Omar Metioui
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Omar Metioui (Tangiers, 1962) is a Moroccan classical musician.
Metioui originally trained as a pharmacist, then concentrated on performance of the oud
(Arabic: عود ʿūd), or Arabic lute, as well as performance as a vocalist. He has recorded with his own Ensemble Omar Metioui, and is cofounder in 1994 with Spanish musicologist, flautist and architect Eduardo Paniagua
of the group Ibn Báya Ensemble
, dedicated to the recovery of medieval Andalusian music. He also founded the group Al Ála Al-Andalusiyya ( الالـــة الانــدلـســيــة ) for performance of Andalusi nubah
(نوبة أندلسيّة) and Arabo-Andalusian music.
Metioui originally trained as a pharmacist, then concentrated on performance of the oud
Oud
The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
(Arabic: عود ʿūd), or Arabic lute, as well as performance as a vocalist. He has recorded with his own Ensemble Omar Metioui, and is cofounder in 1994 with Spanish musicologist, flautist and architect Eduardo Paniagua
Eduardo Paniagua
Eduardo Paniagua is a Spanish architect and musician, specializing in medieval Spanish music.Between 1966 and 1983, he was a member of the group Atrium Musicae de Madrid, led by his older brother Gregorio, playing wind instruments and percussion...
of the group Ibn Báya Ensemble
Ibn Báya Ensemble
The Ibn Báya Ensemble is a Spanish-Moroccan early music ensemble formed in 1994.The ensemble takes its name from Avempace - Abū-Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn al-Sāyigh , also known as Ibn Baya , the Arab Andalusian polymath who was also a musician, and is dedicated to the music of medieval Arab Spain...
, dedicated to the recovery of medieval Andalusian music. He also founded the group Al Ála Al-Andalusiyya ( الالـــة الانــدلـســيــة ) for performance of Andalusi nubah
Andalusi nubah
Andalusi nubah is a musical genre found in the North African Maghrib states of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya but, as the name indicates, it has its origins in the Arabo-Andalusian music...
(نوبة أندلسيّة) and Arabo-Andalusian music.
Selected discography
- PN 150 Al Andalus – Al ala Al-Andalusiya Metioui
- PN 200 Al Andalus – Misticismo - Musica Sufi Andalusi Metioui
- PN 250 Al Andalus – Núba Al-Istihlal Metioui (was Sony)
- PN 360 Al Andalus – Ibn 'Arabi: El intérprete de los deseos (Arabic lyrics) Ens Ibn Bàya
- PN 430 Al Andalus – La Fuente del Amor Secreto El Laúd en la Música Andalusí Metioui
- PN 530 Al Andalus – ritual Sufi-Andalusi Al-ShushtaríAbu al-Hasan al-ShushtariAbu-al-Hasan Ali ben Abdallah al-Nuymari as-Shushtari or Al-Sustari was an Andalusian Sufi poet...
(1212–1269) Metioui (Sony) - PN 630 Al Andalus – Nuba Al-Maya (Arabic lyrics) Metioui
- PN 640 Al Andalus – Nuba rasd d-dayl. Cantos de la Noche (Arabic lyrics) Sony Metioui
- PN 650 Al Andalus – Sufies de Al-Andalus Metioui
- PN --- Al Andalus – Canto Andalusí Ibn Sahl de Sevilla 1212-1251 Metioui (Sony not yet rereleased PN)