George Kyrillos Born in 12/6/1956 he studied musical composition as a protégé of the late Egyptian musician Aziz EL-Shawan, and studied conducting under the supervision of the world renowned musical conductor Yousef El-Sisi. Geroge Kyrillos obtained his baccalaureate in musical composition and orchestral conducting in 1992. He taught musical sciences at the Academy of Arts and the faculty of musical education. George Kyrillos specialized in religious music, so he founded the David Ensemble in 1975. He also conducted several groups such as “The Coptic Church Orchestra and Choir” and “Nazer El-Ilah Orchestra and Choir” through which he presented religious works in new orchestral forms. In addition, he had put the theme music for three religious films for the great director Samir Seif. He was also able to write the tradition of Coptic hymns in musical notation in an accurate scientific way, and presented it through David Ensemble in a deep spiritual style in a lot of performances inside Egypt and abroad in France and Sweden, and made able to penetrate the souls of people of different races overcoming the barrier of utterance. George Kyrillos has recently wrote a book titled “Coptic Hymns, its music and spirituality”, which is under publishing and held several symposia to discuss the everlasting tradition of Coptic hymns.