Anouar Brahem (Arabic: أنور ابراهم) is a Tunisian oud (middle eastern lute)… Read Full Bio ↴Anouar Brahem (Arabic: أنور ابراهم) is a Tunisian oud (middle eastern lute) player and composer who is widely regarded as an innovator in his field. Performing for primarily a jazz audience, he fuses Arabic classical music, folk music and jazz and has been recording since at least 1991 after becoming prominent in his own country in the late 1980s.
Brahem began studying the oud at age 10 under the tutelage of Ali Sitri at the National Conservatory of Music in Tunis. In 1987, after six years in Paris, he spent two years as the director of the Ensemble Musical De Ia Ville De Tunis. ECM released his first album (not counting a cassette self-release in his youth) in 1991, called Barzakh.
In playing style, Anouar Brahem is often compared to Rabih Abou-Khalil, though his compositions tend to be more mellow and spare. Most often he utilizes an ensemble of three or four musicians. He has collaborated throughout his career and on several albums with other musicians: Tunisian percussionist Lassad Hosni and violinist Bechir Selmi and Turkish clarinetist Barbaros Erkose. He has also performed live concerts with these same ensembles. In addition to these, he worked together with many jazz musicians such as Jan Garbarek, Dave Holland and John Surman. Brahem also played with Paola Damiani's Orchestre National de Jazz . In his last album, Le Voyage De Sahar (2006), he has come together again with pianist Francois Couturier and accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier . Couturier and Matinier - two very talented musicians- played before in Brahem's Le Pas Du Chat Noir (2002).
A succinct source of inspiration.
Brahem began studying the oud at age 10 under the tutelage of Ali Sitri at the National Conservatory of Music in Tunis. In 1987, after six years in Paris, he spent two years as the director of the Ensemble Musical De Ia Ville De Tunis. ECM released his first album (not counting a cassette self-release in his youth) in 1991, called Barzakh.
In playing style, Anouar Brahem is often compared to Rabih Abou-Khalil, though his compositions tend to be more mellow and spare. Most often he utilizes an ensemble of three or four musicians. He has collaborated throughout his career and on several albums with other musicians: Tunisian percussionist Lassad Hosni and violinist Bechir Selmi and Turkish clarinetist Barbaros Erkose. He has also performed live concerts with these same ensembles. In addition to these, he worked together with many jazz musicians such as Jan Garbarek, Dave Holland and John Surman. Brahem also played with Paola Damiani's Orchestre National de Jazz . In his last album, Le Voyage De Sahar (2006), he has come together again with pianist Francois Couturier and accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier . Couturier and Matinier - two very talented musicians- played before in Brahem's Le Pas Du Chat Noir (2002).
A succinct source of inspiration.
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Halfaouine
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@christianeblais8822
Halfaouine...je l'ai déjà entendue 100 fois et encore mille autres fois je l'entendrais à nouveau. Sublime de beauté, presque irréelle. L’âme du grand Anouar Brahem a été touchée et inspirée comme il arrive rarement aux hommes. Gratitude et admiration d'Italie. Barakallahu fik Si Brahem
@hend7117
This music is the embodiment of Tunisia. Halfaouine is the name of one area within the old town of Tunis, this brings so many memories of genuine Tunisian life, roaming the streets of the Medina while you can smell the Jasmin and Mint from nearby cafés , encountering those lovely wise men who just left the mosque wearing the traditional Chechia and Jebba saying Hi to you with an enchanting smile... The story wouldn't end there I can imagine how all of this has inspired the great Anouar...Tunisia is an endless love
@haykelg340
❤️
@elaboguslawska7821
love your words ... please tell me .. this Love is so deep .. he is touching heavens with his music ..
@bryanbagayas8447
Brandon Acker the vampire brought me here
@KnightMirkoYo
tshh, why would you give him away to the public. it's not safe to talk about it here..
@THEfamouspolka
Moi aussi.
@Shorts-vl2ym
Listen to Lotfi Bouchnak you would like it for real
@matt5137
@Mark Firman what the hell do u mean dude
@victormaluf-inea2224
Both the sentence and the adjective are so accurate