Omar Khairat | |
Background: | non_performing_personnel |
Birth Date: | 11 November 1948 |
Birth Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
Genre: | Contemporary Arabic music |
Occupation: | Musician, composer |
Instrument: | Piano |
Omar Khairat (born November 11, 1948) (Arabic: عمر خيرت) is an Egyptian musician. He has gained recognition for his versatile talents as a composer, pianist, conductor, and music arranger.[1]
Born in Cairo, Omar was raised in a family of musicians. His uncle, Abu Bakr Khairat, a composer and architect, established the Cairo Conservatoire.[2]
Omar was a drummer for the Egyptian rock band Les Petits Chats until 1971.[3] [4]
In January 2019, Omar Khairat performed a live concert in al-Ula, Saudi Arabia.[5]