its sounds look like the voice’s sounds because,€¦ · In the Arab poetry, the word dandana,...
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In the Arab poetry, the word dandana, means hum and is often associated to oud/luth music (the king instrument) as this instrument reminds the most the human voice. According to the great philosopher Al-Farabi (m. 950) : « its sounds look like the voice’s sounds because, as them, they are able to support and fluctuate”. Fouad Haddad (1928-1985), surnamed the father of the modern poets, was the first to publish a collection of poems in Egyptian dialectal language. Haddad's work fits perfectly into the lineage of sacred Arabic poetic tradition lasting for more than thousand years. That is why he was often compared to the great medieval Arab poets, such as illustrious Abou Nawas and al-Mutanabi, or the famous Sufi poet Jalal el-Din al-Rumi. Combining voice and oud, composition and improvisation, Dandana program is based on a selection of texts of this great poet, set to music by Tarek Abdallah, as well as two paragons of Egyptian protest song : Sayyed Darwish (1892-1923) and Sheikh Imam Issa (1918-1995). Line-up : Tarek Abdallah (singing, oud, compositions) & Adel Shams El-Din (chorus, riqq).
Transcript of its sounds look like the voice’s sounds because,€¦ · In the Arab poetry, the word dandana,...
IntheArabpoetry,theworddandana,meanshumandisoftenassociatedtooud/luthmusic(the king instrument) as this instrument reminds themost thehumanvoice.According tothegreatphilosopherAl-Farabi(m.950):«itssounds look likethevoice’ssoundsbecause,asthem,theyareabletosupportandfluctuate”.
Fouad Haddad (1928-1985), surnamed the father of the modern poets, was the first topublish a collection of poems in Egyptian dialectal language. Haddad'swork fits perfectlyintothelineageofsacredArabicpoetictraditionlastingformorethanthousandyears.Thatiswhyhewasoften compared to thegreatmedievalArabpoets, suchas illustriousAbouNawasandal-Mutanabi,orthefamousSufipoetJalalel-Dinal-Rumi.
Combiningvoiceandoud,compositionand improvisation,Dandanaprogramisbasedonaselectionoftextsofthisgreatpoet,settomusicbyTarekAbdallah,aswellastwoparagonsofEgyptianprotestsong:SayyedDarwish(1892-1923)andSheikhImamIssa(1918-1995).
Line-up:TarekAbdallah(singing,oud,compositions)&AdelShamsEl-Din(chorus,riqq).
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TarekAbdallah is an egyptian composer, lutenist andmusicologist fromAlexandria, born in 1975.He drawsinspiration from the golden age of the art of Egyptian oud solo (1910-1930), which is at the center of hismusicologicalresearch.HegrewupinAlexandria,itisasateenageralongsidethelocalculturalenvironment,especially the theater scene,where he had started self-taught inmusic. He is 19 years-oldwhen he beginsplayingtheoudandthenmeetsHazemShaheenwithwhomhefoundedthegroup"Eskenderella"in2000.InJanuary2005theArabOudHouseofCairoawardshimthediplomaofsoloistandteacherwiththeAwardofExcellence. He receives parallel teaching of several masters, the lutenist Hazem Shaheen and the greatcomposer and violinistAbdouDagher.He’s formed in theMoroccan schoolwith SaidChraibi and inPersianmusicwithDariushTalai.Since2001helivesinMarseilleandiscurrentlypreparingaPhDinMusicologyattheUniversity Lumière Lyon 2. Tarek Abdallah combines the experiences related to the transmission andpopularization of knowledge related to the Arab Lute through creations, masterclasses, conferences andworkshops.Education: He receives first of all the teaching of Hazem Shaheen with whom he founded the group "Eskenderella" inFebruary,2000.ThenoftheIraqiMaster,NaseerShamma,atTheArabOudHouseofCairowhichawardedhiminJanuary2005thediplomaofSoloistandProfessorwiththeprizeofexcellence.Atthesametime,hewas formedby theGrandMasterandtheEgyptiancomposerAbdouDagheraswellas in theMoroccansingingwithSaïdChraïbiandinthePersianmusicwithDariushTalaïintheAbbeyofRoyaumontinFrance.In2008heobtainsthediplomaofMusicalStudies(TraditionalMusics-oud)oftheNationalSchoolofVilleurbannewiththecongratulationsofthejury.Research,Musicology: In2009,heobtainedaMaster’sdegree(ResearchandProfessional) inMusicologyoftheUniversity Lumière Lyon2 .Atpresent contractual PhD student (researcher)within the sameuniversity.Project of thesis: " the virtuosity in the art of ’ ûd in the XXth century ". Since 2012 he is alsomember ofNonkillingArtsResearchCommittee’shttp://nonkilling.org/node/7Teaching:HetaughtatArabOudHouseofConstantineinAlgeria,intheSultanateofOmanorintheEgyptianCulturalcenterofParis.HehasalsoranoudworkshopsinGermanyattheOrientalmusicSummerAcademyinSulzburgandwithintheculturalassociation"LaRuche"inMarseilleandgivesprivatelessons.