Abu Bakr Khairat

Abu Bakr Khairat (10 April 1910 – 25 October 1963) (Arabic: أبو بكر خيرت); also spelled Abu Bakr Khayrat) was an Egyptian composer of classical music, part of that nation's first generation of such composers. An architect by profession, Khairat studied music since childhood, and studied harmony and composition in Paris privately. He had a successful career in architecture, designing the Academy of Arts complex and the Sayed Darwish Concert Hall. His compositions are written in a romantic idiom, combining Egyptian traditional elements with Western music.