Background
He was born in Baghdad and is a graduate of the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad. Ahmed was born in 1967 in Baghdad, Iraq and has played the oud and Arabic percussion since 1979.
He was born in Baghdad and is a graduate of the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad. Ahmed was born in 1967 in Baghdad, Iraq and has played the oud and Arabic percussion since 1979.
He studied Oud and percussion with the masters Ganim Hadad and Jameel Jerjis and graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad. Later he studied at the London College of Music.
He worked with many folk music groups and musicians in Baghdad. Ahmed worked with Arabic orchestras and performed on television with several Iraqi groups. He went on to study Oud and western percussion at the high institute of music in Damascus.
At School of Oriental and African Studies - University of London, he earned a Master of music in performance, also Middle Eastern and Arabic music
Teaching Oud, percussion and Arabic music theory in many places in London such as SOAS-London University. From 1990 he became a performer and teacher and toured throughout the Middle East and Europe.
Mukhtar has written music for plays and documentaries for Arabic television stations, such as MBC, ART, Mustakela and BB5, he also has composed music for a new Iraqi-European version of Stravinsky"s Histoire du Soldat (A Soldier"s Tale) that produced at The Old Vic at the end of January 2006. He released two CDs, in 1996 and 1999, both of which contain traditional music and original work.
American Red Cross music Company realized two CDs (rhythm of Baghdad-2003) and (Road to Baghdad-2005) for Mukhtar composition.
The United Nations chose Ahmed and sixteen other musicians from all over the world to release a Civil Defense for the benefit of the victims of terrorism and wars. Human Rights Association adopted this. Today, he presents his own education musical program (Speech of the Oud) on the Almustaklah television channel, which broadcasts from London.
He also teaches Arabic music theory and percussion in London colleges.
The International Festival in Poland -1987
The International Festival of Arabic Music in Cairo-1994
The Conference of Arabic Music in Damascus-1995
The International Music Feast in Cambridge University 1997
The International Conference and Festival of Lute and Music in France and Spain 1998-2002
The Festival of Iraqi Culture 2002
The Festival of Iraqi Culture -Stockholm 2002. The Festival of the Iraqi Culture -Stockholm 2003
WOMAD Global festivalReading 2003
Many live performances and concerts for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3 London.
Mediterranean Festival 2004- Italy
A guest performer in the international music day 1/1/2004 form British Broadcasting Corporation radio 3
A guest performer in the Book International Exhibition in U.A.E- 2005
Iraqi Music Week in London, as director and performer-2006
First Rate (at Lloyd's) Mada Festival - IraqApril 2007
A Gust performer on the Conference of Arab Writers in Algeria 2007
A Gust performer on the Arabic Films Festival in Italy 2007
Iraqi Culture week in UNESCOParis 2007. Institute of the Arab World - Paris May 2008(The Festival of "Baghdad to Cordoba In the footsteps of Ziryab)
General Supervisor of Salih AlKuwaiti"s celebration in London University -December 2008
BABYLON: myth and reailty, an expiation and festival In British Museum 2009.