Baghdad Conservatory
| Type | Music school |
|---|---|
| Established | 1936 |
| Founder | Hanna Petros |
| Location | , |
The Baghdad Conservatory, also known as Iraqi Music Institute,[1] Baghdad Institute of Music,[2] or Musical Institute & Academy of Fine Arts,[3] was a music conservatory in Baghdad, Iraq.
History
[edit]Assyrian Iraqi composer and scholar Hanna Petros founded the institution in 1936.[4][5] Şerif Muhiddin Targan was later appointed dean, but Petros continued to play a major role in the conservatory.[6][7]
The conservatory has produced such famous oud players as Munir Bashir, his brother Jamil Bashir (who both taught there[8]), Salman Shukur, Ghanim Haddad, and Rahim AlHaj, who studied under Munir and Jamil Bashir as well as and composer and oud player Salim Abdul Kareem.[8]
The Iraqi maqam singer Farida Mohammad Ali studied singing at the college, and also taught there in the 1990s. She was the first female teacher.[9][2]
In 2004, when Rahim AlHaj visited the city, after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, he found the conservatory burnt out and empty.[8]
Related institution
[edit]The Baghdad College of Fine Arts, part of the University of Baghdad, has its origins in the conservatory.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Jamil Bashir". Mike's Ouds. Rare Recordings. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- 1 2 Sloggett, Robyn (30 October 2015). "On the Banks of the Tigris – a documentary that traces the forgotten history of Iraqi music". University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 18 November 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
Source: The Conversation
- ↑ "The Iraqi Maqam Ensemble". محمد حسين كَمر. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ↑ "الراحل حنّا بطرس جزء من تاريخ الموسيقى في العهد الملكي". Addustour. 28 September 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- 1 2 "Hanna Petros". Assyrian Cultural Foundation. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ↑ Al-Jabouri, Kamil Salman (2003). معجم الأدباء من العصر الجاهلي حتى سنة 2002م [Dictionary of Writers from the Pre-Islamic Era until 2002 AD]. Vol. 2. Dar Al-Kotob Al-Ilmiyyah. p. 278. ISBN 978-2-7451-3694-7. LCCN 2003489875. OCLC 54614801. OL 21012293M.
- ↑ Zeitoune, Abboud (2016). Music Heritage of Mesopotamia. Assyrischer Jugendverband Mitteleuropa e.V. pp. 44–45. ISBN 978-3-00-053601-4.
- 1 2 3 "Rahim Alhaj: Iraqi oud soloist". Smithsonian Folkways. Artist Spotlight. 8 May 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
- ↑ "Curriculum vitae: Farida Mohammad Ali". Iraqi Maqam ensemble. 10 February 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
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