 He studied in Moscow with the Russian violinist and conductor David Oistrakh and received a Ph.D. in music there in 1968.Sayed Awad was a music teacher at Yarmouk University (Irbid-Jordan) from 1982-1986, he taught; violin, music theory and history, one of his recognize student Dr. Seifed-Din Shehadeh Abdoun (violinist & composer) who is living in USA.Dr.