Abdou Cherif (, also Abdou Chrif, Abdo Sheriff, Abdo Shrif, Abdo Sharif; 1971 – 8 March 2024) was a Moroccan singer.

Life and career

Native to city of

Casablanca Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...

, Cherif was the nephew of Abdelwahab Agoumi, one of the most influential artists in the modernization of Moroccan classical music in the 1950s. Following the teachings of his mentor Mahmoud Saâdi (co-founder of the musical phenomenon of the 1970s which gave birth to the well-known groups of popular music

Nass El Ghiwane Nass El Ghiwane () are a musical group established in 1970 in Casablanca, Morocco. The group, which originated in avant-garde political theater, has played an influential role in Moroccan chaabi (or ''shaabi''). Nass El Ghiwane were the first ...

and

Jil Jilala Jil Jilala ( ''Generation of Majesty'') is a Moroccan musical group which rose to prominence in the 1970s among the movement created by Nass El Ghiwane and Lem Chaheb. Jil Jilala was founded in Marrakech in 1972 by performing arts students Mohame ...

Nass El Ghiwane et Jil Jilala en deuil : Mahmoud Saâdi n'est plus
), Cherif saw his dream come true in 1999: to sing at the Khédival

Cairo opera house The Cairo Opera House (, ''Dār el-Opera el-Masreyya''; literally "Egyptian Opera House"), part of Cairo's National Cultural Centre, is the main performing arts venue in the Egyptian capital. Home to most of Egypt's finest musical groups, it is ...

in front of the public of his idol

Abdelhalim Hafez Abdel Halim Ali Shabana (), commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez (, ) (21 June 1929 – 30 March 1977), was an Egyptian singer, actor, conductor, businessman, music teacher and film producer. Abdel Halim is considered to be one of the greatest E ...

. Egyptians gave him the nickname of "the New

Nightingale The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (''Luscinia megarhynchos''), is a small passerine bird which is best known for its powerful and beautiful song. It was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, ...

", in reference to the "Brown Nightingale"

. Cherif was also referred to by the Moroccan public as a

crooner A crooner is a singer who performs with a smooth, intimate style that originated in the 1920s. The crooning style was made possible by better microphones that picked up quieter sounds and a wider range of frequencies, allowing the singer to acce ...

. Abdou Cherif died from a heart attack in Casablanca, on 8 March 2024, at the age of 52.

Notes

References

Mahmoud, Saâdi, Yabiladi.com

Abdou Cherif celebrating the Valentine's day at the Cairo Opera House, Youm 7 News paper

Décoration du Rebab d'Or

Le Matin : En concert unique à Casablanca : Abdou Chérif fait un triomphe

Leconomiste: Abdou Cherif: Pour rendre votre vie plus rose!

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cherif, Abdou 1971 births 2024 deaths Musicians from Casablanca 20th-century Moroccan male singers