Location: Tunis – Tunisia
Language: Arabic
Duration: 00:05:31
Source: A24 subscribers
Restrictions: A24 clients
Dateline: 25/04/2022
Storyline
The Opera Theater of Tunis commemorated the 100th birthday of late musician Wadih El-Safi who is considered a legend in Arab and Lebanese music. Antoine Al-Safi, Aya Daghnouj and Mohammad Saeed performed with The Tunisian Symphony Orchestra and National Music Band conducted by maestro Yousef Balhani. The event was a huge success although some criticized Antoine saying he monopolized the event performing most of the songs.
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Soundbite (Antoine Al-Safi – Musician and son of late Wadih El-Safi):
“The people of Tunisia are musically refined, Tunisia is brimming with talent and quality performances. It was an event filled with love, music and splendor.”
Soundbite (Ali Al-Wartani – Music critic):
“We should pay homage to Wadih El-Safi here in Tunis because he loved Tunisia that he visited many times and his late wife was Tunisian. His songs are timeless and epochal in Arab music. Almost 90% of his songs were performed by Antoine Al-Safi, which made me want to hear the singing of Aya Daghnouj and future of music Mohammad Saeed. Antoine said to promote young talent in Tunisia, I told him that Aya Daghnouj and Mohammad Saeed are not young talent but master artists who deserve to be recognized across the Arab world.”
Various shots of the performances.
Soundbite (Aya Daghnouj – Tunisian artist):
“The invitation made me very excited to be reunited with mister Antoine who is kin to Wadih
El-Safi. Singing Wadih El-Safi songs is a huge responsibility in addition to singing with National Music Band maestro Yousef Balhani. Thankfully, the performance was a success and the audience enjoyed their time.”
Soundbite (Yousef Balhani – Maestro):
“We worked very hard on this performance and thankfully the event was successful.”
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