![]() ![]() He later switched to the oud, a much more common instrument, and was accepted into the Baghdad Music Academy at the age of twenty-one. After selling his bicycle, Al Sahir purchased a guitar at the age of twelve, and began learning the arts of the guitar for about three months before writing a classical song. At age twenty-one he enrolled at the Baghdad Institute of Music where he studied for around six years. He used to work with his father in early age after school to help the family. Kadim wrote his first song at twelve, a romantic piece in the classical style, composed for a girl he liked. His interest in music grew as he listened to songs via the radio that offered him the chance to become familiar with the works of composers such as Mohammed Abdel Wahab. He taught Music lesson in Mosul, Aqrah region where he was introduced to the beautiful nature of Northern Iraq. ![]() ![]() He excelled in his studies and entered the Teachers Institute where he graduated in 1978 and was appointed as a teacher in a school in Mosul. He said that the only way to achieve success is if you respect your music and respect yourself. Saher's brother once took him to different places where people usually sang, and told him it's your choice to sing a respectful way or you can choose to do it the bad way. They had no faith in him that he would become successful, and instead wanted him to become a doctor or a lawyer. He is the son of a palace worker and has nine siblings.Īpart from his mother, Al Sahir's family were never supportive of his direction in becoming a musician. He grew up and spent a large part of his life in Al-Hurrya neighborhood in Baghdad. His father lived in Baghdad, but was a Samarra native from the tribe of Darraj his mother from Najaf. His work frequently features Iraqi folk instruments, rhythms and melodies.Īl Sahir was born in Mosul, Iraq on September 12, 1957. While some of his work makes use of electronic musical sounds, he avoids the use of synthesizers to imitate acoustic instruments. He performs with an orchestra of twenty to thirty musicians on Arabic percussion, oud, qanun, nay, and a full complement of strings (violin, cello, and bass). In 2003, according to an international poll conducted by BBC, more than half-a million people from 165 countries voted his composition Ana Wa Laila (Me and Laila), his most famous song about his love for Laila, as the sixth in the world's top 10 most popular songs of all time. Ranging from big romantic ballads to more political work, from pop to Arab classical music. Kadim Al Sahir has established himself as one of the most successful singers in the history of the Arab World, since the start of his career, with over 100 million albums sold and the highest-attended Arabic concert of all time. Classical crossover, Arab pop, operatic pop, folk pop, world ![]()
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