Farida Mohammad Ali
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Farida Mohammad Ali (born 1963 in Kerbala, Iraq
) is an Iraq
i singer. She performs regularly in the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble. The ensemble was established in 1989 in Baghdad by Mohammad H.Gomar to continue of the 1973 ensemble organized by the prominent lute professor Munir Bashir
. http://www.faridamaqam4u.com/index_en.php She had taught maqam
singing at the Baghdad Conservatory
. She left Iraq
in 1997. She is married to Mohammad Gomar the Djozza instrument player and lives in The Netherlands. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ishraqaat-Farida/dp/B000OLG5N6
She was the recipient of the Medal Algeria Capital of Arab Culture in 2007. She performed in International Mystic Music Sufi Festival in Karachi, Pakistan in 2007.
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
) is an Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
i singer. She performs regularly in the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble. The ensemble was established in 1989 in Baghdad by Mohammad H.Gomar to continue of the 1973 ensemble organized by the prominent lute professor Munir Bashir
Munir Bashir
Munir Bashir was an Assyrian musician in Iraq and one of the most famous musicians in the Middle East during the 20th century and was considered to be the supreme master of the Arab maqamat scale system....
. http://www.faridamaqam4u.com/index_en.php She had taught maqam
Arabic maqam
Arabic maqām is the system of melodic modes used in traditional Arabic music, which is mainly melodic. The word maqam in Arabic means place, location or rank. The Arabic maqam is a melody type...
singing at the Baghdad Conservatory
Baghdad Conservatory
The Baghdad Conservatory is a Baghdad, Iraq music conservatory. Hanna Petros founded the institution in 1936.The conservatory has produced such famous oud players as Munir Bashir and Jamil Bashir, Salman Shukur and Ghanim Haddad. The maqam singer Farida Mohammad Ali had taught there. Also,...
. She left Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
in 1997. She is married to Mohammad Gomar the Djozza instrument player and lives in The Netherlands. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ishraqaat-Farida/dp/B000OLG5N6
She was the recipient of the Medal Algeria Capital of Arab Culture in 2007. She performed in International Mystic Music Sufi Festival in Karachi, Pakistan in 2007.
Discography
- Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, Classical Music of Iraq (Music and Words, 1998)
- Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, Iraqi Mawal & maqam (produced by Samarkand company in Holland 2000)
- Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, Departure (Produced by the Dutch company Soly Luna 2001)
- Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, Tradition (Produced by Munir Bashir Foundation 2002)
- Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, Voice of Mesopotamia (Produced By Long Distance France, 2003)
- Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, Baghdad Eternity (Poems & Maqamat) (Produced by Iraqi Maqam Foundation 2004)
- Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble, Ishraqaat (Produced by Snail Records 2005)