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Morad Khoury

Morad Khoury (Arabic مراد خوري ) a Palestinian #REDIRECT Composer, #REDIRECT Violin Virtuous & #REDIRECT Music Producer, was born in a small village northern Galilee named #REDIRECT Kafr Yasif (Arabic كفر ياسيف).

Khoury showed musical talent in an early age as At the age of 4 he was identified as a promising musician. He started playing music and performing at a very young age, embedding his musical roots in the tradition of Arabic oriental music.

At the age of 7 he joined the violin department at The Music Conservatory. During this period he began to study and practice music theory. At the age of 19 he published his first musical work, a CD entitled “Masafat” (Arabic: مسافات), which means Distances in English, that reflects his musical background & vision, which is influenced by his oriental tradition & culture, and his interest in eastern classical music.

Professionally, he owns a private studio recording at his home town, that is used as a music production house where he writes & produce his music.

As a composer & violinist, Morad prepared, composed, played and arranged music & songs for several theatrical productions which debuted nationwide. He has been travelling around the world spreading his music worldwide by performing his own music, participating in many cross-cultural musical projects solo and collaborating with local and international musicians & artists, including recording and performing in many music projects and festivals.

In order to expand his musical and composing knowledge, he decided to travel the world and participate in various music & composing workshops and had the opportunity to perform at the finest stages all over the world.