Salim Dada
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Salim Dada, سليم دادة is an Algerian musician and composer.
Born in Laghouat, in the Algerian Sahara in 1975. Painter since young age, it is only at age the 18 years in university, that Salim Dada acquires these first steps of music with the guitarist A.Gourine, to carry out after and during 10 years a work of autodidact, where it improves his technique of classical guitar, studies the Western and Eastern musical theory, as well as the harmony. In this period, it presented these first compositions for guitar solo and duet as well as with violin and Oud.
Between 2002 and 2005 it thorough the cycle of the musical writing (harmony, counterpoint and analysis) with the composer Jean-Luc Kuczynski at the French school of remote formation “Polyphonies”, and as a free listener at the Higher National Institute of Music of Algiers with the academician from Moscow Dr. Golnara Bouyagoub. In this period, it obtains also its Doctorate of Medicine from the Medical Faculty of Algiers.
With a study bourse in Italy, between 2008 and 2010 it studies the "Direction of orchestra" in the State Conservatory “Giuseppe Verdi” of Torino with maestro Guido Maria Guido.
In 2010 it's in La Sorbonne of Paris "Research Musicology".
Salim Dada is the author of several symphonic compositions, chamber music, guitar pieces also for polyphonic choir and jazz ensemble. It also carries a great interest to film music, theatre and ballet. In 2007 and for the first time in Algeria, Salim Dada was nominated “Composer in Residence” near the Algerian National Symphony Orchestra, with which it created several new compositions: 7 creations and 30 concerts in two years.
The compositions of Salim Dada were winner in several contests and were presented in several international festivals. They were played and commissioned in many countries of world: Algeria, Germany, Italy, Austria, French, Morocco, Syria, Egypt, Argentina, Bolivia, Holland, Spain and Qatar. And by various orchestras and ensembles: Orchestre Symphonique National Algérien, Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, Euro-Mediterranean Youth Orchestra, Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique du Pays de Fontainebleau, “Ensemble Conductus” di Merano, “Orquestra Terrassa48” di Catalonia, “Calefax Reed Quintet” from The Netherlands, Orchestra d’archi del Perinaldo Festival, Orchestra de Archi Propedeutica del Conservatorio di Torino, Orchestra Internacional “Pequeñas Huellas” de niños para la paze, Scuola del quartetto e della percussione del conservatorio di Torino, Ensemble “Al Ouns” of Laghouat and “Bassamat” Oud Duet from Paris.
In 2007, its “ASHWAQ” (Samaï Nahawound for Orchestra) was selected to represent the Arab symphonic music in Germany, by the Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. This composition inaugurated 3 international festivals: International Festival of Robert Schumann of Bonn, 57° International Festival of Young Orchestras Richard Wagner at Bayreuth, and International Festival of Arts at Oberwarensteinach.
In 2008, the international meetings of the Contemporary art of Merano (Italy) they presented in Premiere his “LOVE SONG” and “FREEDOM DANCE”, by the Conductus Ensemble.
Its “LOUNGA NAHAWOUND” (Symphonic dance) was selected in 2008 to present the Mediterranean culture at Damascus (Syria) for the “1st Festival of Euro-Mediterranean Orchestra”.
Its “SOUVENIRS D’ENFANCE” (symphonic poem) were presented in 2009 in Egypt by the Cairo Symphony orchestra for the Overture of the 7th Festival of the Arab Composers “Arab Perspectives Festival”.
Its string quartet “FINE DELL' INIZIO” was chosen to represent Conservatory of Torino, in the activities of festival “Settembre Musica, MITO 2009” in Milano.
Salim Dada is the winner of “Annual Encore Composition Competition for Reed Quintet” with his “ZAYDAN DANCE”, presented by Calefax Reed Quintet in “PAN6 festival” at Amsterdam in December 2009.
In January 2010, its “FREEDOM DANCE”, was selected for testified the Mediterranean music by the orchestra Terrassa 48 in Catalonia (Spain).
More the composition, Salim Dada shares its love and its knowledge of the music by the teaching of Arab music, guitar, techniques of the musical writing (harmony, counterpoint), orchestration and composition. It also ensures the direction of his compositions and conducting of the orchestras of traditional music, where it plays old instruments such as the Oud, Kwitra and percussions. It also publishes and in a periodic way of the articles of musical analysis and artistic criticism.
Music of Salim Dada is considerate in Europe as a “Bridge” which connects the Occident to the East, and a message of peace and of dialogue from the Arabic and Islamic world towards Occident.
