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He was born in Tunis, Tunisia. He studied the art of the oud. He obtained
his PhD from the University of Strasbourg, France. Kamel Ferjani has
participated, as a composer and a soloist, in many concerts in Tunisia,
France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Egypt, Iraq and Morocco.
He belongs to the generation of the young oud artists who explored the
various abilities of the instrument through his approach from a different
point of view. This concept was embodied in the pieces he composed for the
Tunisian Symphonic Orchestra and presented on the occasion of the
International Symphonic Festival EL DJEM, Tunisia.
He is the founder and the director of the Tunisian orchestra
“Ensemble
de Musique Méditerranéenne’, which tries to find new forms of expression of
the Tunisian Music, in relation with the Arab and the Mediterranean Music.
He has carried out enough research and detailed work on the Arabian
‘music
language, making a positive contribution to the Arabian music and enriching
the Arabian Music Library.
Benefiting from his long experience in teaching, he combines the written and
audio method in his teaching system. With the combination of these elements,
he considers that he can achieve both the knowledge of melody and rhythm and
the conquest of the artistic expression and the performance of the musical
piece, as well as the technique, which consists of the interpretation of the
original music text ornamented in accordance with the spirit of the Arabian
music.
At present, Kamel Ferjani is the Head of the Studies and Training Department
in the Higher Institute for Music of Tunis where he teaches the oud. Prior
to this, he was the Director in the Music & Dance Department of the Tunisian
Ministry of Culture. |
