Sherif Nour
Sherif Nour was raised and brought up in Cairo, Egypt. He was born in an artistic family and environment, his father was a theatrical writer, critic and a script writer. In the seventies, he founded the Egyptian musical group "Sunshine" and performed on Cairo stages. After High School he studied music, harmony and music composing at Helwan University, having graduated with a high degree. Start of career. In the beginning, Sherif joined the Faculty of Law, then his father advised him to quit the law faculty to join the Faculty of Musical Education. In the seventies, Sherif founded  a musical band called "Sunshine" which performed Latin music. At the start, they used to hold concerts in clubs including Helliopolis, Helliolido & El Tayaran. In 1977 he started to play in the casino "Ciroko" in Marsa Matrouh during the summer. At the start of his studies he had a dream of finding a musical instrument that could add and renovate Egyptian music. This was why in 1979 when he was in Italy (Rome) he bought a keyboard, and this was the beginning for the great artist. In 1982, he graduated from the Faculty of Musical Education, with the faculty offering  him a chance to continue his studies and do his Masters, but he refused believing it would slow down his talent's development, and might block his creativity. From 1982 to 1993, he played with his bands in hotels on a daily basis. He used to listen to Western Music, but regularly listened and admired Egyptian music. After that, the famous Egyptian singer Mohamed Mounir offered him to join his group as a keyboard player after the departure of the former German keyboard player, then Mounir offered him to compose the music and songs for the play "Masaa El Kheir  Ya Masr" which was performed on the Egypt Comedy Theatre for two years. At the start of 1996, the famous Egyptian director Enaam Mohamed Ali offered him to compose the music for the TV serial "Noona El Shaanoona", earning him the Award for the Best Music for the TV Serials. After that, he decided to continue as a music composer for the programmes and documentaries, as well as animation serials music including: Bakaar, the most famous TV Egyptian cartoon (more than 270 episodes), Super Heneidy, Amin's Family and more.. Awards. -Cairo Radio and Television Festival 1996 -5th Cairo Radio  and Television Festival 1999 -Nile Drama Channel Awards 2002 Awards earned by Sherif Nour's works. - Two of the Festival of the Cairo Radio and Television in 2005 for the series "Ola Hadana". - Award of the Safaqes festival in Tunisia in 2006 for the series "Mamlaket Taht Al Ard". - Television Festival, silver and bronze in 1999 Cairo International Festival for Radio and TV serial "Al Madaen Al Azema". - Silver Festival Cairo Radio and Television and the UNESCO Prize 2007 and a golden Arab Broadcasting Union for the series "Kingdom of bees". - Jury Prize at the National Film Festival for the  song "Hena Makas" which he put them inattentive and distribution. Sherif Nour's works. -275 episodes of a children series of "Bakkar" over 9 years with the late director Mona Abu-Nasr When the director died late completed episodes director Sharif Jamal. -15 episodes of a series of "Fareq Al Asdqaa " directed by Mona Abu-Nasr. -30 episodes of a series of "Haret Abu-Hudedan " Saudi television Directed by Akram Agha. -30 episodes of a series of "Alb Al Amar " a series of clay Directed by Mahmoud Ibrahim. -30 episodes of a series of "Mr.Ameen Family " to the MBC  channel, Al-Shasha channel. The series is directed by and starring Sharif Jamal Abdel Aziz Dalal, Samir Ghanim. -30 episodes of a series of "Super Heneidi," starring Mohamed Heneidy, Talaat Zakaria, Hanan Turk, Hassan Hosni, Alaa Morsi. -30 episodes of a series of "Al-Tabeen" on Al-Jazeera for children. -30 episodes of a series of "Kingdom of bees" on Nile TV and the Nile of children and family channel and directed by Adel Khairy. -28 episodes of a series of "Alphabet" on Channel One television Egyptian Directed by Faiza Hassan. -30 episodes of a series "Homos and Bondok.". -30  episodes of a series of "Zika w Kawkab Al-Agaeb " directed by Mustafa Alvramawi. -15 episodes of a series of "Ola Hadana " directed by Mustafa Alvramawi. -60 episodes of a series of "Shebak Lo'lo " of television production, directed by the great ART Muhammad Haseeb. -15 episodes of a series of "Kingdom of underground" directed by Mustafa Alvramawi. -15 episodes of a series of "science cities". Works in Theatre Play's Music. -Play "Masaa Al-Kher Ya Masr " starring Mohammad Mounir, Muhammad Awad, Sawsan Badr Directed by Abdul Munim Al-Nasr presented in 1996/1997. -Play "Hend w El-Hagag" starring Mohamed  Defrawi, Sawsan Badr, directed by Rashad Osman. -Play "Cinderella" directed by Mr. Lotfi, Egypt was represented in more than a global festival. -Play "Aam Byanola " Directed by Mohamed booth. -Play "The Princess and the Dragon" 2009 Work in Radio Series' Music. -(Endama Tadhak Al-Domo) series, directed by Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Karim. -(Shawesh Nos Al-Lil) series, directed by Abdo Diab. -(Godran and Ashwak) series, directed by Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Karim. Work in Television Series' Music. -"Nona Al-Shanona " series, directed by Anam Mohamed Ali. -"Al-Khayer Yantaser Ahyanan " series, directed by Ashraf Salem. -"Al Meqaad Al-Khalfy " series, directed  by Alaa Karim. -"Hassab Al Tawkit Al-Mhaly " for Saudi television, directed by Ashraf Salem. Festivals and concerts. Sherif Nour participated in a very big number of concerts abroad, 35 international festival until now in Germany, Netherlands and Sweden. Especially in Germany, where he usually travels 3-4 times a year to participate in music festivals in Munich and Frankfurt. He also believes that playing music with foreign artists is a very big experience where he learns a lot and can evaluate himself. He played with a lot of foreign artist like Japanese violinist "Hiroumi Nishida" in the opening of  The Nuba Museum. He also played a lot with famous German guitarist, oudist and artist "Roman Bunka", who participated in the last European Tour in Germany and Austria in the summer of 2003. Also played with German drummer "Bernard" and the German artist "Roland Schnffer". Sherif also participated in concerts held in the US, and in the Bavarian radio station in Munich in studio "Bavaria".