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Sidiq, Zaid Uthman (b. May 15, 1972, Baghdad). Iraqi composer, now resident in Jordan, of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in the Middle East; he is also active as a violinist and violist.
Mr. Sidiq is self-taught as a composer and violist. He studied violin at the Music and Ballet School in Baghdad from 1979-91 and there earned a diploma. In addition, he studied computer sciences at Al-Mansur Collective College in Baghdad, where he earned his BSc in 1996.
Among his honors are First Prize in the Baghdad Composition Competition (1999, for The Determination of Steadfast People; 2001, for Country of Civilizations No. 1) and the Creativity Award from the Creativity Festival in Baghdad (2001, for The Determination of Steadfast People).
He was active as a violinist and violist in the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra from 1990-2002, where he was the leader of the second violins in 1999-2000, and has been a violist in the Orchestra of the National Conservatory of Music of the Noor al-Hussein Foundation in Amman since 2002. He founded the Dar al-Salaam Group for Music in 1998 and has since served as its primary violinist.
He lectured at the Music and Ballet School in Baghdad in 1999-2000 and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad in 2000-01. He has lectured on music at Al-Mashriq Schools in Amman since 2003.
He is the brother of the composer Mohammed Uthman Sidiq.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: zaidus12@yahoo.com
Telephone: + 9627 9547 3057
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: The Determination of Steadfast People, 1997; Concertino, qanun, string orchestra, 1999; The Journey of the Creators (overture), 2000; Country of Civilizations No. 1, 2000; The Protectors of the Holy, 2001; The Big Determination, 2001
CHAMBER MUSIC: The Little Butterfly, violin, piano, 1994 (also version for flute, clarinet, 2 violins, cello, 1998); Happy Dreams, flute, clarinet, 2 violins, cello, 1999; Morning Breaths, flute, clarinet, 2 violins, cello, 2000; The Survivors, flute, clarinet, 2 violins, cello, 2000; Steppe Boy, violin, piano, 2001; The Ordeal, violin, piano, 2002; The Innocent People, oboe, piano, 2003
PIANO: The Calamity, 2000
(Last updated on June 7, 2003)
