SOLOISTS

27th November 2009                      7th November 2010

J.S. BACH Suite No.2 in B minor for Flute and Strings, BWV 1067

Inès Abdel Daïm, flute

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 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.