Khalil Chahine
Khalil Chahine (born June 8, 1956 ) is a French jazz and fusion musician ( guitar , composition, also harmonica, synthesizer, percussion) with Egyptian roots. He appeared primarily as a film composer .
Live and act
Chahine has released albums under his own name since 1989, which represent a crossover of jazz, fusion, oriental music and classical music. He also played with the Paris Jazz Horns . He also accompanied Jacques Dutronc , Jean-Loup Longnon , Jonatan Cerrada , Amar Sundy and Françoise Hardy and was involved as a guitarist on the recording of the music for Science of Sleep - Instructions for Dreaming . Chris Rea brought him in as guitarist (alongside Sacha Distel ) and arranger for his album Guitars Unlimited . He also composed for Hardy and Viktor Lazlo and arranged for Blur and Daniel Mille . Since the early 1990s he has composed frequently for the film, but also created the theme melodies for the news and weather for France 2 . In 2012 he wrote the music for Les Aventures du Prince Ahmed on behalf of the Louvre .
Discography
- 1989: Mektoub
- 1992: Turkoise (with Richard Galliano , Didier Makaga, Bertrand Richard, Robert Persi, Jean-Marc Jafet, Jean-Paul Céléa , Sylvin Marc, Jean-François Rougé, André Ceccarelli , Luis Augusto, Sydney Thiam, Richard Cross, Serge Ponsar)
- 1994: Hekma (with Richard Galliano, Kudsi Ergüner , David Linx , Viktor Lazlo and others)
- 1995: Opaque
- 1999: Bakhtus
- 2009: Noun
- 2013: Kairos ( Éric Séva , Kevin Reveyrand, Nicolas Filiatreau, Sydney Thiam)
- 2018: Kafé Groppi
Film music
- 1990: Le Bal du gouverneur (Direction: Marie-France Pisier )
- 1991: Ragazzi (Director: Mama Keïta )
- 1991: Stranger (The Stranger) (Directors: Joan Tewkesbury , Wayne Wang , Daniel Vigne )
- 1993: Émilie Muller (Direction: Yvon Marciano )
- 1996: Fallait pas! ... (Director: Gérard Jugnot )
- 1998: Tangier - The Legend of a City (Director: Peter Goedel )
- 1999: Beautiful Venus (Vénus Beauté (Institute)) (Director: Tonie Marshall )
- 2000: Meilleur espoir féminin (Director: Gérard Jugnot)
- 2000: Rebels in Daresalam (Daresalam) (Director: Issa Serge Coelo )
- 2002: Monsieur Batignole (Director: Gérard Jugnot)
- 2004: Mariage mixte (Direction: Alexandre Arcady )
- 2008: Ndjamena City (Director: Issa Serge Coelo)
- 2017: C'est Beau la Vie (Director: Gérard Jugnot)
Web links
- Web presence
- Khalil Chahine at Discogs (English)
- Khalil Chahine at Allmusic (English)
- Khalil Chahine in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chahine, Khalil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz and fusion musician (guitar, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1956 |