2023-06-27 10:27:09
“Updating the Lyrical Heritage” sparks a dispute between Ali Al-Hajjar and Medhat Saleh
After the Egyptian media celebrated, during the week, the “Professors” project announced by the artist Medhat Saleh, in a press conference at the Egyptian Opera House, the artist, Ali Al-Hajjar, accused his colleague Saleh of confronting his project, which he announced his desire to present it regarding 20 years ago.
Al-Hajjar said, on Sunday evening, in a television interview, that he was always talking in all his television interviews regarding his project “100 Years of Singing” to revive the lyrical and musical heritage.
Al-Hajjar indicated in the program that the “Professors” project, which was announced by the Egyptian artist Medhat Saleh, last week, during a press conference attended by the head of the Egyptian Opera House, Dr. Medhat Saleh, as announced at the conference.
Al-Hajjar affirmed, during his speech, his entitlement to the lyrical “Professors” project, which aims to modernize the musical heritage by reformulating the works of great Egyptian musicians and singers, such as Muhammad Fawzi, Farid Al-Atrash, Muhammad Abdel-Wahhab, Muhammad Al-Muji, Riyad Al-Sunbati and Baligh Hamdi, in addition to reformulating the compositions of the great composers. The Arabs, including Al-Rahbanah, and Talal Maddah.
For his part, Dr. Khaled Dagher, head of the Egyptian Opera House, issued a press statement in response to Al-Hajjar’s statements, in which he said: “I followed the media controversy raised by the artist Ali Al-Hajjar following the announcement that the Egyptian Opera House would present the (Professors) concert by the artist Medhat Saleh, as the opera house is keen Provided that you are not a party to a dispute or conflict with any of the symbols of Egyptian art.
Egyptian artist Ali Al-Hajjar (Facebook)
He added that the Egyptian Opera House, with all its theaters, is the big house that embraces all ideas and artistic, musical and lyrical projects for the stars of Egyptian and Arabic songs as well.
Dagher confirmed in his statement that the project of the artist Medhat Saleh, which bears the name “The Professors and Medhat Saleh”, is an artistic event that differs in detail, in detail, in form and in content from the project of the artist Ali Al-Hajjar “100 Years of Singing”, where the artist Medhat Saleh will present a group of selected songs for the most famous compositions and music. In Egypt and the Arab world, while the artist Ali Al-Hajjar’s project deals with the march of the Egyptian song over a period of one hundred years, observing its different time periods and its development.
Dagher pointed out that the musical heritage belongs to humanity and not to a specific person, and everyone has the right to celebrate it and re-present it to the public in different artistic frameworks, believing in the artistic, cultural and patriotic role in supporting the Egyptian identity and cultural heritage and cooperation with all artists and creators of all generations, who present the original singing heritage. In different ways, with the aim of consolidating the concepts of fine art without monopoly or discrimination.
A concert by Medhat Saleh is scheduled to be held on the seventh of next July, as part of his new project “The Professors”, where he will sing songs composed by Muhammad Fawzi, Muhammad Abdel Wahhab, Farid al-Atrash and Baligh Hamdi, with new distributions, which Saleh confirmed will satisfy and impress the audience.
Saleh said at the press conference held by the Egyptian Opera last week: “The new project, which the opera was excited regarding, aspires to redistribute the melodies of Egyptian and Arab musical icons, in an attractive way, to keep pace with the current development.” basic.
Saleh, the owner of the project idea, invited all his fellow singers to participate in his initiative, leaving them free to choose what they want from the distinctive melodies that they love from the old works, especially those that depend on the oriental takht, and to replace them and put new orchestral arrangements with modern instruments that keep pace with the times and attract the audience.
Saleh pointed out that the project is not satisfied with the Egyptian works, as the melodies of the great Arab composers will be reformulated, including Al-Rahbaniya from Lebanon, Talal Maddah, Siraj Omar from Saudi Arabia, and Abdel Hamid Al-Sayed from Kuwait, along with Egyptian composers such as Muhammad Abdel-Wahhab, Farid Al-Atrash, Kamal Al-Taweel, Muhammad Al-Muji, Riyad Al-Sunbati, Muhammad Fawzi, Baligh Hamdi, and others through a number of distributors, including Ahmed Mustafa, Ahmed Al-Muji, Osama Kamal, through a harmonious formation of different musical instruments.
The Egyptian composer, Mounir Al-Wasimi, believes that the richness of the musical heritage is available to everyone, provided that the ownership of these works is withdrawn from their original owners, including writers, composers, and singers.
Egyptian composer and head of the Syndicate of Musicians, Mounir Al-Wasimi (Facebook)
Al-Wasimi added to Asharq Al-Awsat that the project belongs to Al-Hajjar, and it was directed to him before.
Al-Wasimi indicated that the issue is thorny, despite the eligibility of each of them in the project, but the crisis must be contained with impartiality and the participation of Al-Hajjar and Saleh in the singing project, according to what each of them desires.
Al-Wasimi aspires to amend the initiative, and to attribute it to both of them, away from the saying of the first and the second, and from the owner of the original project, as well as the participation of other artists such as the artist Muhammad Tharwat, the artist Muhammad al-Helou, and lovers of authentic tarabic singing.
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