{{Short description|Egyptian composer (1924–1994)}} {{Ref improve|date=February 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Soliman Gamil | image = | death_date = {{death date and age |1994|06|13|1924|12|24}} | birth_date ={{birth date |1924|12|24}} | birth_place = Alexandria | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Composer|Musician}} | years active = }} '''Soliman Gamil''' ({{langx|ar|سليمان جميل}}; 24 December 1924 in Alexandria, Egypt – 13 June 1994) was an Egyptian composer and ''qanun'' player.<ref>{{cite web | title=Soliman Gamil | website=NTS Radio | date=9 January 2014 | url=https://www.nts.live/artists/10713-soliman-gamil | access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref> In 1963, he began to experiment with the use of Egyptian traditional musical instruments in his compositions for films and theater, in an effort to evoke the sounds of Ancient Egypt.{{fact|date=November 2025}}
He also wrote about music for the ''Al-Ahram'' newspaper.{{fact|date=November 2025}}
==Discography== *1979 - ''Die Ägyptische Musik''. Egyptian State Information Service BAR1. *1982 - ''L'Art Du Qânûn Egyptien''. Arion ARN 36696. *1987 - ''The Egyptian Music''. Touch TO:7. *1990 - ''Ankh''. Touch TO:14. *1997 - ''A Map of Egypt Before the Sands''. Touch T33.15.
==See also== *List of Egyptian composers
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