- Farid El Atrash For Ever 2 (Farid El Atrash For Ever 2) · 1969
- Farid El Atrash 25 Sana · 1998
- Farid El Atrash 25 Sana · 1973
- Aghani film Resala Men Emraa Maghola · 1992
- Farid El Atrash 25 Sana · 1972
- Farid El Atrash 25 Sana · 1970
- Farid El Atrash 25 Sana · 1972
- Aghany Film Nagham fe haiaty enta habeby · 1990
- King of Oud 9 · 2001
- Aghany Film Hekaiet el omr kolo zaman ya hop · 1972
- Arabian Nights (Traditional Arabic Music) · 2001
- Ya ritni tir · 1991
- Farid El Atrash 25 Sana · 1972
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- Hear why they still call him "King of the Oud."
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About Farid El Atrache
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. He was born in Syria, but moved to Egypt with his mother, when he was around nine years old. 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. 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 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. 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." ~ John Storm Roberts
- HOMETOWN
- Syria
- BORN
- October 19, 1917
- GENRE
- Arabic