Samy Moussa (born June 1, 1984) is a Canadian conductor and composer of classical music, living in Berlin. His works have been performed internationally.

Moussa was born and grew up in Montreal.^[1] He completed his undergraduate studies at the Université de Montréal with José Evangelista^[2] and postgraduate studies at University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with Matthias Pintscher and Pascal Dusapin, also participating in conducting master classes with Pierre Boulez,^[3] Péter Eötvös,^[4] and Royaumont Voix Nouvelles courses with Salvatore Sciarrino.

In 2010, Moussa became music director of the INDEX Ensemble in Munich, and since that time worked with a number of ensembles and orchestras among which were: MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, hr-Sinfonieorchester, CBC Radio Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra among others.^[5]

He conducted the premiere of his second opera, Vastation, with a libretto by Toby Litt, at the Munich Biennale in 2014.^[6]

His first symphony, titled Concordia, was premiered by Kent Nagano conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in May 2017.^[7] That year the Dallas Symphony Orchestra performed his work "A Globe Itself Infolding",^[8] which had previously been recorded by the Montreal Symphony.^[9]

In 2013, Moussa won the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize.^[10] In 2017, he received the Hindemith Prize.^[11][12] In 2018, the German government awarded him a fellowship at Villa Massimo in Rome.^[3][13]