Farid al-Atrash was a Syrian-Egyptian singer, oud player, composer and actor who immigrated to Egypt at the age of nine with his mother and siblings and became one of the most noted figures in twentieth-century Arabic music. Renowned for his virtuosic playing of the oud and for compositions that set traditional Arabic maqam within orchestral arrangement, he starred in numerous Egyptian musical films, several of them alongside his sister, the singer and actress Asmahan.
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Although born in Syria, he immigrated to Egypt at the age of nine with his mother and siblings, where he eventually became one of the most noted figures in 20th-century Arabic music.
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Farid al-Atrash (Arabic: فريد الأطرش; October 19, 1915, December 26, 1974), also spelled Farid El-Atrache, was a Syrian-Egyptian singer, oudist, composer, and actor.
Practices: Music, Lead
was a Syrian-Egyptian singer, oudist, composer, and actor
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