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A-Zal

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Atif Afzal, also known by his stage name A-Zal, is an India-born, London-raised, New York–based singer-songwriter and composer. He is known for his music compositions for the American television series Ms. Marvel (miniseries), Loki (TV series), NCIS: Los Angeles and The Twilight Zone and for the films Resort to Love, Prague, Pune 52, Monsoon Shootout, and Baji. Early life and education Atif Afzal was born in Mumbai, India, but grew up in Hounslow, in London, England. He attended Hounslow Heath School. He studied engineering at the K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering and then worked at KPMG before starting a career in music. He trained under an alumnus from the Royal College of Music. Career Afzal is known by his stage name A-Zal. Afzal began his music career in 2013 by composing the film scores and soundtracks of Prague, Pune 52 and Baji. He has also worked on international films, including a German film, Gift, a European film, Then a Hero Comes Along, a New York short film, The Alternative, and Bachelor Girls. He also composed music for the Marathi film Charandas Chor. Afzal’s film albums have been released on major record labels including Universal Music Group, Times Music, Zee

Azio Corghi

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Azio Corghi (9 March 1937 – 17 November 2022) was an Italian composer, academic teacher and musicologist. He composed mostly operas and chamber music. Corghi was interested in both painting and music. His first instrument was an accordion. From 1956, he studied the piano at the Turin Conservatory with Mario Zanfi. After graduation in 1962, he moved to the Milan Conservatory, where he studied composition with Bruno Bettinelli, choral music with Amerigo Bortone, conducting with Antonino Votto, and polyphonic vocal composition with . Corghi’s orchestral composition Intavolature, performed at La Fenice in Venice, won the Ricordi composition competition of 1967. Vito Palumbo, Marco Stroppa. He was awarded the Massimo Mila Award in 1991 for his dedication to teaching. He composed his second opera, Blimunda to a libretto by José Saramago who became his longtime friend and collaborator. In 1999, Corghi was commissioned to compose an opera for La Scala, Tat’jana, based on Chekhov’s play Tatyana Repina. Awards and legacy In 1994, Corghi became a Fellow of the Santa Cecilia National Academy in Rome. La Scala reacted to his death stating that it joined “in the condolences of the Italian and in

Aziz El-Shawan

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Aziz El-Shawan (born Cairo, May 6, 1916; died Cairo, May 14, 1993) was one of the most prominent Egyptian composers of the twentieth century. Biography He completed his primary and secondary education at the St. Joseph – La Salle College in Khoronfish, Cairo where he also received a Higher Diploma in Commercial Studies. He studied the violin privately with the German Joseph von Aubervon, a student of Jan Kubelick, and joined the school’s choir and band where he played the clarinet and French horn. His violin teacher obtained a scholarship for him to study at the Berlin Conservatory, however, his father objected to his interest in pursuing a musical career. An accident disabled one of the fingers of his left hand, obliging him to give up his dream of being a virtuoso violinist. He then studied piano, theory, harmony, composition and orchestration with the Italian Menato and the Russian Orlovitsky who were part of a community of European musicians and music teachers who lived and worked in cosmopolitan Cairo. El-Shawan held several administrative positions, most importantly at the Philips International Company where he founded a record production department. He was director of the So