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Hani
Shaker
began
his
musical
career
at
a
very
early
age
-
learning
the
piano
as
a
child,
when
his
mother
took
on
the
role
of
agent
as
well
as
supervisor
of
his
professional
training.
After
graduation
from
high
school
in
the
early
70’s
he
started
to
study
music
at
the
prestigious
Egyptian
Conservatoire.
Hani
scored
his
first
breakthrough
hit
in
his
second
year
of
college
in
December1972
with
a
song
written
by
Mohammed
El
Mougi,
“Heloua
ya
Dounia
(It's
a
Wonderful
Life),
which
his
musical
set
him
off
on
his
musical
career..
Although
at
that
time
the
biggest
legends
remained
at
their
peak,
Omme
Kolthoum,
Farid
AL
Atrache,
Mohamed
Abdel
Wahab
and
Abdel
Halim
Hafez
they
recognized
his
potential
and
supported
him,
so
that
he
was
able
to
become
known
among
all
these
legends.
Until
today
Hani
claims
he
owes
his
greatest
musical
debt
to
Abdel
Halim
Hafez,
a
man
who
continues
to
exert
a
considerable
influence
on
younger
Egyptian
musicians
even
after
his
death
in
1977.
In
1974
Hani
was
invited
to
participate
in
a
concert
in
Lebanon,
which
turned
out
to
be
a
huge
success..
and
ever
since
then
Hani
has
remained
extremely
popular
among
the
Lebanese..
From
then
on
Hani
produced
a
number
of
his
early
hits
“Siboni
Aheb”
(Let
me
love),
“Kisma
w’nasib”
(Destiny
and
fate)
and
one
of
his
most
popular
“Kida
Bardo
Ya
Amar”
(It’s
not
fair,
oh
Moon”)
During
the
70’s
Hani
presented
two
famous
Plays
“Cinderella”
and
“Egypt”..
and
three
romantic
movies
“When
love
sings”
,
“We
live
for
love”
and
“I
love
this
and
want
that”
In
the
course
of
his
long
and
successful
career,
Shaker
has
proved
he
is
not
only
a
talented
singer
but
also
a
songwriter
of
his
own
material
including
the
whole
album
of
“Albi
Malouh”
which
included
8
Hits
in
the
early
90’s..
and
songs
such
as
“Ma’ak”
and
“Katabetli
essenin”
as
well
as
working
with
a
number
of
legendary
composers
from
the
Arab
World
including
Salah
El
Sharnoubi,
Tarik
Akif,
Yehia
El
Mougi,
Mohamed
Sultan,
Baleigh
Hamdi
and
Ahmed
Shata.
In
spite
of
his
love
of
traditional
Arab
music,
Hani
also
enjoys
modern
songs
which
reflect
contemporary
society.
He
considers
his
own
musical
style
a
halfway
point
between
tradition
and
modernity.
So
in
the
late
eighties
and
in
the
nineties
he
started
to
act
through
his
video
clips
including:,
Lao
Ya’ni,
Nisyanak
Sa’eb,
Mat
Hadidish,
Albi
Malouh
and
many
others..
He
has
a
repertoire
of
20
albums
to
date..
including..
Albi
Malouh,
Bashak
Dehketik,
Koloh
Yehoun,
Hikayet
Kul
Ashe’Shawer,
Ma’ak,
Wala
Kan
Be
Amri,
Alli
Edehkaya,
and
more
recently
Ya
ritni
and
Garhi
Ana..
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