Chevra haChachamot on Nostr: SAVE THE DATE Maurice El Médioni (born on 18 October 1928 in Oran, Algeria) is an ...
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Maurice El Médioni (born on 18 October 1928 in Oran, Algeria) is an Algerian Jewish pianist, composer and interpreter of Andalusian, Rai, Chaabi, Sephardic and Arab music. He is one of the few living artists to have performed with the great Chaabi artists Lili Labassi, Line Monty, Samy el Maghribi, and Reinette l'Oranaise along with modern Rai greats like Khaled.
Listen to "Ahlan Wa Sahlan"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLb2HjZLRxQ
Read the Memoir: https://bookshop.org/p/books/maurice-el-medioni-a-memoir-from-oran-to-marseilles-1936-1990-maurice-el-medioni/279838
This book contains his original handwritten memoirs, translated by Jonathan Walton. He tells firsthand the story of his early life in the derb (Oran's Jewish quarter); his first piano; Rommel's Nazi forces and his experiences during WW2;...how he developed his unique 'pianorientale' style; the subsequent golden years of nightlife in Oran, the 'Paris of the South'; the horrific years of bloodshed that followed in the Algerian war of Independence...
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JewishHistory #JewishMusic
Maurice El Médioni (born on 18 October 1928 in Oran, Algeria) is an Algerian Jewish pianist, composer and interpreter of Andalusian, Rai, Chaabi, Sephardic and Arab music. He is one of the few living artists to have performed with the great Chaabi artists Lili Labassi, Line Monty, Samy el Maghribi, and Reinette l'Oranaise along with modern Rai greats like Khaled.
Listen to "Ahlan Wa Sahlan"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLb2HjZLRxQ
Read the Memoir: https://bookshop.org/p/books/maurice-el-medioni-a-memoir-from-oran-to-marseilles-1936-1990-maurice-el-medioni/279838
This book contains his original handwritten memoirs, translated by Jonathan Walton. He tells firsthand the story of his early life in the derb (Oran's Jewish quarter); his first piano; Rommel's Nazi forces and his experiences during WW2;...how he developed his unique 'pianorientale' style; the subsequent golden years of nightlife in Oran, the 'Paris of the South'; the horrific years of bloodshed that followed in the Algerian war of Independence...
#Mazeldon #Jewniverse #JewishHistory #JewishMusic