Alaa Abdelsalam

Alaa Abdelsalam is an Egyptian cellist and conductor associated with the Cairo Opera House. He began his career as an instrumentalist at the institution and later moved into conducting, leading Arabic music ensembles and religious repertoire. In 2017 he became principal conductor of the Opera’s Religious Chanting Company, after serving as assistant since 2009. He also directs the Cairo Opera Arabic Music Orchestra, with which he performs classical Arabic repertoire.