Nuri Iskandar (Syriac: ܢܘܪܝ ܐܣܟܢܕܪ, Arabic: نوري إسكندر, 1938–2023 in Deir al-Zur, Syria), was an Assyrian Syrian musicologist and composer, he is known for his work in Assyrian/Syriac sacral and folk music.
Nuri Iskandar was born in Deir al-Zur to an Assyrian family originally from Urfa in modern-day Turkey.
[1][2] His family moved to Aleppo in 1941, he joined the local Syriac Orthodox scout band where he took his first music lessons.
[3] He started composing Assyrian folk music in the early 1970s popular songs like ܐܘ ܚܒܝܒܐ O habibo, ܙܠܩ̈ܐ ܦܪܣܝ Zliqe frisi, ܠܐ ܬܗܦܟ Lo tehfukh and others.
[4] Upon returning to Syria he established a number of Choirs, and in 1973, he participated in the first modern festival of Assyrian music in Beirut.