Sami Shawa
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Sami Shawa or Sami Al-Shawwa is a Syrian violinist born in 1887 and died in 1960. After creating a music school in Cairo in 1906, he became famous both for his solo performances and for having accompanied the great singers of the time, including Oum Kalsoum.[1][2][3]
He mastered almost all the musical styles, and modes of the Arab world at the time. Described as a virtuoso by the CNRS , his first recording dates back to the 1920s. Re-released in 2009 by Columbia he is mainly known today thanks to a 2003 re-release under the title Master of the Arabic Violin. There is another recording released in 1932, Prince of the Arab Violin, re-released in 1967 and categorized as a rock album.[4]
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References
[edit]- ^ "سامي الشوا.. أمير الكمان العربي". صحيفة الخليج (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ Aghawebmaster | (2019-10-23). "أمير الكمان سامي الشوا : جمع فن حلب ونهوض القاهرة وحقق مكانة غير مسبوقة نافست نجومية كبار المطربين في عصره!". موقع موسوعة كتاب الأغاني الثاني للدكتور سعد الله آغا القلعة (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "سامي الشوّا". www.daralsaqi.com. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "Book – Sami al Shawwa". Mustafa Said. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Umm Kulthum.
- Sami Shawa discography at Discogs