(Individualandcollectiveteaching:progressiveassimilationofthedirectory,therhythmiccycles,theworkontheinstrumentaltechnique,approachestheimprovisation).Since2013,heparticipatesinworkshopswithchildren,proposedbyAl Al Mawred Thaqafy / Culture Resource Foundation in Egypt and Lebanon cultural program "Action forHope."Discography:2015-"Walsa,Egyptianmusicalsuites"induetwithAdelShamsElDin(BudaMusique)Awards:"TopMezzo"MezzoClassic-JazzTV-SonglinesMagazineBestAlbum2015-"Bravos"TradMagazine-Onstage:TarekAbdallahoccursonstagesolo(recital),induo,trio(withAdelShamsEl-Din,GhassanSahhab,BahaaDaou).Hewasused tocollaboratewithartists fromdifferentmusicalhorizonsasOrchestraBaroque-graffiti, Tommy Smith and Pino Iodice (jazz), Naseer Shamma and Eastern Orchestra (70 musicians amongwhomRossDali,DhrubaGosh),theOrchestraofArabOudHouse,themastersMustafaSaïd,HazemShaheen,AbdouDagher, Saïd Chraïbi, Darius Tala’ï and recently the Turkish TanburmasterMurat Salim Tokaç or theHungarianCimbalomvirtuososMiklosLukacsandKalmanBalogh.AlsosomemusiciansfromMarseilles:SheikhZeinMahmoud,BijanChemirani andManuThéron.Abdallah also composed forAntonTchekov’splay " TheSeagull"byCiedeL’EgrégoreandaccompaniedthereadingsofBernard-PierreDonnadieu,FannyCottençon,Elizabeth Masse or Jacques Bonnaffé, Marie-Christine Barrault and Catherine Allégret within the FestivalMarathondesMotsinToulouse.HetheSyrianactressFadwaSolimanattheFestivald’Avignon2012andthefrenchactorBorisTerralinthereadingof"LePremierHomme"(AlbertCamus).
SomereferencesLebanon:BaalbeckFestival,MetroAlMedinainBeirutEgypt:BeitelOud(AraboudHouse)inCairo,CentreCulturelFrançaisinAlexandria,JesuitCulturalCentreinAlexandria,AlexandriaLibrary,OufuqyMusicFestivalOman:SultanQaboosUniversityinMasqatFrance:AbbayedeRoyaumont,InstitutduMondeArabeàParis,FestivalLesSudsàArles,leCentreCulturelEgyptiendeParis,RencontresPolyphoniquesdeCalvi,FestivalAsseArcadie,Festivald’Avignon,AutresRivagesàUzès,LesVoixduPrieuréauBourget-du-Lac,FestivaldeRadioFranceetMontpellier,Studiodel’Ermitage,CitédelamusiquedeMarseille,BabelMedMusic,LesJoutesMusicalesàCorrens,LuberonJazzfestival,FestivalBerlioz,FestivalNoBorderàBrest,NuitsduSuquetàCannes,LieuUniqueinNantes.UK:RoyalAlbertHallinLondon,TheAhbabFestivalCambridgeUSA:AlwanfortheArtsàNYC,MuseumofArtdeCleveland,ArabAmericanMuseumdeDearborn.Switzerland:StanserMusiktage,PoussièreduMondeGenevaGermany:HausDerKulturenDerWeltBerlin,SpeyerGuitarFestivalAlgeria:GrandthéâtredeConstantineItaly:TeatroMancinelliàOrvieto,FestivalIsolecheParlannoBelgium:SfinksfestivalHungary:WOMEX’15Budapest,FestivalRitmoMüpaBudapestCzechrepublic:RespectFestivalPoland:FestiwalEthnoPort
AdelShamsEl-Din
TheUndisputedMasteroftheriqqAlreadyestablishedwithareputationofmastermusicianinhislatetwentiesinEgypt,at30helefthisdoublecareerassoloistwiththeRadioofAlexandriaandmechanicalengineerwiththeEgyptianRailways,tocometoEuropeandconcentrateonhiscareerasamusicalartist.Hisexceptionaltechnique,exquisitesound,andvastknowledgeofrhythmiccyclesfromMiddleEastern,tojazzandflamenco,makehimthemostsoughtafterriqqplayerontheinternationalstagetoday.HeinsistsonplayingthetraditionalEgyptianfishskinriqqsbecauseinhiswords,"Thesoundisthesouloftheinstrument;andthatsoundcreatesthesoulofthemusic."AdelShamsEl-DinisatraditionalpercussionistnativeofAlexandriainEgypt,bornin1950andlivesinFrance.He isnowconsideredoneof themost talented riqqplayer (classicalArabic tambourine)onwhichhe seemscapableofresonatinginturneachofthetenpairsofmetaljinglesaroundtheinstrument.Hewasintroducedto percussion by his older brother Shams and on stage at the age of 11, and he is formed by the brilliantcomposerandmusicologistFathiGuenedwhotaughthimnotonlythebasicrhythmsofpercussionbutalsotheArabmaqamandtoreadmusic,theoryandhistory.Hemadehisprofessionaldebutin1970attheAlexandriaradio and replacing the greatmaster Samir Ben Yamine theOpera Orchestra of Alexandria as soloist riqq .ArrivedinFrancein1979,hequicklyintegratedintovarioussetsoforientalmusic,includingEnsembleAl-Kindi,heisoneofthefoundersandwithwhomhetouredtheworld.HeplayedwithSyriansingersSabriMoudallal,AdibAl-DâyikhOmarSarminiandHamzaShakuurorAbedAzrie,withthemasterofMoroccanoudSaidChraibiwith Tunisian singer Lotfi Bouchnak, and also with international artists such as Jean-Michel Jarre, MichelSanchez,ZakirHussein.HealsocontinuedtoexpandhishorizonsbyplayingrhythmicflamencowithRenauldGarciaFonsormedievalmusicwithMagali Imbert, JeanLucFillon jazz,or folk , classicalWesternmusicandavant-garde with various ensembles and orchestras in France and with Klaus Huber in Salzburg andSwitzerland.Hehasrecordedmorethan50CDsandworkedonadozenfilmscores.Healsorecordedasoloalbum"FortyrhythmsoftheMiddleEast"(BudaMusique).
