Hamza El Din
A Wish
Hamza El Din is accompanied by Joan Jeanrenaud (cello), Hani Naser (doumbeks and clay drums), Shizuru Ohtaka (voice), Amy Cyr (ney), and William Allaudin Mathieu (piano) in this album. We will briefly review Hamza El Din.
"[He] is considered the father of modern Nubian music. Born and raised in Nubia (southern Egypt), he studied electrical engineering at King Fouad University (now the University of Cairo) before discovering the oud. Following graduation, he continued his music studies at the Institute for Middle Eastern music in Cairo, then moved to Rome where he studied Western music and classical guitar at the Academy of Santa Cecilia. In the early 1960s, he emigrated to the U.S. and was warmly greeted by American audiences at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival. He has taught music at universities in the U.S. and Japan, and now residies in the San Francisco Bay area, where he continues composing, teaching, and recording during breaks in his busy worldwide concert schedule. Hamza has performed with the Kronos Quartet, the Grateful Dead, and at major festivals in Edinburgh, Salzburg, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, and Montreuz." (information from CD's program notes)
"A Wish" is a realease by Sounds True. It is one of Hamza El Din's many recordings. You can purchase this CD at their web-site. You can also find this CD in some of the on-line distributors, we have links to these distributors on our "Oud CDs" page.
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