Guitar virtuoso, Ahmed El-Salamouny plays fascinating Brazilian music matching the qualities of Baden Powell“ ... a critical acclaim of El-Salamouny’s art of guitar playing published in Germany‘s leading music magazine “WOM Journal“. El-Salamouny’s outstanding position as an interpreter, composer and teacher of Brazilian music has also been acknowledged internationally. The English journal “Classical Guitar“ calls him a master in this field of music. Brazil’s renowned guitarist Paulo Bellinati says: “Ahmed is one of the great musicians who, with their inspired playing, give new impulses to Brazilian music. It is like a mystery of nature, he plays like a real Brazilian yet was born in a different country.“

Ahmed El-Salamouny is of Egyptian-German descent and is living in Munich Germany. He completed his classical music education under the direction of Professor Barna Kovats at the Academy of Music, Mozarteum, in Salzburg,  Austria. Extended travelling and contacts with musicians in Europe, South America and Egypt broadened his interest and knowledge in other music cultures and nurtured a very individual music style.

El-Salamouny’s interpretations and compositions have become well known and                    appreciated in Europe as well as in North and South America.

Since 1981 he has performed in many important concert series. In 2004 he travelled the Americas from the South of Brazil to Canada and played in such cities as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, New York und Vancouver. In the same year he plays on Germanys most important festival beside the Duo Assad and the Quarteto Maogani in a Brazilian night.

As one of the most important representants of Brazilian music he is ninvited to important music festivals in Finland, France, Brazil and other countries all over the world.

He has played with such outstanding musicians as Peter Finger, Claus Boesser Ferrari,, Pedro Tagliani, Gilson de Assis, Claudio Menandro, João Gomes amongst others. He was on stage together with stars like Duo Assad, Don Ross , Celso Machado, Peppino d`Agostino  and many others.                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Ahmed El-Salamouny is regularly invited to teach at music schools and academies. Of particular note are his “Teaching Methods for Brazilian guitar“, which, as are his compositions, are available from Acoustic Music Books. His work as a writer includes articles published in leading music magazines, notably “Akustik Gitarre“. In 2007 Acoustic Music published his book „Breaking the wall“  in which El-Salamouny describes a path to better learning, more creativity and a better dealing with stage-fright.

In this same year a film, documentary with the title: „A musica e feito pelo sentimento“ was published, describing his workshop project in Brazil.

TV and radio broadcasts as well as many CD-recordings bear witness to his high level of creativity and passion for playing. Under his direction an international workshop on Brazilian music is held annually in Salvador, Brazil.