Attia Sharara (Arabic: عطية شرارة‎; born November 18 1922 in Cairo Egypt; first name also spelled Atiyya Atiya Atteya Ateya Atia or Atya) is an Egyptian composer arranger violinist and conductor. He is a member of that nation's second generation of classical composers.He studied traditional Egyptian music at the Fuad I Institute for Traditional Music where he also studied Western classical music for four years.