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In the hope of
maintaining our Iraqi musical folklore which is
represented by Iraqi Maqam, this style which I have
learned and inherited from greatest teachers
Munir Bashir,
Shaubi Ibrahim,
Yousif Omar.
with whom I had worked for a period regarded as the
richest period of my artistic career. In addition,
work with the Iraqi Musical Heritage Group, which
had been founded by the greatest artist Munir Bashir,
made me aware of the importance of continuing and
spreading this folklore throughout the world since,
this folklore represents the most tremendous and
ancient humanitarian civilization & that is the
civilization of Mesopotamia. Regretfully, this choir
mentioned above had disappeared so I worked hard to
found The Iraqi Maqam Ensemble with a group of the
best & most experienced artists together with the
greatest female voice who uniquely performs this
style, Mrs Farida Mohammad Ali, so that the lady of
Iraqi Maqam together with The Iraqi Maqam Ensemble
are the voice of Mesopotamia to the world .
Mohammad H. Gomar
Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensamble in the Queen Beatrix Palace
2004 Den Haag - The Netherlands
The Iraqi Maqam Ensemble
was founded in 1989 in Baghdad By
Mohammad H.Gomar
to continuation of The Iraqi Musical Heritage
Group which was initiated in 1973 by the
prominent Lute professor
Munir Bashir.
The group of
Maqam has met its objective to revive the Iraqi
Maqam and other kinds of Iraqi musical heritage
and spread it via Arabic and international
festivals the voice of
Farida
Mohammad Ali,
the maqam singer
The ensemble
members had all finished their studies in the
Musical Institute & Academy of Fine Arts in
Iraq.
The group is
considered to be one the most important in Iraq
in reviving the Iraqi Maqam. It has participated
in a large number of music festivals and was
considered to be one of the best 14 groups in
the world by the jury of the festival WOMEX2001
which took place in Rotterdam in Holland.
Rotterdam was chosen as the cultural capital of
Europe for the year 2001. The name of the group
of Iraqi Maqam figures in the book of the
festival in page 103 and in page 150.
2003 Farida; The First Pioneer of 20st Century
Iraqi Maqam: Iraqi Ministry of Culture, the
Institute of Musical Studies, and the Iraqi
Maqam House have chosen Mrs. Farida Mohammed Ali
as the holder of the foremost position of the
traditional Iraqi Maqam in the 20st Century.
2007 Obtained Medal Algeria Capital of Arab
Culture 2007 / Algeria.
2007 Obtained Meda International Mystic Music
Sufi Festival -Karachi / Pakistan.
2006 Obtained Medal 1st Forum International “
Expessions Artistiqes & Soufisme “ Mostaganem /
Algeria.
2005 Farida Obtained Al Ankaa Medal and also she
Obtained Medal Al-Gubbanchi First International
Festival/ Kurdstan / Iraq.
Ten CD's of Farida were produced
2009 "The
Maqams and Songs of Nostalgic
" Produced by Iraqi Maqam Foundation
2008 “
Sun Of Iraq
†Produced by BlueKap in Holland .
2007 “Jozza
on Jazz“
Mohammad Gomar “ Produced by BlueKap in Holland.
2005 "
Ishraqaat"
Produced by SNAIL RECORDS in Holland.
2004 "
Baghdad Eternity Poems & Maqamat"
Produced by Iraqi Maqam Foundation
2003 "
voice of Mesopotamia
" Produced by Long Distance in France
2002 "
Tradition
" Produced by Munir Bashir. Foundation .
2001 "
Departure"
Produced by Soly Luna
2000 "
Iraqi Mawal & Maqams
1998 "
Classical music form Iraq
" Both were produced by Samarkand company in
Holland.
Considered the Seventh CD "Ishraqaat" to be one the
best ten CDs in the
world for the year 2007.
In 2007 she Obtained Medal Algeria Capital of Arab
Culture 2007 / Algeria.
In 2007 she Obtained Meda International Mystic Music
Sufi Festival -Karachi / Pakistan.
Considered the second CD to be one the best ten CDs
in the world for the year 2000. The magazine
selected one of the songs of the CD and reproduced
it in its World Music CD. Since 1997 the group is
settled in Holland. With the help of artistic and
cultural institutions in Holland Mohammed H.Gomar
created in 2000 the Foundation of Iraqi Maqam who's
objective is to document and spread and teach the
Iraqi music which is the Iraqi maqam, in Europe and
in the world.
Farida Maqam Ensamble in the Opera house Nijmegen -
The Netherlands 2005
Members of the group of
Iraqi Maqam: Click on the membersname to view
the CV
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