Film music composer from Montreal

Rafik Baladi, also known as Rafi Baladi or Ralph Baladi's passion for music goes back to 1966, in Cairo, Egypt, where he learnt music with his beloved piano teacher Olympia Rossi, otherwise known to him as mama Oly. She would receive him after school with a bowl of boiling broth full of home made boiled Raviolis, give him his meal and start his piano lesson for 90 minutes 2 or 3 times a week. She taught him piano, theory, harmony, counterpoint and dramaturgy of music. His passion for music and drama took him all the way to inspiring orchestral tunes while walking by the riverside, sitting in the park or riding the subway and transcribing it to sheet music, for all instruments and vocals, with absolutely no access to actual instruments just until he reached home and refined it. He created over 15 hours of orchestral music rotating around typical themes as those that Stanislavski and his scholar, Chekov, recounted in their theatrical drama. These themes range from war and peace on to love, hatred, encounter, separation and others.

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Rafi was born in Port Said, Egypt in 1951 of Egyptian parents and Greek grand parents. He was raised at the schools of Umberto Primo and the English Mission in Cairo. Then, he obtained his Hotel Diploma from the Higher Institute of Hôtelerie in Cairo, in 1971. Later, he attended the American University in Cairo where he obtained his BA with a major in Mass Communication and Journalism and minor in Modern Drama and theatre, in 1980. He speaks six languages and loves the world.

Better known as Rafi, Reffo, Ralph or Raphael, he incarnates different nationalities and associates his name with them. He juggles with different accents and enjoys posing on stage as a comedian or dramatist. He performed in major productions by Chekov, Pirandello, Ibsen, Gorki, Miller, Shakespeare and others. He worked for airlines, hotels and tourism, all of his life.

In music, he is influenced by Johannes Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Rimsky Korsakov and Sergei Rachmaninoff. In 1987 he immigrated to Canada and has been living there until this day in May 19, 2011. For the past five consecutive years, he lived in Montreal. In theatre he is a follower of the master of modern theatre: Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski; born Konstantin Sergeyevich Alekseiev (Moscow, 1863-1938) Rafi has various musical compositions that are ready for publication and tat can suite various dramatic themes. They are also soothing, passionate and lasting. Looking for a theme for your film or documentary please contact the artist and visit: http://www.sonicbids.com/FieldsofMemories

To download his music go to iTunes or Amazon or follow more links listed on the following site's main page:  http://www.filmmusicmontreal.com

This biography is in the ever lasting and loving memory of his music teacher and faithful friend, Mrs. Olympia Rossi, who taught him that harmony is not simply a choice of notes but, mostly, a way of life interpreted to others.