March –––– June 2025: 17th edition
20 years on the assassination of Samir Kassir
CONCERT
DORSAF HAMDANI - Barbara/Fayrouz
Dorsaf Hamdani, Daniel Mille, Barbara, Fayrouz
France, Tunisia / Creation 2014
Tuesday 6 June 2017, 9:00 pm
MusicHall, Starco Center
Dorsaf Hamdani was born in Tunis in 1975. Since her childhood, she has been working on her talent: a powerful and fascinating voice. After graduating from the Tunis Music Conservatory, she began a university degree in musicology between Tunis and Paris. At the same time, she participated in several major musical events in the Arab world and received a number of prestigious awards: The Young Talent Award in Tunisia (1992), the second prize at the Arab Song Festival in Jordan (1995) and the Tunisian Song Disque d'Or (1996). She performed several times at the temple of Arabic music, the Cairo Opera House, gaining recognition and being approached by internationally renowned maestros: Salah Ghoubachi and Selim Sahab, among others. Their reviews were full of praise.
It is true that Dorsaf is a young singer, but she masters different repertoires: the Arab-Andalusian music of Morocco (Nuba), the classical Arabic singing and the traditional Sufi chant. She sings the difficult verses of Warda, Najet, Fayrouz and Oum Kalthoum as well as the deep Sufi chants with fascinating ease. On stage, she controls everything, but gives free rein to her interpretations to make us happy. Hamdani has participated in several cross-cultural productions, including "Ivresses," a show based on the quatrains of Omar Khayyam. She also paid tribute to three important female figures in the Arab world through both the show and the record "Princesses of Arabic Song". Today, Tunisian singer Dorsaf Hamdani takes on a new challenge with an original creation: Barbara & Fayrouz.
Born in Grenoble, the accordionist Daniel Mille enrolled at the National Conservatory of Music. Open to all trends, he has accompanied artists from various backgrounds such as Barbara, Jacques Higelin, Maurane, Salif Keïta, Lozua Kanza, Richard Bona and Nina Hagen.
In 1993, after the release of his first album "Sur les Quais", he was awarded the Django d'Or for the best jazz album. Daniel Mille is immediately recognized as a leading soloist thanks to the following records "Les heures tranquilles" in 1995 and "Le funambule" in 1999. In the same year, he composed the music for Louis Aragon's show "La valse des adieux", which brought him on stage with Jean-Louis Trintignant. In addition to other theatrical experiences such as Apollinaire's "Les poèmes à Lou" in 2004 and "Vian, Prévert, Desnos", he released the albums "Entre chien et loup" (2001) and "Après la pluie" (2005) for Universal Music Jazz/Classics.
In 2006, Daniel Mille won the prize for best instrumentalist at the Victoires du Jazz and "L'attente" (nominated for the Victoires de la musique) was a great success.
Throughout his career, he has received accolades from both the public and the critics. In November 2014, he released the album "Cierra tus ojos", a tribute to Astor Piazzolla (Sony Music). Samuel Strouk helped him with the arrangements and musical direction.
Dorsaf Hamdani vocals
Daniel Mille musical direction, accordion
Lucien Zerrad arrangements, guitar, oud
Zied Zouari violin
Yousef Zayed percussion, oud
Rachid Arab technique
Accords Croisés International production
« Barbara et Fairouz hantent l'imaginaire des chansons française et arabe : dans cet hommage croisé, la tunisienne Dorsaf Hamdani imagine le dialogue entre les deux divas (...) relecture ravissante. »
Télérama – 17/12/2014
« La chanteuse Tunisienne prend de la hauteur en s'attaquant aux chansons de Barbara et Fairouz (…) Le bel alliage qui compose son timbre vocal, fait d'un subtil dosage, de minéralité et de sensualité, la rendait quasiment exclusive pour cette entreprise où l'on passe des mélismes moyen-orientaux à la diction épurée du français classique, de la complainte envoûtante limite sulfureuse de 'La Fille Chalabi' au béant désespoir de 'Soleil Noir'. »
Les Inrockuptibles – 14/01/2015
« Rien ne peut résister à Dorsaf Hamdani, interprète d'une intelligence et d'une classe impériales (…) Une fois de plus, on succombe au charme de ce voile léger, semblable à une transparence, que la chanteuse tunisienne conserve dans sa voix à la manière d'une pudeur, et qui pique inlassablement notre plaisir. »
Les Inrock.com – 03/02/2015
« La longue dame brune de la chanson française et une princesse du chant arabe réunies dans leur langue respective sur un album de toute beauté (...) Le risque était grand mais Dorsaf contourne l'obstacle du « choc des cultures » avec subtilité et émotion (…) Orchestrations sensibles, dépouillées, interprétation touchante : Barbara + Fairouz est la plus belle surprise poétique de l'automne. »
L'Alsace – 18/01/2015
« Les deux univers se croisent, s'entremêlent, tantôt dans la langue de Molière, tantôt en langue arabe, pour un réel enchantement onirique (...) On se met à voyager entre deux répertoires que tout pourrait opposer, mais que Dorsaf Hamdani parvient à rapprocher avec une étonnante poésie. »
Le Tarn Libre – 02/01/2015
« Dorsaf Hamdani croise avec talent et audace deux grandes dames : Barbara en français et Fairouz en arabe. »
La Croix – 18/12/2014
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