Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah

Who is Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah?

The magical and mysterious, Prof. Mohammed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah, has recently returned from America, specifically, from Boston, Massachusetts, where he was Visiting Professor of Music at Boston University and a lecturer at Salem State University. His magical mystery tour began in Cairo, of course, his hometown, in 1991, the year he left for Vienna, Austria, to pursue an advanced degree in music composition and theory. He stayed there for 6 years, learning both the culture and language, and earning the highest degree in composition. During this time, he composed several compositions such as the very wonderful and popular multimedia composition,. Die Wunderstahl.

On returning to Cairo, he took up a position at the Cairo Conservatoire as associate professor and there produced a number of multimedia concerts at the Cairo Opera House. He also pioneered music for the deaf and wrote a book on his innovative notation entitled, Seeing The Sound, and conducted a deaf ensemble in concert using his visual notation.

His tour continues to America in 2007 with a sabbatical leave to become a Visiting Scholar of Music at the Boston University. While in Boston, he also taught the deaf, gave lectures, and put on a number of multimedia performances. Ironically, Americans appeared more interested in Egyptian music than the electronic music he knew so well. But again, he also took the time to learn the language and culture, strengthening his cross-cultural view of the world.

He returned to his home country in 2011, and took up the position of as a professor of the Composition Dept. in Cairo At University of Arts. He now approaches his composition from a truly global perspective, striving to achieve a synthesis that captures his fascinating journey.