Photo: Essam Rashad

Photo Credits: Image Courtesy Of Calabash Music

Egyptian Essam Rashad learned music from his father early in life and gradually became a master of the oud.
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Essam Rashad

Essam Rashad, born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1935, learned music from his father in early life. In his twenties, he became a composer for the national Egyptian radio station.

Gradually he became highly regarded as a talented musician and he joined the Egyptian National Orchestra as a specialist of the oud (lute). —Courtesy Calabash Music

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