Qoutayba Neaimi

Qoutayba Neaimi is a Belgian / Iraqi composer, professor, researcher, and former violinist of the Iraqi National Philharmonic Orchestra.
He is currently a professor of composition & orchestration at the Conservatoire royal de Mons in Belgium (Higher Education).
He has given numerous international workhshops and conferences in European and Arab Universities & Conservatoires (Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB, Conservatoire de Lille, Conservatoire royal de Mons, Ain Shams Cairo University, Sharjah Book Fair, as well as in Koweit, Baghdad, Abu Dhabi...).
He gave a special lecture at the Royal Academy of Arts & Science of Belgium (the national center for Belgian research in science & arts), where he presented his invention : a « Polyphonic maqam musical system » extending a bridge between oriental and western musical traditions.
This achievement was praised as a crucial milestone in music history by several musical figures throughout the USA, Europe and the Arab countries.
Qoutayba Neaimi aims to promote peace and dialogue between cultures, advocating both for the valorisation of cultural roots and for the importance of cultural encounters.
His composition cover a large scope of styles and formations, going from orchestra to chamber music, opera, folkloric, film and cartoon soundtracks.

Qoutayba Neaimi’s
works were played in prestigious venues in Belgium (Bozar, Flagey, Namur Concert Hall, Arsonic...), France, Germany (the famous Boulezsaal, Berlin), the Netherlands, Iraq, Switzerland, Egypt (Cairo Symphony Orchestra at the Cairo Opera House), Qatar (Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra).
Upcoming concerts
in Belgium, France (Paris), Iraq, Uzbekistan, Qatar.
Records
His music was recorded on the Belgian Composers' Forum's twenty years anniversary CD series (Cyprès 2024).
Forum
Qoutayba is an elected member of the Belgian Composers Forum (part of the International Composers Forum), a Musical Advisor to Opera Lebanon, a project manager for the Hainaut Music Festival in Belgium and a Global Connections Artists for Opera for Peace.

Commission for Brussels Philharmonic

Commission for orchestra Sounds of Baghdad, Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra in the famous Bozar concert hall, Brussels (2 Dec).

Commission for Gulf/Arab songs

Commission of 3 pieces for orchestra on classical Gulf/Arab songs, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra - Asia Cup Qualifiers in Doha (4-5 Feb).

Saudi National Anthem

Recomposition of the Saudi National Anthem (for the government).

Handpicked by Naseer

Creation of Cantate Salam in Boulezsaal, Berlin. Handpicked by Naseer Shamma to be programmed in the Arab Music Days.

Various Collaborations

Collaboration with world-known oud player Naseer Shamma in order to enrich the oud & orchestra repertoire

École supérieur des arts - Academy Of Arts

Qoutayba Neaimi is a Belgian-Iraqi composer. Formerly a violinist with the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, he is a member of the Forum for Musical Creation, a musical advisor for the Opera of Lebanon, and a mission officer for the Hainaut Musical Festival..

Forum des Compositeurs

Qoutayba Neaimi is a belgo-iraqi composer based in Belgium. A former violinist of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, he first studied music at Baghdad Institute for Fine Arts.

Iraqi News Agency

The Iraqi musician Qoutayba Neaimi presented the world premiere of Sounds Baghdad on December 2 with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Navarro Turres, at the Bozar Concert Hall in Brussels.

Ventoux-Opéra

Having become a composer, he was supposed to be back in the Middle East, in Beirut, more precisely on April 9 to hear his three pieces that he composed for oud and orchestra.