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Hamdi Makhlouf was born in June 5, 1980 in Tunis (Tunisia). He is a Musician, composer, lutenist and singer. He is also a Ph-D in music and musicology, teacher at the ISM of Tunis and director of the JMC (Carthage Music Days) from 2015 to 2017.
From an early age, Hamdi Makhlouf was impregnated in the Arab and Eastern musical tradition. His musical studies in Tunisia, at the Higher Institute of Music of Sfax, allowed him to expand his listening to both traditional Arabic music called "classical" (qasâid, muwashahât and azjâl) than other music geographical areas and neighboring cultures (the Maghreb, the Middle East and Europe).
Hamdi Makhlouf's meet with his master, the lutenist and teacher Wahid Triki, was one of the most decisive events of his career. He taught him the art of arabic lute and guided him to the path of virtuosity. Hamdi Makhlouf felt the need to adapt his music to new musical contexts, inspired by several artistic experiences.
Hamdi Makhlouf's artistic influences include those of lutenists, the most significant in the history of the instrument, such as Cherif Muhyiddine Haydar, Munir Bashir, Jamil Bashir, Salman Shukur and, later, Ali Imam, Naseer Shamma, Khaled Mohamed Ali and Said Chraibi.Hamdi Makhlouf's experience is also marked by the mix of several musical genres as jazz and world music. The experience of the Tunisian Jazzman and guitarist Fawzi Chekili was a very rewarding one for him.
In France, Hamdi Makhlouf discovered a surprising stylistic diversity. He was influenced by the music of John McLaughlin (mixing Jazz and Indian music), Karim Ziad, Nguen Le, Bojan Zulficarpazik (mixing Jazz, Afro- Maghreb Music, Asian and European center music) and of course, for fusion experiments lutenists as Anouar Brahem, Dhafer Youssef and Rabih Abou Khalil).
His listening field was also oriented towards contemporary western music.Hamdi Makhlouf assured a large number of concerts in several countries. He has long collaborated with many artists such as Wajdi Cherif, Mohamed Ali Kammoun, Vincent Lendower, Philippe Foch, Abdesslem Gherbi, Zied Zouari and Leonardo Teruggi. He recorded a single named "nocturnal Pages" at EMI Music in the disc "arabianight4" published in 2008. He was also invited by the artist Gad El-Maleh to record the music of its film "Coco".
Back to Tunisia, Hamdi Makhlouf joined the Tunisian University and teaches musical and musicological subjects. He defended his doctoral thesis in Paris on December 10, 2011. He began a compositional workshop and records the CD 7+1 with Kevin Blechdom and produced by Tsuku Boshi and Ennejma Ezzahra. He plays as a guest with the hungarian jazz singer Eszter Váczi at the Palace of Arts in Budapest and records in his latest CD "Belső Tenger" released in 2014. In the same year (April 2014), Hamdi Makhlouf is designed as the director of JMC (Carthage Music Festival) by Mourad Sakli, Tunisian Minister of Culture of the Jomaa Government.
This musicological teaching website is mainly available for Hamdi Makhlouf's students at the Higher Institute of Music.
Based on Grav (CMS), this platform is contains many articles about Musicology and scientific works and informations.
This is a new website about Hamdi Makhlouf's experience for festival direction. JMC, three sessions from 2015 to 2017.
Le chant Soufi nous émerveilla et un moment j'ai pensé que Milton Nascimento n'aurait pas désavoué les modulations chaudes et chatoyantes de Hamdi Makhlouf, par ailleurs auteur d'un solo de luth ébouriffant, avec ces inflexions chères au sitar de l'Inde.
Une complicité de jeu s’est installée entre les jeunes musiciens dès les premières notes. D’un morceau à l’autre, ils nous ont guidés à travers les rythmes fusionnels de la musique de Hamdi Makhlouf. Ce musicien rêveur traduit par les notes de sa musique l’ouverture vers un monde de possibilités artistiques.
Creations, studio records, CD's
Album of the artist and jazz singer Eszter Váczi. CD Released in 2014 in Budapest (Hungary). Record of Title 9, Ana Assirr.
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CD Released in France in 2013. Produced by Ennejma Ezzahra and Tsuku Boshi. Creation of Hamdi Makhlouf and Kevin Blechdom.
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New experience in composition and arrangement with "Jasmin Rouge" group (Urban Hip Hop). CD released in France in May 2012.
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CD Released in Germany in 2012. Creation of Tunisian brothers Amine & Hamza Mraihi. Vocal guest on "The Challenge".
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CD Released in France in 2011. Creation of the French-American artist Joshua Levitt. Recording on almost titles.
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Arrangement & Record of the play "Déraciné" in the CD "Mosaïques" (title 11), released in October 2010, with the french artist and jazz singer Sultana.
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Single "Pages nocturnes", recorded in Paris and released in 2008 by EMI Music. CD Box with a diverse compilation of songs.
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The second disc recording of the tunisian artist and pianist Wajdi Cherif. CD released in March 2006 in France.
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