Joseph Tawadros
Tawadros at the2014 ARIA Music Awards, Sydney, 26 November 2014
Background information
Born	(1983-10-06)6 October 1983 (age 41)
Origin	Cairo, Egypt
Genres	Jazz,world,classical
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument	Oud
Years active	1995—present
Website	josephtawadros.com

Joseph TawadrosAM (born 6 October 1983) is an Egyptian-bornCoptic Australian multi-instrumentalist andoud virtuoso.^[1] Tawadros has won theARIA Award for Best World Music Album seven times:2012,2013,2014,^[2]2020,^[3]2021,2022 and2023.

Tawadros' family emigrated from Egypt to Australia when he was three.^[4] Initially attracted to thetrumpet, he decided to learn theoud when he was eight, after seeing a movie about Egyptian musicianSayed Darwish.^[5] Elected School Captain atRandwick Boys High School, where he was taught byDerek Williams. Tawadros is classically trained, having completed aBachelor of Music degree at theUniversity of New South Wales, where he was awarded a Freedman Fellowship for Classical Music.^[4] His brother James Tawadros is also a musician.^[6] In the 2000s, Tawadros also studied in Egypt with violin player Esawi Dagher, son of the renowned violin player Abdo Dagher.^[7] During the years that followed, Tawadros spent three months a year in Egypt and learned to play other instruments: the bamboo flutenay, the Arabic zitherqanun and the cello.^[5]

At theARIA Music Awards of 2012, Tawadros wonBest World Music Album forConcerto of the Greater Sea (February 2012).^[8] He won the same category in2013 forChameleons of the White Shadow (February 2013),2014 forPermission to Evaporate (May 2014) and2020 forLive at the Sydney Opera House (June 2020). He also wonBest Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album in2017 forAli's Wedding (September 2017).

Joseph Tawadros' style is described as eclectic. According toSydney Morning Herald, "he has taken the oud out of its traditional Middle Eastern setting and into the realm of classical music and jazz".^[4]"I don't like to play in a particular genre, I love all sorts of music", Tawadros explains, "I try to record an album a year and one that's totally different from the previous album".^[9] He has collaborated with musicians such asJohn Abercrombie,Jack DeJohnette,Roy Ayers,Bela Fleck,Joey DeFrancesco,Richard Tognetti and theAustralian Chamber Orchestra,^[10] andThe Academy of Ancient Music.

Tawadros plays 52 instruments on his albums including oud, qanun, saz, violin, ney, Portuguese guitar, electric bass, kalimba and accordion. His brother James uses 11 percussion instruments.^[6]

Tawadros was appointed aMember of the Order of Australia in the2016 Australia Day Honours.^[13]

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally asAIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

TheARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres ofAustralian music. Tawadros has won seven awards from nineteen nominations.^[21][22]

• Copts in Australia
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• Official website
• Interview and highlights of a concert in Sarajevo Jazz Festival 2011

• 1983 births
• ARIA Award winners
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• Australian oud players
• Australian classical musicians
• Australian people of Coptic descent
• Australian people of Egyptian descent
• Coptic musicians
• Egyptian emigrants to Australia
• Musicians from Cairo
• Members of the Order of Australia
• Australian multi-instrumentalists
• Electric violinists
• People educated at Randwick Boys High School

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