Farid al-Atrash est un Acteur, Producteur et Musicien Egyptien né le 19 octobre 1915 à Suweyda (Syrie)
Farid al-Atrash
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Nationalité EgypteNaissance 19 octobre 1915 à Suweyda (
Syrie)
Mort 26 décembre 1974 (à 59 ans) à Beyrouth (
Liban)
Farid El Atrache (فريد الأطرش) (né le 19 octobre 1915, Jebel Ed-Druz, Syrie – mort le 26 décembre 1974, Beyrouth, Liban) est un auteur, compositeur, interprète, virtuose de l'oud et acteur Syro-Égyptien. Avec Oum Kalthoum, Fayrouz, Mohammed Abdel Wahab et Abdel Halim Hafez, il est le plus important nom de la musique arabe du XXe siècle. Il joue dans 31 films et enregistre environ 350 chansons. Il compose aussi des chansons pour des chanteurs célèbres tels que Wadih El-Safi, Warda et Sabah. Sa voix grave et son style « triste » mèneront plusieurs chanteurs sur ses pas. Ses chansons restent très appréciées aujourd'hui. Biographie
Quick success brought the young man a lifestyle of nightclubs, love affairs, and gambling. Soon Farid was in debt and found himself abandoned by his disapproving mother. During this difficult period of his life, he also endured the death of his sister and fellow performer Asmahan. Farid found comfort in a relationship with the belly-dancer Samia Gamal, for whom he was motivated to risk all he owned. In 1947 he produced and co-starred in a movie with Samia directed by Henri Barakat; Habib al-'Oumr ("The love of my life," 1947), which became a huge success. After this came Afrita Hanem ("Madame la diablesse," 1949). Five films later, the unmarried couple broke up. Farid continued to work with other film stars in numerous successful movies in which he always had the romantic lead role of a sad singer. He even repeatedly chose his character's name to be "Wahid," meaning lonely.
Al-Atrash refused to get married, claiming that marriage kills art. In his films, the audience remembered his leading ladies and his beautiful songs more than the story lines.
Prior to the 1952 military coup d'état against King Farouk I, al-Atrash became friends with Farouk's consort, Queen Nariman, a relationship that continued after the Queen's divorce and the coup that cost Farouk his throne. The former queen's family did not accept al-Atrash, and the separation from Nariman sent the singer into a long depression, the start of health problems that worsened from that point on until his death.
As al-Atrash became older, he reconsidered his opinion of marriage and proposed to Egyptian singer named Shadia, but at the last minute he backed out. By now his health was poor, and he feared that he would leave her a young widow. He often played out that scenario and sang about it in his romance movies.
"He remained a bachelor throughout his life and constructed himself with references to the authentic post of Arab tradition and in a fairly idealized version of modernity. Tales of his love affairs were wildly popular during his lifetime and were seemingly merged with the lyrics of his love songs.
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