Born in Damascus 1975, he began his musical education by studying the violin with R. Sukar in his native town. He completed his M.A. degree with honors from the Music Academy of Cracow where he studied composition with Zbigniew Bujarski. At present, Zaid is working on his PhD at the same School under the supervision of Professor Krzysztof Penderecki. Zaid won the first prize at the Adam Didur Composers’ Competition in Sanok in 1997 for his piece (Two Songs for Soprano and String Orchestra). In 1999 he participated in the International Musikwerkstatt Buckow in Germany. In 2008 Zaid was invited by Istanbul Bilgi University music department as Artist/Composer during The Days of Polish Music. During his musical workshops & activities around the world, Zaid had consultation lessons with Peter-Jan Wagemans, Martin Smolka, Osvaldas Balakauskas, Folke Rabe, Per Norgard, Krzysztof Meyer. His works have been performed in Poland (Warsaw Autumn & Cracow composer’s Days), Germany,Dubai, Egypt (Opera House), Tunisia, France, Italy, USA, Armenia (by Armenian National Symphony Orchestra), Syria (by Syrian National Symphony Orchestra), Slovakia, Ukraine (by Lviv philharmonic during Contrast Festival & by Kiev Kamerata during The Festival of Modern Music) , Holland (by Nieuw Ensemble), and the United Kingdom (by English Chamber Orchestra).
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