DANDANA
PROGRAM80min
-MasrBetimlaTextFouadHaddad,compositionTarekAbdallah -AihellyaihTextFouadHaddad,compositionTarekAbdallah -HudhudSoliman(Solomon’shoopoe)TextFouadHaddad,compositionTarekAbdallah -TaqsimzahralQanun TextFouadHaddad,compositionTarekAbdallah-YaMasrqumiTextNagibChihab,compositionCheikhImamIssa(1985) -ElqulalEl-qinawiTexteBadi'Khairi,compositionSayyedDarwish(1919) -AhimchawqanTextAhmedFouadNegm,composition:SalahEl-Charnoubi(1998) Instrumentalsuite(compositionTarekAbdallah):-WalliGai mode/maqambayyati -LongaRast mode/maqamrast
-KhushRank mode/maqamrast
FouadHaddad(1927-1985)FouadHaddadisan iconoclasticfigureoftheEgyptiandialectpoem,calledthefatherofpoets.HispoemswerehumedTahrirSquareduringtherevolutionof25January2011.Hiscollectionofpoems,Al-AhrarWaraaQodbane (freebehindbars),written in1956after thereleaseofNasser's jails, isareferencethatinspiredtheopponentsandtheArableft.FouadHaddadwasbornin1928inCairo,aProtestantfamilyofSyrian-Lebaneseorigin.Savant,hedrawsontheheritageofArabicpoetryandinhisknowledgeofFrenchliterature.ItisconsideredapillaroftheEgyptiandialectpoem.Thirtyyearsafterhisdeath,heislargelyforgotten.
SayyedDarwish(1892-1923)Singerandlyricalcomposer,wasbornMarch17,1892inAlexandria.Histalentandhiscompositionsarenowconsidereda"bridge"betweentraditionalArabicmusic,hedoesnotupset thetraditionalstructuresandmodernmusic,includingWestern.Assuch,this"visionary"ishailedas"thefatherofthe new Egyptian music and the heroes of the renaissance of Arabic music." His most famouscomposition is of course "Biladi, Biladi, Biladi", the Egyptian national anthem, the text has beenadapted from a famous speech of Mustafa Kamil. This essential composer ideally symbolizes atransitionfromtraditionalArabicmusicandmodern,bothinfluencedbytheWest(Italianoperaandoperettas)andmarkedbytechnology(theadventofmodernrecordingmeans).
CheikhImamIssa(1918-1995)Hewastherevolutionarypoetwhorefusedcategoricallyanyinjustice.Hissarcasticsongs,althoughprohibited, circulated under the coat. He remains a monument to the Land of the Pharaohs andthroughouttheArabworld.In1962hehadadecisivemeetingwithAhmedFouadNejmwithwhomhe struckupa friendshipandworkeduntilhisdeath.After theSixDayWar in1967, Sheikh Imambegancomposingsongstorevolutionarythemesandcriticalresponsibleforthedefeat,costinghimseveralstaysinthejailsofhiscountry.SheikhImamandFouadNegmgivetheirfirstFrenchconcertinApril1984,withtheiraccomplicepainterpercussionistMuhammadAliaspartofafestivalofArabmusicinNanterre,theaterAmandiersPatriceChéreau.SheikhImamIssaleftamultitudeofcommittedandpatrioticsongswithasamajorconcernthethirstfor freedom. Cry of protest against social injustice, sometimes the throes of rampant corruption,plunderofpublicmoneyunderstrangleholdofleadersofhiscountrywithdisastrousconsequencesforEgyptiansociety.
