A2 Abd El Monim, born Alan Abd El Monim, is an Italo-Egyptian artist and composer. His identity represents a meeting point between two worlds, two profoundly different cultural traditions. On one side, the African root of the Arabic language, with its historical and spiritual richness; on the other, the European root of the Neo-Latin language, imbued with modernity and rationalism. He embodies the fusion of these two cultures, a bridge that unites different languages, experiences, and values.

A2 Abd El Monim expresses himself through musical creation, which ranges from electronic to purely instrumental music, and through the interaction between the arts. His music has been performed at various national and international festivals such as Musica d’Arte (Riccione - Italy), Luci d’Artista (Salerno - Italy), GAMO (Florence - Italy), Spazio Musica (Cagliari - Italy), Caustico lunare (Bologna - Italy), On Air – On Site (The Hague - Netherlands), Sound Spaces (Malmö - Sweden), etc.

His compositions have been commissioned and interpreted by numerous prestigious ensembles, both nationally and internationally, including: Istantanea Ensemble, Gamo Ensemble, Ars Nova Ensemble, and many others.

His music has been broadcast by several international radio stations, including: Radio Tonka (The Hague - Netherlands), BUG Radio (The Hague - Netherlands), Concertzender (Amsterdam - Netherlands), etc.

In 2019, he composed pieces for Giovanni Oberti's solo exhibition “La pelle degli oggetti”, held at the Galleria Milano. In 2022, he curated the exhibition of Giovanni Oberti’s works “Lui&Lei”, which were presented at ArtVerona and represented by the Galleria Fuoricampo of Siena. In 2020, he began a collaboration with the poet Milo De Angelis, setting his lyric “A volte, sull’orlo della notte, si rimane sospesi” to music. He has also composed music for various theatrical works directed by Emily Tartamelli, as well as for several film directors, including Reto Gelshorn, Enea Francia, Paola Piscitelli, and Fabio Corbellini.

He has collaborated with the London-based fashion brand B DODI and was invited to participate in the collective exhibition “Instructions to Light-Keepers” (Milan), where he presented his sound installation “La Tempesta”. In March 2023, his interactive and generative music and video installation “Periodo Nero” was selected for the tribute to Picasso in the city of Florence and presented at the Certosa di Firenze in September of the same year. In 2023, he was selected to participate in the Biennale di Malta 2024. Starting in 2024, he began a collaboration with the multidisciplinary artist and performer Claudia Locatelli, taking part in various projects related to performative art and the artistic vocabulary of the New Circus.

In 2025, he was invited to the collective exhibition “You can see anywhere, even underground” at the Galleria Settantaventidue in Milan, which was later presented at the Galleria Fuoricampo in Siena, where he exhibited his work for solo piano “Light in the dust”. In May 2025, his sound installation “A Pause Between Lights And Shadows” was exhibited at the West Museum of Contemporary Art (The Hague - Netherlands) and simultaneously broadcast at the Museo del Sonido (Chile). From May 10th to June 1st, 2025, his works belonging to the series “Artist’s Sketches” were exhibited in Tokyo, at the art galleries EUKARYOTE and Cage Gallery, curated by Manos.

In 2017, he won the International Composition Competition Silenzio Musica; in 2020, he received the degree of the President and Artistic Director of the Winterreise International Composition Competition of Moscow; in 2021, he won the call for scores launched by the Associazione Culturale Esecutori di Metallo su Carta.

A2 Abd El Monim is under contract with the international record labels F.M.T Records and Dubblack Records, with which he regularly releases his electronic music.

Since 2023, A2 Abd El Monim has been an associate artist with EMI - Ensemble de Musique Interactive (France).

Also since 2023, he has held the Chair of Production and Arrangement at the Academy of Art Mohole of Milan.

He studied Sound Engineering and Electronic Music at the SAE Institute, Composition and Applied Music Composition at the Civica Scuola di Musica “Claudio Abbado” in Milan. He specialized in Aesthetic Philosophy in Paris, under the guidance of Jacopo Baboni Schilingi.