Hindi Zahra
Hindi Zahra ( Central Atlas Tamazight ⵀⵉⵏⴷⵉ ⵣⴰⵀⵕⴰ Hindi Zahṛa ; born January 20, 1979 in Khouribga , Morocco ; actually Zahra Hindi) is a French - Moroccan singer-songwriter . Her repertoire consists of songs in English and in Tamazight . Occasionally she works as an actress.
biography
Hindi Zahra is the daughter of a Moroccan woman and a French man. At 15, she left school and moved to Paris to live with her father, a former member of the army . At the age of 18 she worked in the Louvre . In addition, she wrote her first lyrics and melodies. In 2005 Zahra, who taught herself all the instruments as a multi-instrumentalist, composed 50 songs. In 2010, eleven of them were released on the Blue Note label's debut album Handmade . The video for the opening piece Beautiful Tango was shot by French director Tony Gatlif . The song Stand Up was selected for an advertising campaign by Western Union Bank in 2010 . In November 2010 Hindi Zahra won the Prix Constantin for the best album. In February 2011 she won the Victoires de la Musique music prize for the best world music album. In May 2011 she performed at the Paris Olympia and in June 2011 at the La Défense Jazz Festival .
The song Imik si Mik from the album Handmade was used by Chanel in a 2013 commercial with Gisele Bündchen . The song Kiss & Thrills from the same album can be heard in the film 300 Words German from the same year .
In 2014 Hindi Zahra worked as an actress in the films The Narrow Frame of Midnight by Tala Hadid and The Cut by Fatih Akın .
Zahra's second solo album Homeland was released in April 2015 .
Discography
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Albums
- 2010: Handmade
- 2011: Handmade (deluxe version with unreleased songs)
- 2015: Homeland
Singles
- 2012: My Life (with Sporto Kantes )
- 2013: Sword + Gun (with José James )
- 2015: Any Story
Filmography
- 2014: The Narrow Frame of Midnight
- 2014: The Cut
Web links
- Biography on the official website ( Memento from May 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Biography at EMIMusic
- Volker Schmidt: Manu Chao meets Portishead . Review of the album Handmade In: Die Zeit from March 1, 2010 Online
- Hindi Zahra in the Chanel commercial for "Les Beiges" promotional video
- Hindi Zahra in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Hindi Zahra: If music be a tree
- ↑ Le Parisien : Hindi Zahra, une voix nomade entre Orient et Occident of May 25, 2010 (French)
- ^ Hindi Zahra: Musical Sounds from the Melting Pot ( Memento from April 9, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) by Samir H. Köck In: Die Presse from February 26, 2010
- ↑ Philippe Brochen: Hindi Zahra, prix Constantin 2010 In: Liberation of November 12, 2010.
- ↑ Les Victoires de la musique de 2011 (The 2011 Music's Victories)
- ↑ Hindi Zahra at the Défense Jazz Festival 2011
- ↑ Chart sources: France / Switzerland
- ↑ Awards for music sales: FR
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| SURNAME | Zahra, Hindi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hindi, Zarah (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French singer and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th January 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Khouribga , Morocco |