Habib Yammine

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Habib Yammine (* 1956 in Zekrite , al-Mitn , Mount Lebanon Governorate ) is a Lebanese musician , composer and musicologist .

Life

Habib Yammine learned to play the violin at the Beirut Conservatory . He later studied music in Paris, where he met Aïcha Redouane (* 1962) from Morocco. They discovered their shared passion for classical Arabic music. Since then they have not only played music together, but also became a couple and got married.

Habib Yammine dealt with the music of the Yemeni tribes in his dissertation. He teaches at the University of Paris VIII at Cité Musique in Paris and Maqâm in Lille . Habib Yammine is primarily concerned with Arabic music, especially with drums: riq , the daff and the darbuka .

Discography

  • 1995: Lucente stella: Moyen Alter - XXe siècle (with Pierre Hamon and John Wright)
  • 2008: Thurayya - Pleiades (album)
  • 2014: Machreq. Dhikr du Bien-aimé (live album)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nicolas Michel: Aïcha Redouane et Habib Yammine, le rythme et la mélodie , at jeuneafrique.com, accessed on May 19, 2017.
  2. ^ Charles Uzor: A stroke of luck for Swiss festival culture, at musikzeitung.ch, accessed on May 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ Lucente stella , at worldcat.org, accessed on May 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ Albums , at rateyourmusic.com, accessed May 19, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Yammine, Habib
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lebanese musician, composer and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Zekrite , al-Mitn , Mount Lebanon Governorate