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IntheArabpoetry,theworddandana,meanshumandisoftenassociatedtooud/luthmusic
(the king instrument) as this instrument reminds the most the human voice. According to
thegreatphilosopherAl-Farabi(m.950):«itssoundslooklikethevoice’ssoundsbecause,
asthem,theyareabletosupportandfluctuate”.
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
intothelineageofsacredArabicpoetictraditionlastingformorethanthousandyears.That
is why he was often compared to the great medieval Arab poets, such as illustrious Abou
Nawasandal-Mutanabi,orthefamousSufipoetJalalel-Dinal-Rumi.
Combiningvoiceandoud,compositionandimprovisation,Dandanaprogramisbasedona
selectionoftextsofthisgreatpoet,settomusicbyTarekAbdallah,aswellastwoparagons
ofEgyptianprotestsong:SayyedDarwish(1892-1923)andSheikhImamIssa(1918-1995).
Line-up:TarekAbdallah(singing,oud,compositions)&AdelShamsEl-Din(chorus,riqq).
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Tarek Abdallah is an egyptian composer, lutenist and musicologist from Alexandria, born in 1975. He draws
inspiration from the golden age of the art of Egyptian oud solo (1910-1930), which is at the center of his
musicologicalresearch.HegrewupinAlexandria,itisasateenageralongsidethelocalculturalenvironment,
especially the theater scene, where he had started self-taught in music. He is 19 years-old when he begins
playingtheoudandthenmeetsHazemShaheenwithwhomhefoundedthegroup"Eskenderella"in2000.In
January2005theArabOudHouseofCairoawardshimthediplomaofsoloistandteacherwiththeAwardof
Excellence. He receives parallel teaching of several masters, the lutenist Hazem Shaheen and the great
composer and violinist Abdou Dagher. He’s formed in the Moroccan school with Said Chraibi and in Persian
musicwithDariushTalai.Since2001helivesinMarseilleandiscurrentlypreparingaPhDinMusicologyatthe
University Lumière Lyon 2. Tarek Abdallah combines the experiences related to the transmission and
popularization of knowledge related to the Arab Lute through creations, masterclasses, conferences and
workshops.
Education: He receives first of all the teaching of Hazem Shaheen with whom he founded the group "
Eskenderella"inFebruary,2000.ThenoftheIraqiMaster,NaseerShamma,atTheArabOudHouseofCairo
whichawardedhiminJanuary2005thediplomaofSoloistandProfessorwiththeprizeofexcellence.Atthe
same time, he was formed by the Grand Master and the Egyptian composer Abdou Dagher as well as in the
MoroccansingingwithSaïdChraïbiandinthePersianmusicwithDariushTalaïintheAbbeyofRoyaumontin
France.In2008heobtainsthediplomaofMusicalStudies(TraditionalMusics-oud)oftheNationalSchoolof
Villeurbannewiththecongratulationsofthejury.
Research, Musicology:In2009,heobtainedaMaster’sdegree(ResearchandProfessional)inMusicologyof
the University Lumière Lyon 2 . At present contractual PhD student (researcher) within the same university.
Project of thesis: " the virtuosity in the art of ’ ûd in the XXth century ". Since 2012 he is also member of
NonkillingArtsResearchCommittee’shttp://nonkilling.org/node/7
Teaching:HetaughtatArabOudHouseofConstantineinAlgeria,intheSultanateofOmanorintheEgyptian
CulturalcenterofParis.HehasalsoranoudworkshopsinGermanyattheOrientalmusicSummerAcademyin
Sulzburgandwithintheculturalassociation"LaRuche"inMarseilleandgivesprivatelessons.(Individualand
collectiveteaching:progressiveassimilationofthedirectory,therhythmiccycles,theworkontheinstrumental
technique,approachestheimprovisation).Since2013,heparticipatesinworkshopswithchildren,proposedby
Al Al Mawred Thaqafy / Culture Resource Foundation in Egypt and Lebanon cultural program "Action for
Hope."
