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.BIOGRAPHY
Singer, Lute player, Composer
Gaza Strip, Palestine
Moneim Adwan
was born in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip of Palestine, near the
Egyptian frontier. He began to sing Palestinian traditional
songs and prayers of the Prophet Mohamed in his childhood.
At 17 years old he start lute and study to the University of
Tripoli (Libya) where he obtained a Master Degree in
musicology with Professor Fateh El-Ramiz (song) and Abdallah
Sabai (lute).
Since 1999
he has record four disks in France (BudaMusique, Accords
Croises/Harmonia Mundi). His last disk is a traveling in the
poetry of Gaza with musicians from West-Bank of Palestine,
Egypt and his own compositions: Once upon a time in
Palestine (Accords Croises/Harmonia Mundi, 2005).
In June
2004, he sung in the Festival of Fez in Morocco and then, on
different European stages: Babelmedmusic (Marseille-France,
2005), Cite des Sciences et de l’Industrie (Paris-France,
2004), Festival International de Clarinette (Glomel-France,
2005), Festival des Voix des Pays (Fougeres-France, 2005),
Il duomo del Frioli (Italy, 2005), Musical Center of
Vredenburg (Netherland, 2006), Theatre de la Monnaie
(Bruxelles-Belgium, 2006).
Moneim Adwan
also used to compose music for documentary movies and
theatre.
Moneim Adwan's songs are inspired by the traditional musical
heritage of the region Al-Châm (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan,
Palestine) and by the classical Arab repertory. His
compositions are an attempt to keep the tradition alive in a
country which waver between modernism and ancestral
traditions.
This
singer's warm voice, sometimes powerful and sometimes
tender, is the most beautiful instrument to convey a human,
love and tolerant message in the midst of war and
destruction. His possibilities to go out Gaza Strip are al
the time an event.
.Photo Gallery
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