Since November 2008, Salim Dada lives in Italy.
Those are the principal ones:
Born in Laghouat, in the Algerian Sahara in 1975. Painter since young age, it is only at age the 18 years in university, that Salim Dada acquires these first steps of music with the guitarist A.Gourine, to carry out after and during 10 years a work of autodidact, where it improves his technique of classical guitar, studies the Western and Eastern musical theory, as well as the harmony. In this period, it presented these first compositions for guitar solo and duet as well as with violin and Oud.
Between 2002 and 2005 it thorough the cycle of the musical writing (harmony, counterpoint and analysis) with the composer Jean-Luc Kuczynski at the French school of remote formation “Polyphonies”, and as a free listener at the Higher National Institute of Music of Algiers with the academician from Moscow Dr. Golnara Bouyagoub. In this period, it obtains also its Doctorate of Medicine from the Medical Faculty of Algiers.
With a study bourse in Italy, between 2008 and 2010 it studies the "Direction of orchestra" in the State Conservatory “Giuseppe Verdi” of Torino with maestro Guido Maria Guido.
In 2010 it's in La Sorbonne of Paris "Research Musicology".
Salim Dada is the author of several symphonic compositions, chamber music, guitar pieces also for polyphonic choir and jazz ensemble. It also carries a great interest to film music, theatre and ballet. In 2007 and for the first time in Algeria, Salim Dada was nominated “Composer in Residence” near the Algerian National Symphony Orchestra, with which it created several new compositions: 7 creations and 30 concerts in two years.
The compositions of Salim Dada were winner in several contests and were presented in several international festivals. They were played and commissioned in many countries of world: Algeria, Germany, Italy, Austria, French, Morocco, Syria, Egypt, Argentina, Bolivia, Holland, Spain and Qatar. And by various orchestras and ensembles: Orchestre Symphonique National Algérien, Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, Euro-Mediterranean Youth Orchestra, Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique du Pays de Fontainebleau, “Ensemble Conductus” di Merano, “Orquestra Terrassa48” di Catalonia, “Calefax Reed Quintet” from The Netherlands, Orchestra d’archi del Perinaldo Festival, Orchestra de Archi Propedeutica del Conservatorio di Torino, Orchestra Internacional “Pequeñas Huellas” de niños para la paze, Scuola del quartetto e della percussione del conservatorio di Torino, Ensemble “Al Ouns” of Laghouat and “Bassamat” Oud Duet from Paris.
In 2007, its “ASHWAQ” (Samaï Nahawound for Orchestra) was selected to represent the Arab symphonic music in Germany, by the Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. This composition inaugurated 3 international festivals: International Festival of Robert Schumann of Bonn, 57° International Festival of Young Orchestras Richard Wagner at Bayreuth, and International Festival of Arts at Oberwarensteinach.
In 2008, the international meetings of the Contemporary art of Merano (Italy) they presented in Premiere his “LOVE SONG” and “FREEDOM DANCE”, by the Conductus Ensemble.
Its “LOUNGA NAHAWOUND” (Symphonic dance) was selected in 2008 to present the Mediterranean culture at Damascus (Syria) for the “1st Festival of Euro-Mediterranean Orchestra”.
Its “SOUVENIRS D’ENFANCE” (symphonic poem) were presented in 2009 in Egypt by the Cairo Symphony orchestra for the Overture of the 7th Festival of the Arab Composers “Arab Perspectives Festival”.
Its string quartet “FINE DELL' INIZIO” was chosen to represent Conservatory of Torino, in the activities of festival “Settembre Musica, MITO 2009” in Milano.
Salim Dada is the winner of “Annual Encore Composition Competition for Reed Quintet” with his “ZAYDAN DANCE”, presented by Calefax Reed Quintet in “PAN6 festival” at Amsterdam in December 2009.
In January 2010, its “FREEDOM DANCE”, was selected for testified the Mediterranean music by the orchestra Terrassa 48 in Catalonia (Spain).
More the composition, Salim Dada shares its love and its knowledge of the music by the teaching of Arab music, guitar, techniques of the musical writing (harmony, counterpoint), orchestration and composition. It also ensures the direction of his compositions and conducting of the orchestras of traditional music, where it plays old instruments such as the Oud, Kwitra and percussions. It also publishes and in a periodic way of the articles of musical analysis and artistic criticism.
Music of Salim Dada is considerate in Europe as a “Bridge” which connects the Occident to the East, and a message of peace and of dialogue from the Arabic and Islamic world towards Occident.
