Abdallah Hani El Masri عبدالله هاني المصري (born 1962, Beirut) is a Lebanese[1]-Russian composer, now resident in Kuwait, of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
He then studied composition with Konstantin Batashov and Roman Ledenyov, theory and harmony with Yuri Vorontsov and Yuri Kholopov and orchestration with Nikolai Rakov at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow from 1982 to 1993, where he earned his MFA in 1991 and DMus in 1993.
His music has been performed in Egypt, France, Germany, Kuwait, Lebanon, Russia, and Switzerland.
In addition, he has written the books Practical Course of Orchestration (1995, Kuwait Higher Institute of Music) and Instruments of the Orchestra (2001, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Beirut) and traditional harmony book "TANAGHOM AL ALHAN تناغم الالحان" (Kuwait, Sofia library 2020) As a guitarist, he worked with the Al Mayadeen vocal ensemble (directed by Marcel Khalife) from 1977 to 1982 and also arranged music for this group.
One of his most notable pupils a multi stylist Kuwaiti contemporary classical music composer is Abdulaziz Shabakouh.