Dhafer Youssef - Soupir Eternel

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Dafer Youssef - Soupir Eternel (Tunisia, 2006)

I might seem biased because I had the pleasure of seeing the artist mentioned above live in one of the most beautiful concerts of my life, but when you perform a thousand concerts worldwide, acclaimed and in demand everywhere, and play with artists of the caliber of Markus Stockhausen, Jon Hassell, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, and our Paolo Fresu, it must mean something.

Dhafer Youssef is one of the leading contemporary specialists in the oud, the fretless Middle Eastern lute, prevalent in the Maghreb, Turkey, Persia, and the Arab countries, which he has helped liberate from its traditional role and bring into modernity. Since the late 1990s, he has established himself as one of the prominent ambassadors of the musical encounter between East and West, of certain world music linked to jazz and improvisational music, extending to Brazilian and Caribbean music and to sinuous and elusive Indian melodies. Supported by a remarkable band of musicians, the sound of his unique instrument and his voice blend masterfully with today’s musical technology, incorporating sampled sounds, synthesizers, and electronic percussion.

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