Artist: Amina Alaoui
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Alcantara
Year: 1998
Tracks: 14
Amina Alaoui has had a major impact on the development of Middle Eastern classic music. A virtuoso piano player, Alaoui has performed in concert with such Moroccan artists as Djamchid Chemirani, Pedro Soler, Hameed Khan, Pablo Cueco, Hughes de Courson, and Luis Llach and has composed and played music for many of the country's top choreographers. Born in Fez, Morocco, Alaoui enrolled in the Conservatory of Rabat at the age of six. In addition to perusing hellenic forte-piano, she studied traditional Arabic-Andalusian music and Moroccan and Middle Eastern dance. She published his first collection of poems at the age of ten. Although she studied philosophy and linguistics (Arabic, French, and Spanish) at the University of Rabat, Alaoui continued to focus on music. She studied Persian classic music with Djalal Akhbari and European mediaeval music with Henri Agnel.
