Pioneering Innovations Dr. Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah
· The first composer to offer a multimedia and electronic music concert in Egypt at the Cairo Opera House, (November 22, 1999).
· The first Egyptian composer to write a composition in modern graphic notation: String (Orchestra) or Quartet No.2 (December 2, 1999).
· Established a Deaf Ensemble which performed a composition for kitchen utensils ("El-Hon") for a public concert (Wamadat) at the Cairo Opera House (March 29, 2005).
· Devised and introduced new musical terminology (such as "Maqamism") as well as multi-art concepts published in a booklet of two volumes, entitled Sound Scenography, (Cairo: Academy of Arts, publishing, 2005).