Since November 2008, Salim Dada lives in Italy.
Principal jobs occupied
- 2007/2009 : Compositor in Residence near the Algerian National Symphony Orchestra (7 creations and 30 concerts).
- Since 1998 : Orchestra Leader of Algerian traditional music and Arab classical music: Baroud Laghouati (1998–99) & Ensemble Al Ouns of Laghouat (2000–2006), Al Motribiya & Al Wissal of Blida (2007–2008).
- 2005/2008 : Teacher of the Harmony and the Counterpoint: Department of Musicology of the Higher Teacher Training School (ENS Kouba) of Algiers, and in the Regional Institute of the Musical Formation of Algiers (IRFM d’Alger).
- Since 1998 : Teacher of classical guitar (Laghouat, Blida, Alger, Tipaza)
- Since 2007 : Conferenziere in seminars and master class of the Algerian popular music, Arab music and musical composition.
- Since 2005 : Jury in contests of musical composition, religious hymn and instrumental competition.
- 2008 : Percussionist with Algerian National Symphony Orchestra
- 2008 : Producer and presenter of the emission “Musical Readings” in Radio Culture of Algiers.
- Since 2004 : Musical Analyst and Critical art, Writers in specialized reviews: the monthly magazine of Polyphonies - French, Booklets in the concerts of the Algerian national orchestra, CD, etc., Intervening in television programmes and radios (Algeria, Tunisia, Syria and French).
- 2009: Responsible of the Musical Rubric of the Italian philosophical review ALCHIMIE and collaborator with Algerian cultural review ALIFA.
- Since 2001: Responsible for studio of recording: technician, arranger, MAO, sound making and mixing.
Festivals and Events
From 2007 to 20010: 22 creations and more than 70 presentations of works of Salim Dada in: Algeria, Germany, Italy, Austria, French, Spain, Holland, Syria, Egypt, Qatar, Morocco and Argentina.Those are the principal ones:
- Inauguration du Festival International de Robert Schumann en Allemagne par «ASHWAQ», Samaï Nahawound pour orchestre [Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra - Bonn, 29 juillet 2007]
- Inauguration du 57ème Festival International des Orchestres de Jeunes Richard Wagner en Allemagne par «ASHWAQ» [Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra - Bayreuth, 2 aout 2007]
- Inauguration du Festival International des Arts en Allemagne : «ASHWAQ» [Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra - Oberwarensteinach, 3 aout 2007]
- Festival International du Théâtre Amateur au Maroc : «Hamlet sans Hamlet» : composition musicale pour le théâtre [Tamara, 5 avril 2008]
- Clôture du 3ème colloque des instituts régionaux de la formation musicale en Algérie : «LOUNGA NAHAWOUND», danse symphonique [Orchestre Symphonique National - Bouira, 14 mai 2008]
- Rencontres Internationales de l’Art Contemporain en Italie : «LOVE SONG» et «FREEDOM DANCE», pour orchestre à cordes [Ensemble Conductus - Merano, 7 juin 2008]
- Prix National du Président de la République pour «LOUNGA NAHAWOUND» ; Prix de la création artistique, catégorie de composition musicale [Alger, 8 juin 2008]
- Clôture du Festival de Perinaldo en Italie : «LOVE SONG» [Perinaldo, 2 aout 2008]
- Clôture du Festival de l'Orchestre Euro-Méditerranéen en Syrie : «LOUNGA NAHAWOUND» [Euro-Mediterranean Youth Orchestra - Damas, 28 aout 2008]
- Enregistrement de la musique du film «Ben Boulaïd» d’Ahmed Rachedi au château de Tyrol [Ensemble Conductus - Tirolo, octobre 2008]
- Inauguration du 7ème Festival des Compositeurs Arabes «Arab Perspectives Festival» en Egypte : «SOUVENIRS D'ENFANCE», poème symphonique [Cairo Symphony Orchestra - Le Caire, 31 janvier 2009]
- Inauguration du « Théâtre de Fadela Dziriya » à l’Institut National Supérieur de la Musique : «LOUNGA NAHAWOUND» [Orchestre Symphonique National - Alger, 25 mai 2009]
- Festival International de la Musique d’Italie Settembre Musica-MITO 2009 : «FINE DELL’INIZIO», quatuor à cordes n.1 [Quatuor du conservatoire de Torino - Milan, 16 septembre 2009]
