Hajj

La rencontre, au début du XXe siècle au Caire, de deux savants, un lettré du Borno, al-Hajj Musa ibn Hissein et un linguiste amateur allemand, Rudolf Prietze, résulta dans la production d'un ensemble exceptionnel de documents en kanouri transmis et composé par al-Hajj Musa. Ce sont à la fois des éléments issus de la culture populaire du Borno (contes, chansons et proverbes) et des textes de sa composition donnés sous formes orales et écrites. Dans ce cas, l'acte européen de collecte et de grammatisation n'a pas pu effacer la force de l'épistémè du Sahel au cœur de ces textes. …

This release is a beautiful album, based on the rich cultural tradition of Lebanese music. It highlights the traditional oriental orchestra (takht), consisting of oud, buzuk, qanun, ney, oriental violin and double bass with Arabian percussions such as tabla, riqq, katem, mezher and others. Artistic director and primary conductor of the Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music, Andre Hajj is a Lebanese musician who grew up in an atmosphere of music and arts encouraged by his mother. Influenced by this musical and artistic atmosphere, Hajj began to study music at the age of sixteen and graduated from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik with a Diploma in Oud and a Bachelor of Arts in Educational Music. He formed the group Amaken in 2003 to perform traditional Lebanese and Arabic music and he gave regular concerts in Lebanon and other countries.