Cairo Opera Orchestra

Nayer Nagui (Conductor)

Born in Alexandria, 1970. Joined the Alexandria Conservatoire, where he studied Piano under the Italian Prof. Herta Pappo. Furthered his musical studies in Cairo, where he obtained the advanced certificate of the Royal Schools of Music, London, in Piano performing and Theory of Music, 1996. Studied conducting with Prof. Maestro Dominique Rouits at L’École Normale de Musique de Paris where he obtained his diploma of conducting in 2001.
His vast repertoire ranges from symphonic, opera, oratorios and ballet conducting to musicals, and light music. Among it, Rossini’s 3 comic operas: Il Signor Bruschino, La Cambiale di Matrimonio, L’Occasione fa il Ladro, Verdi’s Rigoletto, Ballo in Maschera, Puccini’s La Bohème, Donizetti’s L’elixir d’amore.
His ballet repertoire includes, Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet, Ravel’s Boléro, Khachaturian’s Spartacus, Theodorakis’s Zorba, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and Swan Lake. As for oratorios, it includes Mozart, Brahms, and Fauré Requiems as well as Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Schubert’s Stabat Mater, Vivaldi’s and Poulenc’s Glorias.
He wrote many compositions and arrangements for Choir, Orchestra and Soloists, performed in Egypt and in several International Festivals around the world, amongst them the music for the celebration convened by the Ministry of Culture marking the Golden Jubilee of the nationalization of Suez Canal. The Founder and the Musical Director of the “Cairo Celebration Choir”, a Choir of 120 members performing famous Chorus works and Oratorios.
Recently, appointed as Cairo Opera Orchestra Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, as well as sharing the baton with famous French Conductor Michel Piquemal in the yearly International Festival of “Coro de Tres Culturas” in Morocco and Spain. He is also a Musical Director of Disney’s dubbing animation in Arabic language.
In addition to his yearly program with Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Cairo Opera Orchestra and Bibliotheca Alexandrina Orchestra in Egypt, he also conducted many Orchestras and Choirs around the world: Lecce Symphony Orchestra and Calabria Chamber Orchestra from Italy, European Camerata from the U.K, Ensemble Georges Solti from Hungary, the Bonner Vokalisten from Germany, Moroccan Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Algerian Symphony Orchestra and Orquesta Joven di Andalucia from Spain.