**Eloi Youssef** is the Dutch-Egyptian composer and multi-instrumentalist blurring lines between classical, jazz, and Middle Eastern sounds. A former conservatory prodigy turned genre-defier, he’s played everything from sacred venues like Nijmegen’s Sint-Stevenskerk to gritty Utrecht’s Hertz.

Fun fact: He wrote a piece for *oud* and string quartet after only three weeks of practice. Another? His 2023 album *Tawaret* was partly recorded in a decommissioned Rotterdam church—because why not?

Hit tracks: *"Sufi Swing"* (a viral instrumental) and *"Nile Blues"* from his 2025 EP *Sand & Strings*. Catch him live before he gets too famous.

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