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Ahmed Fathi
احمد فتحي
Background information
Born1957
Ad-Dahi, Kingdom of Yemen
GenresYemeni music
Instrument(s)Oud

Ahmed Fathi (Arabic: احمد فتحي) is a Yemeni musician, composer and singer. Born in the city of Al Hudaydah to the west of Yemen in 1957. He emigrated to Egypt for study. Fathi received a master's degree from the Arab Music High Institute in Egypt for his thesis "The Role of the Lute in the Yemeni Singing" in 1998. He also got a Honorary PhD. from Hodeidah University in 2006. He is the father of the singer Balqees.[1]

Early childhood

In his early childhood, Ahmed Fathi showed his lute playing talent but his conservative family stood against him. His father broke his son's lute many times but he didn't give up. He made his own music instruments himself. In a party held in Alhoodeida in the year 1967, he met the Aden star Ahmed Qasim who praised his talent and asked him to come to Aden so that he could help him polish his skill. Ahmed Fathi left his home secretly and went to Aden where he received free lessons from the musician. Later, in a school party, the Minister of Education Ahmed Jaber Afif was impressed by Fathi's talent and awarded him a scholarship to study music at the Arab Music High Institute in Cairo.[2]

Albums

Awards and participations

Fathi was awarded many prizes for being the best lute performer in many festivals all over the world. These festivals include:

References

  1. ^ "أحمد فتحي السيرة الذاتية". Mawali. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Ahmed Fathi's journey to success". Yemen Times. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Ahmed Fathi". The kennedy center. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Past Concerts". Nobel Peace Prize Concerts. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
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