Discography:2015-"Walsa,Egyptianmusicalsuites"induetwithAdelShamsElDin(BudaMusique)Awards:
"TopMezzo"MezzoClassic-JazzTV-SonglinesMagazineBestAlbum2015-"Bravos"TradMagazine-
Onstage:TarekAbdallahoccursonstagesolo(recital),induo,trio(withAdelShamsEl-Din,GhassanSahhab,
Bahaa Daou). He was used to collaborate with artists from different musical horizons as Orchestra Baroquegraffiti, Tommy Smith and Pino Iodice (jazz), Naseer Shamma and Eastern Orchestra (70 musicians among
whomRossDali,DhrubaGosh),theOrchestraofArabOudHouse,themastersMustafaSaïd,HazemShaheen,
Abdou Dagher, Saïd Chraïbi, Darius Tala’ï and recently the Turkish Tanbur master Murat Salim Tokaç or the
HungarianCimbalomvirtuososMiklosLukacsandKalmanBalogh.AlsosomemusiciansfromMarseilles:Sheikh
Zein Mahmoud, Bijan Chemirani and Manu Théron. Abdallah also composed for Anton Tchekov’s play " The
Seagull"byCiedeL’EgrégoreandaccompaniedthereadingsofBernard-PierreDonnadieu,FannyCottençon,
Elizabeth Masse or Jacques Bonnaffé, Marie-Christine Barrault and Catherine Allégret within the Festival
MarathondesMotsinToulouse.HetheSyrianactressFadwaSolimanattheFestivald’Avignon2012andthe
frenchactorBorisTerralinthereadingof"LePremierHomme"(AlbertCamus).
Somereferences
Lebanon:BaalbeckFestival,MetroAlMedinainBeirut
Egypt:BeitelOud(AraboudHouse)inCairo,CentreCulturelFrançaisinAlexandria,JesuitCulturalCentrein
Alexandria,AlexandriaLibrary,OufuqyMusicFestival
Oman:SultanQaboosUniversityinMasqat
France:AbbayedeRoyaumont,InstitutduMondeArabeàParis,FestivalLesSudsàArles,leCentreCulturel
EgyptiendeParis,RencontresPolyphoniquesdeCalvi,FestivalAsseArcadie,Festivald’Avignon,AutresRivages
àUzès,LesVoixduPrieuréauBourget-du-Lac,FestivaldeRadioFranceetMontpellier,Studiodel’Ermitage,
CitédelamusiquedeMarseille,BabelMedMusic,LesJoutesMusicalesàCorrens,LuberonJazzfestival,
FestivalBerlioz,FestivalNoBorderàBrest,NuitsduSuquetàCannes,LieuUniqueinNantes.
UK:RoyalAlbertHallinLondon,TheAhbabFestivalCambridge
USA:AlwanfortheArtsàNYC,MuseumofArtdeCleveland,ArabAmericanMuseumdeDearborn.
Switzerland:StanserMusiktage,PoussièreduMondeGeneva
Germany:HausDerKulturenDerWeltBerlin,SpeyerGuitarFestival
Algeria:GrandthéâtredeConstantine
Italy:TeatroMancinelliàOrvieto,FestivalIsolecheParlanno
Belgium:Sfinksfestival
Hungary:WOMEX’15Budapest,FestivalRitmoMüpaBudapest
Czechrepublic:RespectFestival
Poland:FestiwalEthnoPort
AdelShamsEl-Din
TheUndisputedMasteroftheriqq
AlreadyestablishedwithareputationofmastermusicianinhislatetwentiesinEgypt,at30helefthisdouble
careerassoloistwiththeRadioofAlexandriaandmechanicalengineerwiththeEgyptianRailways,tocometo
Europeandconcentrateonhiscareerasamusicalartist.Hisexceptionaltechnique,exquisitesound,andvast
knowledgeofrhythmiccyclesfromMiddleEastern,tojazzandflamenco,makehimthemostsoughtafterriqq
playerontheinternationalstagetoday.HeinsistsonplayingthetraditionalEgyptianfishskinriqqsbecausein
hiswords,"Thesoundisthesouloftheinstrument;andthatsoundcreatesthesoulofthemusic."
AdelShamsEl-DinisatraditionalpercussionistnativeofAlexandriainEgypt,bornin1950andlivesinFrance.
He is now considered one of the most talented riqq player (classical Arabic tambourine) on which he seems
capableofresonatinginturneachofthetenpairsofmetaljinglesaroundtheinstrument.Hewasintroduced
to percussion by his older brother Shams and on stage at the age of 11, and he is formed by the brilliant
composerandmusicologistFathiGuenedwhotaughthimnotonlythebasicrhythmsofpercussionbutalsothe
Arabmaqamandtoreadmusic,theoryandhistory.Hemadehisprofessionaldebutin1970attheAlexandria
radio and replacing the great master Samir Ben Yamine the Opera Orchestra of Alexandria as soloist riqq .
