Project presentation

1. Introduction to music
Ziad Ahmadie
SSCI215

2. Riad Sunbati
• Riad Sunbati an Egyptian composer and musician in the 20th century.
According to some references Riad Sunbati was born between 1905
and 1906 after 8 sisters. His father used to play oud and he was a
singer, so Riad lived in a house of art. When he was 7 his father
decided to move to " Al Mansoura" a country that is bigger than the
country he was born in "Faraskur".

3. • When he turned 8 years old he was sent to the school where he used
to watch on his way "Al Usta Hasan" playing oud as he memorize
everything to try it later on his father's oud. After a year Riyad's father
noticed his son's talent but he wished him another career. He
continued his education in addition to studying Quraan. His father
taught him a new music lesson each time. Also, he watched his father
during the prova of his music band.
• His famous works are "Al Atlal" and "Lessa faker". He composed more
than 1000 songs and most of them were important and well known.

4. • At the age of 10 his father stopped teaching his talented son so he
send him to "Mohamad Shaaban" to teach him more music and
playing oud where he used to go with his father to music eve. When
he turned 12 Riyad's father let him to play oud on the stage infront of
famous singers as "Mohamad Othman" and "Daoud Hasan" where
they called him "Bulbul Al Mansoura" .
• After that riad went to cairo that was crowded with composers and
singers and he stayed in it.

5. • At age 23, he got the chance to participate at the conservatory in a
competion for the young singers and artists. Riad went there holding
his oud and he started singing some stanzas ( ‫موشحات‬
) and poems and
he amazed them by his talent when he played oud.
• So he won the first prize in singing and he was appointed as a teacher
of oud to teach the first year students.
• After that his relations with singers has expanded.

6. • Riad composed "longa" which was named as "riad longa" after that,
and it has been taught in music schools in the arabic countries.
• He composed for many singers ( warda al gazaereye, asmahan, fayza
ahamd, ... )
• He married a woman from outside the artistic community and his
married life was simple.
• His son: ahmad sumbatti.
• He was inspired by abdulwahab and zakareya ahamd the two famous
artists.
• His first composition was the poem of ahamd shawki.

7. • Death: he died in September 1981.

8. • Lebanese International University.
• School of business/ Education/Education childhood
• SSCI215: Introduction to music.
• Dr. Ziad Al Ahmadiyie
• Students: Nour al ehsan ahmad al assi
• Hoda hassan
• Tala jbeily
• Batoul halawi