- «ZAYDAN DANCE» composition gagnante du «Annual Encore Composition Competition for Reed Quintet» [Première par Calefax Reed Quintet au PAN6 Festival à Amsterdam, 27 décembre 2009]
- «FREEDOM DANCE» en tournée en Espagne au programme «Enmig de terra; la Mediterrània» de l’Orquestra de Cambra Terrassa 48 [Catalogne en 2010]
- Premier spectacle musical du Takht DADA, avec trois premières exécutions mondiales : «CONVERSATIONS» (12 duos de violons), «FINE DELL’ INIZIO» (quatuor à cordes n° 1) et les «MINIATURES ALGÉRIENNES» (cinq tableaux pour cordes) [Torino, 16 avril 2010]
- Présentation au Festival de la Diversité Culturelle les orchestrations de Salim Dada de la musique kabyle par le Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra. [Doha et UNESCO-Paris, 16 et 19 mai 2010]
- Compositeur en résidence et invité d’honneur du Perinaldo Festival en Italie. Salim Dada dirige l’orchestre du festival pour un concert monographique final : «CONVERSATIONS», «FINE DELL’ INIZIO», «LOVE SONG», «FREEDOM DANCE» et «HAL DARA»; composition commandée du festival et réalisée durant (Mouwashah pour chant arab, oud, douf et orchestre à cordes). [Perinaldo, du 25 juillet au 1 aout 2010]
- Présentation par le Xenia Ensemble des extraits des «MINIATURES ALGÉRIENNES» (cinq tableaux pour cordes) et des «CONVERSATIONS» (12 duos de violons) au festival Est-Ovest du nord d'Italie. [Caraglio-Torino-Saluzzo, 13-26-27 novembre 2010]
Orchestras and Ensembles that played or commissioned works and compositions of Salim Dada
- Orchestre Symphonique National Algérien
- Garde Républicaine Algérienne
- Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
- Euro-Mediterranean Youth Orchestra
- Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra
- Cairo Symphony Orchestra
- Orchestre Symphonique Divertimento (France)
- Ensemble Conductus di Merano (Italie)
- Orquestra de Cambra Terrassa 48 (Espagne)
- Calefax Reed Quintet (Quintet de bois, Pays-Bas)
- Xenia Ensemble (Quatuor à cordes, Italie)
- L’una è cinque (Groupe vocal, Italie)
- Ars Ludi (Trio de percussion, Italie)
- Orchestra d’Archi del Perinaldo Festival (Italie)
- Orchestre Philharmonique du pays de Fontainebleau (France)
- Scuola del Quartetto et l’Orchestra di Archi Propedeutica del Conservatorio di Torino
- Orchestra Internacional Pequeñas Huellas de niños para la paze.
Leaders who directed his works
- Hikotaro Yazaki (French, Japon): Director of the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra and the Honorary Director Bangkok Symphony Orchestra.
- Zahia Ziouani (French): Director of Orchestra Divertimeno in Stains, Paris.
- Guido Maria Guida (Italy) : Artstic Director of Accademia Corale Stefano Tempia and the Antidogma Ensemble.
- Marcello Fera (Italy) : Director of Conductus Ensemble di Merano.
- Amine Kouider (Algeria, French): Director of l’Orchestre Philarmonique d’Alger.
- Nayer Nagui (Egypt): Leader with the Cairo Opera House.
- Marco Munari (Italy) : Leader in La Scala di Milano.
- Walter Mik (Germany): Director of Musical Collegiums of Bonn’s University.
- Ezio Bosso (England, Italia): Composer and director of Buxus Ensemble.
- Nahel Halabi (Syria) : Director of Syrian Philharmonic Orchestra.
Soloists and interpreters who collaborated with Salim Dada
- Takht DADA: Giacomo AGAZZINI (Italian violinist), Umberto FANTINI (Italian violinist), Maurizio REDEGOSO KHARITIAN (Italian-French-Armenian violist), Claudia RAVETTO (Italian violoncellist)
- Cyprien KATSARIS (pianist and French-Cypriot composer)
- Angelika MOTHS (German harpsichordist)
- Sergio PUCCINI (Argentinian guitarist)
- Calogero GIALLANZA (Italian flautist)
- Mohy Idine LOUKILI (Moroccan oudist)
- Nathalie VILLEDIEU-AFCHAIN (French saxophonist)
- Carlotta CONRADO (Italian violinist)
- Keiko HYAKUTAKE (Japanese pianist)
- Kenji HABA (Japanese guitarist)
- Djamel GHAZI (Algerian flautist)
- Berkane MEKHEDMI (Algerian traditional violinist)
- Djamel LAMRI (Algerian oudist)