Ibn Al Fared Passion - Music

Arabic عابد عازرية Is A Syrian Singer Who Performs Arab Classical Music Although He Claims To Belong To No Particular Music Tradition.In His Work He Sets Ancient And Modern Arabic Texts To Traditional Instruments Such As The Ney Kanun Darbuka Violin Flute And Lute And Synthesizers. He Was Born In Aleppo Syria And After Living For A Time In Beirut Moved To Paris At The Age Of 22 Where He Studied Western Classical Music. While There He Translated Classical Poetry Such As The Sumerian Epic Of Gilgamesh Into French. He Has Stated That He Prefers To Live In The West Saying In A 2000 Interview That He Has An "inability To Work In The Arab Countries In Which The Way People Live Is Still Conditioned By Halal And Haram. Here I Can Produce Contemporary Art I Can Work In Freedom And There Is 'motion' Around What I Produce Journalism Concerts Programme…Nobody Tells Me To Write A Song For A Specific Political Occasion." His Music Has Been Featured In The Films Al Leja Directed By Ryad Chaia And Elia Suleiman's Chronicle Of A Disappearance Also He Participated In Deep Forest's Album Comparsa. Singer-Songwriter Jeff Buckley Was A Fan Of Azrie's Music And The Two Once Had Dinner. -Discography * 1971 Le Chant Nouveau Des Poètes Arabes * 1974 Wajd * 1977 L'épopée De Gilgamesh * 1979 Les Soufis * 1985 Chants De L'arbre Oriental * 1989 Pour Enfants Seulement * 1990 Aromates * 1994 Suerte * 1995 Lapis Lazuli * 1998 Suerte Live * 1999 Pour Enfants Seulement * 1999 Omar Khayyam * 2001 Venessia * 2007 Chants D'amour Et D'ivresse * 2008 Mystique * 2009 L'évangile Selon Jean read less