Samir Mansour

Teaches: oud, macamma theory, compositional forms, ensemble

Samir Mansour received his musical education for oud, kanun and tuba in Syria, including at the Higher Conservatory of Music in Damascus. He played with Syrian state orchestras and in radio and television broadcasts. His compositional work ranges from Arabic film music to classical music and award-winning theatre music. He is also a founding member of the Palestine Youth Orchestra, which was founded in Jordan in 2004.

Samir Mansour has been living in Germany since 1999. In addition to art music ensembles such as "Layalina", he devotes himself above all to projects with a focus on intercultural dialogue. From 2008 to 2013, he directed the newly founded Intercultural Orchestra Tübingen. Since 2007 he has been the initiator and director of the Hiwar Choir in Stuttgart, a German-Arab intercultural project.