Hossam Ramzy was born in Cairo , Egypt . His musical career began early, when at the age of three he was given his first drum, an Egyptian Tabla. Hossam's passion and huge talent for percussion was noted by his family, many of whom were themselves involved in the arts. He was encouraged to master his craft and studied under leading Cairo music teachers. A move to Saudi Arabia led him to joining with many Bedouin tribes, which gave him a rich insight into the cultural origins of Middle Eastern music. In the mid 1970's Hossam came to England , and enjoyed great success as a Jazz drummer working with many respected Jazz musicians like Andy Sheperd and Geoff Williams. But as he began looking for new dimensions of percussive sounds, he found himself turning full circle back to his first love, the Egyptian Drums, and the thrilling dance rhythms of the Middle East .

Hossam then incorporated all his rhythmic experience into creating a new sound that is known all over the world. The distinctive sound of his Arabian & North African string arrangements, his percussion and exciting rhythms on his albums caught the imagination of Peter Gabriel and Hossam was invited to perform on PASSION and later US, and has just completed the working on Peter's new unreleased album. In 1994 Robert Plant and Jimmy Page (ex-Led Zeppelin) invited Hossam to bring together a band of Arabian musicians and work on their reunion album 'No Quarter - Unledded' for which he was rewarded a GOLD thena PLATINUM discs. This led to Hossam joining Page & Plant on their historic reunion 1995/96 world tour. He has worked with many top musicians including Joan Armatrading, Mary Wilson, Yesim Salkim, Celick Erici, Cheb Khaled, Tarkan, Rachid Taha, Faudel, The Gypsy Kings and the list just goes on. In November 2001 Hossam was awarded a PLATINUM disc by the ARC Music record company (with whom he has released 18 Albums), for being their top selling artist, over 200.000 record sales. Hassam Ramzy performed on the album "In the Land Of Frozen Water" (LM024-2), by the composer and pianist Kora Michaelian and the Armenian group "Nor Dar", that was released on 2003 by "LIBRA MUSIC". "In the Land Of Frozen Water " is a musical tale about love - narration: Karyofyllia Karabeti (one of the best Greek actresses).