CONCERT
LOTFI BOUCHNAK & HIS ORCHESTRA
Lotfi Bouchnak
Tunisia / Creation 2018
A tribute from the Beirut Spring Festival and the Lebanese Ministry of Culture to the great Tunisian artist.
Monday 4 June 2018, 9:00 pm
MusicHall, Starco Center
Lotfi Bouchnak (لطفي بوشناق) is a Tunisian star, singer, oud player, composer and public figure. He is considered one of the best tenors in the Middle East, North Africa and the Arab world and has been called the "Pavarotti of Tunisia". He has also appeared in Tunisian television series and films, including Maktoub, La boîte magique, Halou u mer and El paraíso ya no es lo que era.
Bouchnak was born in Tunis to a family of Turkish-Bosnian origin. At a young age, he began to play the songs of Oum Kalthoum and other masters of Egyptian music. He joined the "Youth Musical Group of Tunis", then "Arrachidia", where he began to improve his singing skills with Ali Sriti. He also learned to play the oud. In 1979, at the age of 25, Bouchnak recorded his first song composed by Ahmed Siddiqui. He then began to work with other famous composers such as Sayed Mekkaoui, Fathallah Ahmed and Anwar Brahem. In the 1980s, he began composing songs for other artists such as Khaled and the rap group IAM. Bouchnak is one of the few artists to have regular performances at the Cairo Opera House since 1992. He won the Best Arab Singer Award in Washington DC in 1997.
كلمات أغنية أنا مواطن
منزلى فى كل شارع .. وفى كل ركن وكل باب
واكتفي بصبري وصمتي .. ثروتي حفنة تراب
ما أخاف الفقر لكن كل خوفي من الضباب
ومن غياب الوعي عنكم .. كم أخاف من الغياب
سادتي وأنتم حكمتم حكمكم حكم الصواب
وثورتي كانت غنيمة وافرة لحضرة جناب
ما يهم .. و لا أبالي الدنيا ليست مداسي
لكن خلولي بلادي وكل ما كنتم ع راسي
ياهناه اللي كان مثلي ما يهمه من ومن ؟؟
أنتم أصحاب الفخامة والزعامة وأدري لن !!
لن نكون فى يوم منكم يشهد الله والزمن
أنا حلمي كلمة وحدة يضل عندي وطن
لا حروب لا خراب لا مصايب لا محن
خدو المناصب والمكاسب لكن خلولى "الوطن"
ياوطن وأنت حبيبي وأنت عزي وتاج راسي
أنت يا فخر المواطن والمناضل والسياسىي
أنت أجمل وأنت أغلى وانت أعظم من الكراسي!
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