Riad Al Sunbati
| Riad Al Sunbati رياض السنباطي |
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| Native name | رياض محمد السنباطي |
| Birth name | Riad Mohammed Al Sunbati |
| Also known as | The Prince of Melody, The Bulbul of Mansoura |
| Born |
30 November 1906 Faraskur, Damietta Governorate, Egypt |
| Origin | Faraskur, Damietta Governorate, Egypt |
| Died | 10 September 1981 (aged 74) Egypt |
| Genres | Egyptian |
| Occupation(s) | musician |
| Instruments | Oud |
| Years active | 1928-1970s |
| Associated acts |
Umm Kulthum Mohammed Abdel Wahab |
Riad Mohammed Al Sunbati (Arabic: رياض محمد السنباطي), also written as Riad Sonbati or Riadh Sonbati,etc. (30 November 1906 – 10 September 1981) is a 20th-century Egyptian composer and musician who is very well known around the Arab world. The number of his lyric works is 539 works in Arab opera, operetta, cinematic and religious song, poem, Taqtouqa and Mawalia. The number of song poets who he composed for is more than 120 poets. He composed for many famous Arab singers like:Umm Kulthum, Asmahan, Warda Al-Jazairia, Najat Al Saghira, Mounira El Mahdeya, Fayza Ahmed, Saleh Abdel Hai, Souad Mohamed, Aziza Jalal (who was the last singer to sing one of his melodies) and others.
Sunbati was the first born boy after eight girls in a family in the city of Faraskur, Damietta Governorate, Egypt on 30 November 1906. His father was a singer, singing in the mawlids, weddings and religious holidays in the nearby villages and towns. Riad used to listen to his father playing the oud and singing. When he was nine, his father caught him outside the school, hiding at the carpenter's sawmill playing the oud and singing Sayed Darwish, and decided to take him to sing in the weddings with him. The father didn't stay put in Faraskur but travelled with his family to Mansoura, Dakahlia, so the young Riad was placed in a kuttab school. However, his studies didn't interest him as much as music did.
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