Gheraibah

Nawaf Gheraibah is a Kuwaiti composer, performer, and educator whose music thrives on crossing cultural and artistic boundaries. Deeply rooted in both classical training and traditional music, his work is an expression of his multicultural heritage and his belief in music as a universal language that connects the human soul across time and place.

Trained classically from a young age, Nawaf has always had a deep love for classical music. Today, he continues to compose within this tradition while also exploring the world of cinematic scoring, where his passion for storytelling through sound comes to life.

Currently based between Kuwait and Cairo, Nawaf is pursuing his PhD in Music Composition while continuing to compose, perform, and collaborate internationally. He is also working on a major classical orchestral project, bringing together full symphonic forces with elements of Kuwaiti heritage and world music traditions.

From his early beginnings on piano and guitar, Nawaf has spent much of his life traveling through Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, immersing himself in diverse musical traditions. Along the way, he studied instruments such as the tabla, sitar, oud, Indian flute, African kora, hang drum, and didgeridoo. This journey has given his music a distinctive voice: one that is deeply spiritual, richly multicultural, and emotionally expressive.

For Nawaf, music is not merely sound, but a form of enlightenment and meditation. He believes that ethnic and tribal instruments carry an essential human dimension, a “raw touch” often missing in today’s digital age. His compositions often emphasize these instruments as a way to restore authenticity, intimacy, and emotional depth to modern music.

Nawaf sees music as one of the most ancient forms of human expression — an art that transcends borders, religions, and cultures. His work seeks to preserve this legacy while reinventing it for contemporary audiences. 

By blending orchestral traditions with tribal and spiritual sounds, Nawaf creates music that is at once global and deeply personal.

He hopes his music encourages listeners to rediscover the many historical sounds that have accompanied humanity’s journey, and to reflect on the profound power music holds over the human psyche.