 Born
in 12/6/1956 he studied musical composition as a protégé of
the late Egyptian musician Aziz EL-Shawan, and studied
conducting under the supervision of the world renowned musical
conductorYousef El-Sisi. Geroge Kyrillos obtained his
baccaloureate im musical composition and orchestral conducting
in 1992. He taught musical sciences at the Academy of Arts and
the faculty of musical eduction.
George
Kyrillos specialized in religiuos music, so he founded the
David Ensemble in 1975. He also conducted several groups such
as The Coptic Church Orchestra and Choir and Nazer
El-Ilah Orchestra and Choir through which he presented
religiuos works in new orchestral forms.
In addition,
he had put the theme music for three religiuos films for the
great director Samir Seif.
He was also
able to write the tradition of coptic hymns im musical
notation in an accurate scientific way, and presenetd it
through David Ensemble in a deep spiritual style in a lot of
performances inside Egypt and abroad in France and Sweden, and
made able to pentrate the souls of people of different races
overcoming the barrier of utterance.
George
Kyrillos has recently wrote a book titled Coptic Hymns, its
music and spirituality, which is under puplishing and held
several symposia to discuss the everlasting tradition of
coptic hymns.
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She
was born im March 1988. She is the youngest member of David
Ensemble. Monica George was chosen by the French director
Hughes De Courson to sing as a solo in the golden CD
The Egyptian Mozart and to perform the hymn
Golgotha in Marceille Opera House and in the Basilic
Cathedral of Saint-Denis in Paris accompanied by Sophia
Philharmonic Orchestra and the District of Venices Choir.