On January 15, 9:00 PM, Acoustic Roots will welcome guest singer Habib Anass.
Anass is from Fez (Morocco) and from an early age on, he was an
ambitious singer. When he was only five years old
he sang classical
Arabic songs together with his family. At age twelve he performed his
first solo concert in Fez. Nowadays his repertoire covers music from
many countries and civilizations.
Anass lived
in Syria for two years, where he sang medieval and pre-medieval
songs
in Arabic, Aramic and Greek from the churches in the Middle
East. He took lessons
from composer Said Qoteb (Damascus), and from
singers Safouan Abed and Ahmed Kaddah, both from Aleppo. He spent three
months in Lebanon to work on the vocal techniques of the Aramaic and
Byzantine repertoire, in cooperation with the famous singer and teacher
Ghada Shbeir.
In 2013 he continued his studies in Paris with Marie Keyrouz.
From 2013 Anass
studied in Lyon (France) at the CEFEDEM Institute and
in June 2014 he passed the French state exams to be a music teacher of
traditional vocals and percussion.
His repertoire covers music from many countries and civilizations.
From the great Lebanese singer Fairouz to the Egyptian diva Oum
Kalthoum, from the Syrian Sabah Fakhri to the Lebanese Marcel Khalife,
from Sufi poetry to maronite (early Christian) melodies and medieval Sephardic/Andalusian songs.
Anass sings not only in one of the many Arabic dialects, in Syrian
(Aramaic), or in ancient Greek, but also in French, Spanish and English.
Guests in today's recording were the following musicians:
- Goksel Yilmaz: guitar/
baglama (saz)
- Sandor Kem: contrabass
- Jamil Al Assadi: qanun
- Latif Al Obeidi: percussion
- Waseem Al Masri: violin
- Kamal Hors: oud
For more information see his website.
And listen to his music on YouTube.
Broadcast: January 15, 9:00 PM
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