate Professor of Music

Nahla Mattar

CONTACT INFORMATION / WORK


Ministry of Culture

Umm Kulthum Museum

Egypt

 

Education


Doctorate of Musical Arts, Arizona State University, USA, 2005.

Doctoral Studies toward Ph.D. (Theory and Composition.), Helwan University, Egypt, 1999.

Master of Arts (Theory and Composition), Helwan University, Egypt, 1998.

 

languages


Arabic

English

German

COMPETENCES


Music Composing

Musicology

WORK HISTORY


Director of Umm Kulthum Museum, Cultural Development Fund Sector, Ministry of Culture. (2011- present).

Associate Professor, Department of Theory and Composition, School of Music (Faculty of Music Education), Helwan University. (2010- present).

Fundraising Consultant Management of Research Associate Focal Point, Researchers Support Unit (RDI-HU focal point office), Helwan University, Faculty of Music Education. 2008- 2010.

Honorary office and memberships


European Egyptian Contemporary Music Society.

Egyptian Youth Musicians Association.

International Music council (UNSECO) (National Committee on Music, Opera, and Ballet, Supreme Council of Culture, Egypt).

Productions and Works


She has over 25 articles and papers about music and Egyptian women musicians.

She has composed and performed over 30 music pieces.

AWARDS


Second prize at the international Women Composers Competition 2008, Bibliotheca Unna, Germany. Winning piece: “Three” for cello, bass, clarinet and piano.

Dissertation Research Award: College of Fine Arts, ASU, fall 2003.

Composition Recognition Award: The Supreme Council of Culture, Egypt, fall 2000.