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Majeda
El
Roumi
Majeda El Roumi is taking a break from the many concerts
that
she presented during the summer season in Cairo,
Jarash,
and Cartage. However, she is preparing the
songs
of her new album that will be released next
year.
Even though she is waiting for the Kamal Tawil
to
finish composing a poem by Farouq Juweida (Why Did
You
Come Now), she is getting set to record four
Lebanese
songs. They are written and composed by Elie
Shuweiri.
Shuweiri says that those songs will be a
great
step ahead for the talented Majeda.
Elias
Rahbani
Artist
Elias Rahbani postponed the concert that he has
announced
till next year, some time between January
and
February. He declared that there are many reasons
that
caused this delay. He also postponed the program
music
project that he was working on for production
reasons.
The program music is for a joint
American-Arab
production. The concert that will be
presented
at Casino Du Liban Theatre will be presented
in
the Western way, and particularly, the American
way.
Rahbani will be conducting the orchestra and
talking
to the audience.
He will present Arab,
Italian,
and French songs during the concert.
Khazem
Al Saher
Up
till now, Khazem Al Saher did not announce his final
opinion
about starring in a musical written by Ahmad
Beih,
who is making an effort to convince him to do
so.
Saher on the other hand, has presented a concert
at
the Opera House in Cairo, during which he was
awarded
the Certificate of the Arab Congregation of
Music
by the Secretary General of the Arab Countries'
Association,
Dr. Ismat Abdul Majeed.
Julia
Boutros
Julia
Boutros will visit Lebanon within two weeks. The
purpose
of the visit is recording the songs of her new
album.
Ziad Rahbani composes six of the songs, and
this
is their first work together.
Hani
Shaker
Hani
Shaker has chosen Actress Sherine to appear in
the
video clip of his song (Helm Jamil), in which she
will
be his wife.
Amro
Diab
Diab traveled to Saudi Arabia with his wife who will
give
birth to their twins. Diab has finished recording
a
duet song with Artist Hamid Shairi. The latter
included
it in his album.
Latifa
Latifa's latest album achieved great success. It is
entitled
"Wadeh" and incldues nine songs: (Wadeh),
(Inshaallah),
(Krehtak), (Yalla Neghani), (Waddeh
Madi),
(Rehlet Zaman), (Ah Ya Leil), (Maktoub Rabbi),
and
(Baablak). They are written by Mansour Shadi, Omar
Batisha,
Walid Zureika, and Ahmad Shatta, and composed
by
Salah Sharnoubi and Elie who is French.
The same
video
clip of her song "Inshaallah" has been filmed in
three
versions: French, Arabic, and a third version
that
combined both. This is one of the steps of her
future
international career.
Najwa
Karam
Najwa
Karam will present a special concert in the
United
States, and it is part of Las Vegas' Festivals.
She
will sing in the concert with George Wassouf and
Khazem
Al Saher.
Khaled
Abdallah
Next
month, singer Khaled Abdallah will release his
new
CD. The CD is a renewed version of Sheikh Imam's
songs.
It is a joint production between Saout Shaab
radio
station and Khaled Abdallah.
Wael
Kfouri
Singer
Wael Kfouri filmed a video clip for his song
(Kelma
Bteshrok Shams Nhar). The lyrics are by the
poet
Nizar Francis and it is composed by Samir Sfeir.
Some
of the scenes were shot in Pragh, where he also
made
a video for his song (Hikayat Ashek). The other
scenes
are shot in Lebanon. The video is directed by
Toni
Abu Elias.
Simon
Hadchiti
Singer
Simon Hadchiti flew to the United States to
present
concerts in seven States for a period of 20
days.
He will then return to Lebanon to present a
concert
on the occasion of the Independence Day on
November
22nd. In Lebanon, he will release several new
songs before Christmas and New Year.
Juneid
Jamil Bashir
Juneid
is the son of the famous late Oud player, Jamil
Bashir,
and lives in the States with his family. He
was
offended by the misrepresentation of culture
songs,
so he attempted to restore them. He composed a
new
version of culture songs himself, distributed, and
produced
them.
He released them on a new cassette and
CD
entitled "Mousica Tunaji Kalb", so that those who
are
interested in this type of music in the United
States
and the Arab countries of course, can benefit
from
it.
Roland
Khalil
When
he returns from Dubai, on the 1st of Ramadan,
singer
Roland Khalil will sing on New Year's Eve at
Kasr
Snoubar, for the Second Year. He will sing with
singer
Nuha on the tunes of the talented musician
Raghed
Abi Habib.
Eid
Awad
Eid Awad recorded a national song on the occasion of
the
Independence Day, entitled
"Allah Ma'o". Officials
at
The Guidance Directorate at the Lebanese Army liked
the
song and will shoot a video clip to be broadcast
on
T.V on the Independence Day, on November 22nd, and
on
other national occasions.
Ihab
Zalzali
The
promising singer, Ihab Zalzali, released a new
cassette
entitled "Bahebak Attabia'a".
It includes
seven
songs written by poets: Aida Bakouni, Abdul
Hafez
Chams, Samir Nakhle, Toni Abi Karam, and Elias
Nasser.
They are composed by Nicholas Nakhle, Ihsan
Munzir,
and Tarek Abu Jaoude. The cassette is produced
by
Lord Sound, and a video clip will be filmed for the
song,
(Bahebak Attabia'a).
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