Director

                                 

HAMDY Ahmed, Executive Director   

Born in Alexandria, Ahmed Hamdy studied music (violin and piano) at the Cairo Conservatorium of Music. After furthering his studies of violin and chamber music in Mannheim from 1985 to 1988, he continued his  study of violin in the class of Corrado Romano at the Geneva Conservatorium of Music, composition and orchestration with Jean Balissat, and conducting with Arpad Gerecz. He obtained a Professional Performance Diploma in the violin, as well as a Master Certificate in Orchestration. Ahmed Hamdy conducts ad hoc orchestras in Switzerland and abroad. He is regularly invited to play and conduct by the Cairo Opera. He currently holds a position as first violin in the Geneva Chamber Orchestra. After having led the Ensemble vocal et instrumental in Rolle (EVIR) for many years, he is now Musical Director of the Da Capo - Nyon Chamber Orchestra. He is also Executive Director of the Praeclassica Orchestra in Geneva.