Through recordings of his concerts he thus became the most famous ud player in the Arab world and earned the nickname 'King of the Ud. Atrash revived the dying use in concert of improvised instrumental solos (tagasim) as part of a longer piece, by lengthening the instrumental introductions to his songs and building tagasim into them. Aside from his singing prowess, Atrash was a virtuoso ud player: he studied the instrument at Cairo's Institute of Arab Music and in fact began his professional career accompanying and older singer.

Atrash was part of a musical family: His mother, 'Aliyah,' supported the family by singing, and his sister, Asmahan, appeared with him in many movies. He was born in Syria, but moved to Egypt with his mother, when he was around nine years old. Asmahane died in a car accident occurred in mysterious circumstances.Singer/instrumentalist/composer al-Abash was notable for a deep voice with an evocative quality of poignancy, the fact that within the pop field he sang in styles regarded as 'authentic' in both Egypt and the Levant, and above all for his extensive use of the ud. Together, they starred in one movie in 1941. Alongside numerous stars of the big screen, such as Samia Jamal, Mona Abdelaziz, Hind Rostom and Tahia Kariouka, Farid El Atrache has proven he was an accomplished artist.įarid El Atrache’s sister was the singer Asmahan. Some of his most famous songs include : “Hekayat Gharami”, “Albi Wa Moftaho”, “Gamil Gamal”, “Nora Nora”, “Zina”, “Wayak”.įarid El Atrache is also one of the most important contributors to Egyptian film music. Farid El Atrache has wrote for numerous Arab singers.įarid El Atrache is as perfect in mawal style as in joyful love songs.

His parents were Prince Fahad Al Atrache and Princess Alia. Farid Al Atrache was born in Jebel Ed-Druz, Southern Syria in 1915. As singer, Farid El Atrache had an astonishing fan base thanks to his unusually passionate voice. Farid El-Atrash, Soundtrack: Its Kind of a Funny Story. He first worked for private Egyptian radio stations and sometimes for the national one as an Oud player which vocation he inherited from his mother.įarid El Atrache has composed diverse songs and was one of the most esteemed composers of of twentieth century Arab music. He sang in school parties and later entered the conservatory and took music lessons from the compose Riyad As-Sunbay.įarid El Atrache began his singing career in the 1930’s. Farid El Atrache, Lebanese-born singer, composer and instrumentalist, was born to a Druze princely family.Įscaping the French occupation, Farid El Atrache and his family moved to Egypt and were later naturalized Egyptian.įarid El Atrache showed interest in music at an early age.

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