| Selim Sahab | |
| Background: | non_performing_personnel |
| Birth Name: | Selim Sahab |
| Birth Place: | Mandatory Palestine (now a citizen of Egypt) |
| Birth Date: | 1941 |
| Occupation: | Egyptian conductorArtistic Director at Cairo Opera |
| Label: | Founder of National Arab Music EnsembleFounder Cairo Opera Children's Choir,founder of Organization for the Arabic creator |
Selim Sahab (Arabic: سليم سحاب) is a conductor and contemporary composer. Sahab was born in Mandatory Palestine in 1941, but is now a citizen of Egypt.
Sahab obtained a Bachelor of Choral Conducting in 1971 from the Institute of Jnesen.In 1976, he obtained a diploma in Symphony Orchestra Conducting from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 1977, Sahab returned to Lebanon and wrote reviews that were published in Lebanese and Arabic newspapers and magazines.[1] Sahab also worked as a musical supervisor for the official Lebanese radio station. He established the Beirut Arab Music Ensemble for Arabic Music in Lebanon in 1980.
He is now the head of 'Opera Masr', as well as being given the title of 'Good Will Ambassador'.