Georges Kazazian (born 25 Jan 1953) is a composer and oud player. He has published a dozen albums to date. He was born in Cairo

Cairo

Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

 and has mostly worked there. (It is clear from his name that he is descended from the Armenians in Egypt.) The musicians he works with are usually Egyptian also. His music doesn't fit an established genre label, but on one of his albums he calls it "Egyptian Jazz" -- a label suffering from the diversity of music that may be called Jazz. Despite having a fair amount of Arabic Takht

Takht (music)

For uses of Takht in contexts other than music, see Takht.Takht is the representative musical ensemble, the orchestra, of Middle Eastern music...

aethetics, his music has more appeal in Europe than in the Arab world, as evidenced by where his presence and absence is on the Internet today. Albums currently in print include Sabil (1991), Sagate (1997), Sajaya (1997), Nil Sangit (1999), Suite "al Ganûb" (1999, 3 CD set), Monaga (2001), Azraq (2002), Dayra Jazz (2002), Neel Dhun (2008), Zafir (2008).