ArrivedinFrancein1979,hequicklyintegratedintovarioussetsoforientalmusic,includingEnsembleAl-Kindi,
heisoneofthefoundersandwithwhomhetouredtheworld.HeplayedwithSyriansingersSabriMoudallal,
AdibAl-DâyikhOmarSarminiandHamzaShakuurorAbedAzrie,withthemasterofMoroccanoudSaidChraibi
with Tunisian singer Lotfi Bouchnak, and also with international artists such as Jean-Michel Jarre, Michel
Sanchez,ZakirHussein.HealsocontinuedtoexpandhishorizonsbyplayingrhythmicflamencowithRenauld
Garcia Fons or medieval music with Magali Imbert, Jean Luc Fillon jazz, or folk , classical Western music and
avant-garde with various ensembles and orchestras in France and with Klaus Huber in Salzburg and
Switzerland.Hehasrecordedmorethan50CDsandworkedonadozenfilmscores.Healsorecordedasolo
album"FortyrhythmsoftheMiddleEast"(BudaMusique).
DANDANA
PROGRAM
80min
-MasrBetimla
TextFouadHaddad,compositionTarekAbdallah -Aihellyaih
TextFouadHaddad,compositionTarekAbdallah -HudhudSoliman(Solomon’shoopoe)
TextFouadHaddad,compositionTarekAbdallah -TaqsimzahralQanun
TextFouadHaddad,compositionTarekAbdallah
-YaMasrqumi
TextNagibChihab,compositionCheikhImamIssa(1985) -ElqulalEl-qinawi
TexteBadi'Khairi,compositionSayyedDarwish(1919) -Ahimchawqan
TextAhmedFouadNegm,composition:SalahEl-Charnoubi(1998)
Instrumentalsuite(compositionTarekAbdallah):
-WalliGai mode/maqambayyati
-LongaRast mode/maqamrast -KhushRank mode/maqamrast FouadHaddad(1927-1985)
FouadHaddadisaniconoclasticfigureoftheEgyptiandialectpoem,calledthefatherofpoets.His
poemswerehumedTahrirSquareduringtherevolutionof25January2011.Hiscollectionofpoems,
Al-Ahrar Waraa Qodbane (free behind bars), written in 1956 after the release of Nasser's jails, is a
referencethatinspiredtheopponentsandtheArableft.FouadHaddadwasbornin1928inCairo,a
ProtestantfamilyofSyrian-Lebaneseorigin.Savant,hedrawsontheheritageofArabicpoetryandin
hisknowledgeofFrenchliterature.ItisconsideredapillaroftheEgyptiandialectpoem.Thirtyyears
afterhisdeath,heislargelyforgotten.
SayyedDarwish(1892-1923)
Singerandlyricalcomposer,wasbornMarch17,1892inAlexandria.Histalentandhiscompositions
arenow considered a "bridge" between traditional Arabic music, he does not upset the traditional
structuresandmodernmusic,includingWestern.Assuch,this"visionary"ishailedas"thefatherof
the new Egyptian music and the heroes of the renaissance of Arabic music." His most famous
composition is of course "Biladi, Biladi, Biladi", the Egyptian national anthem, the text has been
adapted from a famous speech of Mustafa Kamil. This essential composer ideally symbolizes a
transitionfromtraditionalArabicmusicandmodern,bothinfluencedbytheWest(Italianoperaand
operettas)andmarkedbytechnology(theadventofmodernrecordingmeans).
CheikhImamIssa(1918-1995)
Hewastherevolutionarypoetwhorefusedcategoricallyanyinjustice.Hissarcasticsongs,although
prohibited, circulated under the coat. He remains a monument to the Land of the Pharaohs and
throughouttheArabworld.In1962hehadadecisivemeetingwithAhmedFouadNejmwithwhom
he struck up a friendship and worked until his death. After the Six Day War in 1967, Sheikh Imam
begancomposingsongstorevolutionarythemesandcriticalresponsibleforthedefeat,costinghim
severalstaysinthejailsofhiscountry.SheikhImamandFouadNegmgivetheirfirstFrenchconcert
inApril1984,withtheiraccomplicepainterpercussionistMuhammadAliaspartofafestivalofArab
musicinNanterre,theaterAmandiersPatriceChéreau.
SheikhImamIssaleftamultitudeofcommittedandpatrioticsongswithasamajorconcernthethirst
for freedom. Cry of protest against social injustice, sometimes the throes of rampant corruption,
plunderofpublicmoneyunderstrangleholdofleadersofhiscountrywithdisastrousconsequences
forEgyptiansociety.