Nouri Iskandar

Nouri Iskandar (Syriac: ܢܘܪܝ ܐܣܟܢܕܪ, Arabic: نوري إسكندر, 1938–2023) was a Syrian musicologist and composer. Influenced from his youth to pursue musical studies, he became a composer of Syriac sacral and Assyrian folk-pop music, for which he is most well-known.

With a career that spanned more than 50 years, Iskandar is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern Assyrian music, having presented many studies, musical works, and independent research on Syriac melodies. He is considered one of the most popular Western Assyrian musicians alongside Gabriel Asaad and Joseph Malke. Throughout his career, he played a role in establishing multiple choirs and creating/preserving more than 700 sacral songs.

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