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| Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:24 am Post subject: In memory of Hamza El Din : playing the OUD |
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Hamza El Din,
the celebrated Nubian musician whose rich fusion of Arabic and Nubian sounds entranced audiences worldwide and inspired colleagues like the Grateful Dead and Kronos Quartet, May 22 , 2006
at a Berkeley hospital from a gallbladder infection. He was 76.
Those familar with music from Africa and the Middle East may have heard similar sounds, but nothing quite approaches the traditional music of Nubia.
The Nubians, who played a vital role in Egyptian history from pre-dynastic times into the Christian era, have long inhabited the lands in southern Egypt/northern Sudan for as long as anyone can remember, and cling fiercely to their proud history
http://www.hamzaeldin.com/
Mr. El Din was a subtle master of the oud, the Arabic precursor of the lute, and the tar, the single-skinned drum that originated in Nubia, the ancient upper Nile land that was largely submerged after the Aswan Dam was built in the 1960s. Mr. El Din sought to preserve his native culture, singing Nubian songs and stories in a warm, reedy voice that merged with his instrumental overtones to create music of quiet intensity and beauty.
Hamza el Din was born in Nubia, along the Nile River near the southern Egyptian border (Aswan). He grew up in a culture rich in melodious and rhythmic music. While studying engineering in Cairo, he took up the oud, a principal instrument of Arabic classical music. Later, while holding down full-time jobs, he began studying music formally at the Conservatory of music in Cairo.
During this time and during subsequent study at the Academy of St. Cicelia in Rome, his work began to combine elements of Nubian and Egyptian traditional music within formal structures. In 1964, he made his first recording, Music of Nubia, for Vanguard Recordings.
In the same year, he embarked on his first concert tour of the United States. Since then, he traveled, performed and taught music in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. In 1981 he went to Japan to make a comparative study of Biwa and Oud (funded by a Japan Foundation grant). Impressed with the country and its peoples, he performed there frequently.
THE OUD
Farid Atrash that other great OUD player :arrow:
http://www.oud.gr/farid_el_atrash.mp3
http://www.afropop.org/multi/interview/ID/39/Simon%20Shaheen%20on%20the%20oud%20(2003)
AHMED FATHI :arrow:
http://gulf.salmiya.net/songs/fathy/
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