Jasser Haj Youssef
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Jasser Haj Youssef is a Tunis
ian violin
ist, viola d'amore
player and composer
who works in wide variety of musical situations: Oriental music, contemporary classical music
and jazz
. Its research at the Paris 8 University and the Tunis University
works on a fusion between Arabic music and jazz. This Tunisian violinist belongs to the young guard of the soloists of Arab music.
and a DEA in “Performing Arts and Spectacle”.
He has performed and recorded with artists such as Barbara Hendricks
, Youssou N’Dour, Sister Marie Keyrouz
, Cheikha Rimitti
, Toufic Farroukh
, Miguel Angel Estrella, Geoffroy De Masure
, Linley Marthe, Ousman Danedjo, Fawzi Chekili, Elie Achkar, Salah El Mahdi, Safia Chamia, Choubeila Rached
, Mohamed Bestandji, Dorsaf Hamdani, Carlo Rizzo, Araméa… Jasser collaborate with Simona Morini in La Sposa Persiana (Carlo Goldoni
)
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....
ian violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist, viola d'amore
Viola d'amore
The viola d'amore is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin.- Structure and sound :...
player and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
who works in wide variety of musical situations: Oriental music, contemporary classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
and jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
. Its research at the Paris 8 University and the Tunis University
Tunis University
-Profile:The Tunis University has been watchful, for sixteen years, for the best use of the human and material means granted to higher education and scientific research institutions it supervises to improve their opening on the social, cultural and economic environments.With the aim of a better...
works on a fusion between Arabic music and jazz. This Tunisian violinist belongs to the young guard of the soloists of Arab music.
Early life
Jasser Haj Youssef is titular of a First Price of Arab Music Interpretation, a Diploma in Classic Violin, a Diploma in MusicologyMusicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
and a DEA in “Performing Arts and Spectacle”.
He has performed and recorded with artists such as Barbara Hendricks
Barbara Hendricks
Barbara Hendricks is an African American operatic soprano and concert singer. Hendricks has lived in Europe since 1977, and in Switzerland on Lake Geneva since 1985, She is a citizen of Sweden.-Early life and education:...
, Youssou N’Dour, Sister Marie Keyrouz
Marie Keyrouz
Sister Marie Keyrouz is a chanter of Oriental Church music, a member of the Congrégation des Soeurs Basiliennes Chouérites and founder-president of the National Institute of Sacred Music in Paris.-Biography:...
, Cheikha Rimitti
Cheikha Rimitti
Cheikha Rimitti Cheikha Rimitti Cheikha Rimitti (born سعدية الغيزانية Saadia El Ghizania, (8 May 1923, Tessala, Algeria – d. 15 May 2006, Paris, France) was a popular Algerian raï female singer.-Early life:...
, Toufic Farroukh
Toufic Farroukh
Toufic Farroukh is a Lebanese Jazz composer.-Overview:Toufic Farroukh is a saxophone player and composer of jazz with a middle-eastern flavour stemming from his bi-cultural roots in Lebanon and France....
, Miguel Angel Estrella, Geoffroy De Masure
Geoffroy De Masure
Geoffroy De Masure started playing trombone and piano at fourteen years old. From 1985 to 1989 he studied at the Conservatoire in Avignon classical trombone with Professor Bernard Buffet and Jazz with André Jaume. He started playing professionally at 18 in rock and funk band and got his first jazz...
, Linley Marthe, Ousman Danedjo, Fawzi Chekili, Elie Achkar, Salah El Mahdi, Safia Chamia, Choubeila Rached
Choubeila Rached
Choubeila Rached was a Tunisian singer. Her career started as part of the Rachidia Association of Tunisian Music. Rached was decorated with the insignia of the Order of the National Merit in the cultural sector by President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.Rached died on April 9, 2008 in Tunis.-References:...
, Mohamed Bestandji, Dorsaf Hamdani, Carlo Rizzo, Araméa… Jasser collaborate with Simona Morini in La Sposa Persiana (Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty...
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External links
- {fr} http://www.myspace.com/jassermusicJasser Haj Youssef y su presentacion en MyspaceMyspaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
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