Waheed Mamdouh

A unique and highly talented guitarist who is a master of many styles,  he developed his own style of playing Arabic music on guitar, blending it with a twist of Indian and Turkish playing  traditions. Being an active musician since an early age, not only he earned respect for his original compositions, but also through extensive collaborations with the most influential Pop stars of the Arab world.

Waheed has lived in Cairo since 1991 until he relocated to Dubai in 2013. He continued studying and performing, eventually earning a Diploma in Classical Guitar from the prestigious British Academy of Music. Since 2001, he has been a constant figure in the major music festivals throughout the Arab world, such as Dubai Nights (UAE), Carthage Festival (Tunisia), Mawazine festival (Morocco), Muscat Festival (Oman), Jerash Festival (Jordan), Doha Festival (Qatar), and Sharjah World Music Festival (UAE)

He has performed and collaborated with stars such as Warda Al-Jazairia, Mayyadah el Hinnawi, Mohammad Abdu, George Wasouf, Amr Diab, Sherine among many others. He performed his first “finger style” concert in Jordan in 2012, and during the International Music Festival in Abu Dhabi in 2014.

Waheed also formed a “Guitar & String Quartet” with two violins, viola and cello. He performed his first concert, featuring Tango and Pop pieces, at the world-renowned Cairo Opera House in May 2016