Sabah Fakhri

Sabah Fakhri (Arabic صباح فخري, DMG Sabah Fakhri, born 1933 in Aleppo, Syria) is a singer of classical Arab music.

Life

Born as Sabah Abu Qaws, Sabah Fakhri grew up in a religious Syrian family. As a child he was inspired by Arab singers such as Ali Darwich, Omar and Mohamed Rajab batch and dreamed of a career as a musician of traditional Arab music.

Sabah Fakhri studied in the Academy of Arabic Music in Aleppo and later in the Academy of Music in Damascus, Syria, where he studied until 1948. His name, Sabah Fakhri, was given to him by his former teacher Fakhri al - Barudi. This convinced Fakhri to stay in Syria and not travel to Italy. One of the first appearances Fakhri was a show at the Palace of the then President Shukri al - Quwatli and the Syrian Prime Minister Jamil Mardam Bey.

Soon Fakhri was known in the Arab world for its traditional music and honored for his work, which was referred to as ' preservation of the popularity of traditional Arabic music. Fakhri is one of the few Arab singer who held concerts in Europe, Asia, America and Australia. His name was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records when he sang continuously in Caracas, Venezuela for ten hours.