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Gaswan Zerikly (Arabic: غزوان الزركلي; born 4 January 1954 in Damascus) is a Syrian pianist and composer.
Gaswan Zerikly is an internationally recognised pianist, having played in twenty-five countries, including the US and numerous cities in Europe, Africa and Asia. He has performed as solo pianist and composer for the Syrian Radio and Television since 1977 and has composed music for TV, film and others, as well as contributing to the western-style art song in Arabic. Among other composers, he has performed music by Franz Liszt at the Damascus Opera.
Zerikly has been a professor at the Damascus Higher Institute of Music (2001-) and the Cairo Conservatory (2003–2005).