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Encouraged by his music-loving father, Brahem began studying the oud, at the age of ten, when he enrolled at the National Conservatory of Music. For nearly a decade, he studied with influential oud player Ali Sitri. By the age of fifteen, he was playing well enough to perform regularly with local orchestras. Although he initially focused on Arabic music, Brahem increasingly incorporated elements of jazz. This was enhanced during the six years that he spent in Paris (1981 — 1987). Returning to Tunis in 1987, Brahem agreed to become director of the Ensemble Musical De In Ville De Tunis.
In 1990, Brahem resigned to focus on his own career. After touring in the United States and Canada, he met and was signed by Manfred Eicher, producer and founder of German record label, ECM. His debut album, «Barzakh«, released in 1991, was recorded with Turkish musicians, Bechir Selmi and Lassad Hosni. Brahem’s second album, «Conte De L’incroyable Amour«, released in 1992, was recorded with clarinet player Barbaros Erkose. In 1994, Brahem recorded «Madar«, with Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek and Pakistani tabla player Shaukat Hussain. Brahem’s fourth album, «Khomas«, released in 1995, featured improvised interpretations of his compositions for Tunisian film and theater productions and was recorded with accordion player Richard Galliano and violinist Bechir Selmi. With his fifth effort, «Thimar«, released in 1998, Brahem collaborated with soprano saxophone and bass clarinet player John Surman and double bass player Dave Holland. «Astrakan Cafe« was issued three years later.
Brahem has composed numerous pieces for such films and musical theater productions as «Sabots En Or», «Bezness», «Halfaouine», «Les Silences Du Palais», «Lachou Shakespeare», «Wannas El Kloub», El Amel», «Borj El Hammam» and «Bosten Jamalek». He collaborated with Maurice Bejart on the ballet, «Thalassa Mare Nostrum» and with Gabriel Yared on the Costa Gravas film, «Hanna K».
◊ ‘Ghanili Cheouï Cheouï’ ⇓ [from Moufida Tlatli‘s movie ‘Les Silences du palais’_1994]
• Anouar Brahem Trio → ASTRAKAN CAFÉ ⇐ [2000]
A. Brahem – Oud + Barbaros Erköse – Clarinet + Lassad Hosni – Bendir, Darbouka
•→ Halfaouine ⇔ جماليات
♦ Leila au pays du carrousel, var ↓ [«Le pas du chat noir» – 2007]
Anouar Brahem – Oud; François Couturier (piano); Jean Louis Matinier (accordion).
♦ Anouar Brahem Quartet ↓ ‘Al Birwa’ [«The astounding eyes of Rita»]
A. Brahem – Oud; Klaus Gesing – Bass Clarinet; Bjorn Meyer – Bass; Khaled Yassine -percussions
♦ Stopover At Djibouti ↓ جماليات
•→‘Parfum de Gitane’ [Tunis _ 1997] ⇐
w/ Jan Garbarek & Manu Katche ⇓ [Stuttgart_1993]
∇ ‘La Nuit’ ⇓ [Paris_2018]
Anouar Brahem: Oud, Dave Holland: double bass, Jack DeJohnnette: drums, Django Bates: piano
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ربيع أبو خليل
Rabih Abou-Khalil grew up in Beirut and moved to Munich, Germany during the civil war in 1978. From early on, he learnt to play the oud, a fretless string instrument, similar to the European lute or Greek bouzouki. He studied in the Beirut conservatory from oud virtuoso Georges Farah. After moving to Germany, he studied classical flute at the Academy of Music in Munich under Walther Theurer. He has often blended traditional Arab music with jazz, and has earned praise such as «a world musician years before the phrase became a label, he makes the hot, staccato Middle Eastern flavour and the seamless grooves of jazz mingle as if they were always meant to» (John Fordham, Guardian 2002).
♦ ‘Le Train Bleu’ ↓ [Songs for Sad Women, 2004]
Rabih Abou-Khalil, Oud; Gevorg Dabagyan, Duduk; Michel Godard, Serpent; Jarrod Cagwin, Frame Drums
ربيع أبو خليل ‘Sunrise In Montreal’ ↓ [«The Sultan’s Picnic»]
∇ ‘Blue Camel’ ⇓ [Stuttgart_1989]
Howard Levy- Harmonica Charlie Mariano – Alto Saxophone Rabih Abou-Khalil – Oud/Composer Vincent Courtois – Cello Mohammad Tahmassebi – Dombak
ربيع أبو خليل Dreams of a Dying City [Arabian Waltz] ←
• ‘Ma Muse M’amuse’ – [2001] →
ربيع أبو خليل – ‘Business As Usual’ ↓ [«The Cactus of Knowledge»]
ربيع أبو خليل Morton’s Foot ⇐[2004]
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