| Yacoub G. Al-Atrash | |
| Birth Date: | 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Beit Sahour, Palestine |
| Occupation: | Music composer |
| Years Active: | 2007–present |
Yacoub G. Al-Atrash (born 1978) is a music composer and conductor from Palestine.[1] Over the years, Al-Atrash has participated and performed in festivals such as International Festival of Carthage, Jerash Festival, and Mawazine.[2]
Al-Atrash has led orchestras with artists such as Mohammed Assaf, Assala, Omar Al-Abdallat, and Hany Shaker.[3]
Al-Atrash was born in 1978 in the town of Beit Sahour in Palestine.[2] His father is an olivewood artist known for making ouds from olivewood.[2] From an early age, he was interested in musical instruments, especially the oud and learned the art from his father.[3]
Al-Atrash studied music at the Jordan Academy of Music.[3] He then came back to Palestine to continue studying the oud at Edward Said National Conservatory of Music.[3]
In 2007, he founded Awtar Studio.[2] [4] In the following year, he started the band Awtar which included 18 musicians.[2]
In 2012, he composed the music for the play Nimrod.[5]
In 2014, his work, Palestine Light of Hope, received the Palestine International Award.[6]
In 2021, he started Our Voices with Your Songs project.[4]