Cairo Symphony Orchestra
Inès Abdel Daïm
Inès Abdel Daïm began her studies of
music at the Cairo Conservatoire from
where she graduated, then continued her
studies in France. In 1982, she won
first prizes from the “Fédération
Nationale des Unions des Conservatoires
Municipaux” in France and in the
“Concours général de musique et d’art
dramatique” in France. In the late
eighties she finished her studies with a
doctorate. From the renowned “Ecole
Normale de Musique” in Paris she was
awarded first prizes in performance of
chamber music, solo performance of
chamber music, solo performance of
flute, and two concert diplomas in
chamber music and flute.
Inès Abdel-Daïm took part in numerous
recitals in France or concerts with the
International UNESCO Orchestra in France
and was flute soloist with the
Conservatoire Orchestra, the Cairo
Symphony Orchestra, and the Egyptian
Chamber Orchestra. She toured European
countries like Italy, Germany, Spain,
Greece, the Czech Republic; African or
Middle Eastern countries like Morocco,
Tunisia, Syria, the United Arab
Emirates; but also the United States and
Asian countries like Japan, and North
Korea.
In Japan she received a certificate of
merit from the Kobe International Flute
Competition, a prize for Best Flutist in
the South Korea Festival of Arts and the
Creative Prize from the Academy of Arts
(Egyptian Ministry of Culture).
Inès Abdel-Daïm is a very active and
versatile artist who did radio and TV
programmes in France and Egypt, and
participated in recording the works of
Egyptian composer Gamal Abdel-Rahim
She represented Egypt in many
international festivals like the Nantes
Festival of Arts in 1995 (France), El
Rabat Festival of Arts in Morocco and
Salonika Festival of Creative Women in
Greece.
She was invited to give master classes
in Syria and represented Egypt in the
Mediterranean Orchestra Festival in
France where she was the first Egyptian
musician to participate. Currently, she
is a professor at the Academy of Arts
and first flutist of the Cairo Symphony
Orchestra. In 1999, she founded a class
for teaching the flute to children at
the Cairo Opera House
Inès Abdel-Daïm was awarded a prize for
being one of the most creative Egyptian
women of the present and in 2001,
received the State Prize in Arts
(Egypt). In 2003 she became director of
the
Cairo Symphony Orchestra and dean of
the Cairo Conservatoire in July 2005
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