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Mohammad Moussa Khalaf- THE Palestinian Violinist, Composer and Conductor Mohammad born in July 1984, in a small village in the big Palestine called Jatt. His Father Moussa became a leading oud and violin performer and one of the pioneers in this field in the Arab society.

Mohammad had studied violin with his father from age 7, and at age 10 began studying classical violin at the Netanya Cultural Center. Later he studied musicology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, completed a B.A. curriculum at the Jerusalem Academy of Music in Eastern Music, and earned a teaching certificate in the University's Education Department. He studied Eastern violin with Nissim Dakwar, and Western classical violin with Prof. Motvie Lieberman, completed a Masters in music education and classical violin under Prof. Motti Schmidt.He performed in concerts sponsored by the Abwab Alquds Llfan Walturath organization in Jerusalem (أبواب القدس للفن والتراث); and was a member of the Hebrew University Orchestra. He has become one of the major Eastern and classical violinists in the Arab society in recent years. Now Khalaf attaining a Doctoral in Ethnomusicology at the Bar Ilan University in Tel-Aviv.

Mohammad M. Khalaf the founder of "Alfan Orchestra' the contain about 30 professional players in 2008, he participated in such of the Universal Festivals in the world as a Palestinian Musician. Mohammad have a special compositions like : Emotions Composed in 2002, Ghurbeh composed in 2008, Wattan composed in 2009,And about Wattan we have to note that Mohammad khalaf composed it as a result of the savage war on Gaza. Athar Arabeya 2011 and ect.

Mohammad have yearly concerts in Palestine and the world with his Alfan Orchestra