Marcel Khalife
10 June 1950 – present
Marcel Khalife is a Lebanese composer, singer and oud player whose work draws on Arabic musical traditions and on the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish. He trained at the Beirut National Conservatory, founded the Al Mayadine Ensemble in 1976, and became widely known across the Arab world during and after the Lebanese Civil War. He was named a UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2005.
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Life events
Born in a coastal town north of Beirut.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe completed his studies there at the start of the 1970s.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe worked as a music teacher through the early 1970s.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe group performed his compositions for voice, oud and small ensemble.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe recording set poems by Mahmoud Darwish and established his reputation across the region.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe performed widely in Europe, North America and the Arab world from the 1980s.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe case concerned a Quranic verse quoted in a Darwish poem he had set to music; he was acquitted.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe designation recognised his work in music and cultural dialogue.
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