Maurice El Médioni - A Memoir
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- ISBN 9781910924426
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 272g
- Dimensions: 127 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 18 May 2017
- Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Maurice El Medioni (born on 18 October 1928 in Oran, Algeria) is an Algerian Jewish pianist, composer and interpreter of Andalusian, Rai, Chaabi, Sephardic and Arab music. He is one of the few living artists to have performed with the great Chaabi artists Lili Labassi, Line Monty, Samy el Maghribi, and Reinette l'Oranaise along with modern Rai greats like Khaled. This book contains his original handwritten memoirs, translated by Jonathan Walton. He tells firsthand the story of his early life in the derb (Oran's Jewish quarter); his first piano; Rommel's Nazi forces and his experiences during WW2 with the Dominican and Puerto Rican GIs; how he developed his unique 'pianorientale' style; the subsequent golden years of nightlife in Oran, the 'Paris of the South'; the horrific years of bloodshed that followed in the Algerian war of Independence; his exile from Algeria; and his later life in France.
Maurice El Medioni (born on 18 October 1928 in Oran, French Algeria) is a French-Algerian pianist, composer and interpreter of Andalusian, Rai, Sephardic and Arab music. Jonathan Walton is a composer, performer, writer, researcher and translator who has worked extensively on the stage, in the studio and in print. He has a BA/MA (Oxon) in Russian and French; studied Ethnomusicology with Hungarian at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); and studied Hebrew and Arabic in Jerusalem for 2 years. Max Reinhardt is a presenter of BBC Radio 3's Late Junction. He has also been a columnist, reviewer and feature writer for UK music magazines Straight No Chaser, Songlines and fRoots, edited and compiled Celebrating Sanctuary: Conversations with Refugee Artists (pub. London Arts). He is a founder member and musical director/composer of 'Oily Cart' , and is currently an Associate Artist with Oxford Contemporary Music.
