Hamdi Makhlouf

Hamdi Makhlouf began studying music from an early age, and continued his musical studies as an option until receiving his baccalaureate in 1999.

In the same year, he joined the Higher Institute of Music in Sfax and began studying music and musicology. Between 1999 and 2003, he continued his course with the oud master Wahid Triki and graduate with an instrumental qualification. During his student life, he composed several solo pieces for oud and interpreted many compositions of oud players including Jamil Bashir, Munir Bashir, Naseer Shamma and Khaled Mohamed Ali. In July 2003 he was awarded the Presidential Prize by the President of Tunisia for achievements in the arts and crafts industry, as well as a scholarship to pursue doctoral studies.{{cite news|url=http://www.mes.tn/francais/divers/actualite/liste_j_s_2003.htm|title=Liste des personnes décorées ou récipiendaires du Prix présidentiel|language=French|publisher=La Presse de Tunisie|date=12 July 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006122542/http://www.mes.tn/francais/divers/actualite/liste_j_s_2003.htm|archive-date=6 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}

Arriving in France, he began a series of first solo concerts at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris. He met the Tunisian pianist and composer Wajdi Cherif and toured with him in several concerts and festivals between 2004 and 2006, including to the fifth Festival of Music at the Arab World Institute in June 2004, the Tanjazz festival in 2005, the "Couleurs Jazz" Festival held by the Centre for Arab and Mediterranean Music at the palace of Baron d'Erlanger in Sidi Bou Said, Le Baiser Salé{{cite web|url=http://www.agoravox.fr/culture-loisirs/culture/article/les-mondes-du-jazz-6496|title=Les mondes du jazz|publisher=AgoraVox|date=30 January 2006}} and Sunset/Sunside.

In 2011 Maklouf returned as a headline performer to the twelfth Festival of Music, again held at the Arab World Institute.{{cite web|url=http://www.imarabe.org/musique/hamdi-makhlouf-youssef-zayed-hazem-shaheen|title=Hamdi Makhlouf – Youssef Zayed – Hazem Shaheen|publisher=Arab World Institute|date=8 June 2011}}

Hamdi Makhlouf continued his doctoral thesis at the Paris-Sorbonne University. Since 2006, he has given several lectures at conferences and at the interdisciplinary seminar, the European Congress of Music Analysis at Freiburg im Breisgau on the theme of interpretation in October 2007; at IDEAT, the seminar at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and in May 2009, the Interdisciplinary Congress of Musicology in collaboration with the Lebanese musicologist Amine Beyhom{{cite journal|author1=Hamdi Makhlouf |author2=Amine Beyhom |title=Frettage du 'ūd (luth arabe) dans la théorie musicale arabe et influence sur la pratique (The fretting of the 'ūd (arabian lute) : musical theory and practice)|journal=CIM 09|year=2009|volume=Music and its instruments|url=http://cim09.lam.jussieu.fr/CIM09-en/Proceedings.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325235511/http://cim09.lam.jussieu.fr/CIM09-en/Proceedings.html|archive-date=25 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}

He has published articles in the electronic journal Musimediane published with the assistance of the French Society for Musical Analysis.{{cite web|url=http://www.musimediane.com/numero3/HMakhlouf/introduction.html|title=Composition, interprétation et figuralisme dans la musique du oud (luth arabo-oriental) de concert Analyse auditive de l'abri d'al-Amiriyya de Naseer Shamma|publisher=Musimediane|author=Hamdi Makhlouf}} He also co-edited with the Tunisian musicologist Mondher Ayari a collective book entitled Music, Meaning and Emotion published by Delatour France.{{cite web|url=http://www.editions-delatour.com/extrait/presseusdlt1819.pdf|title=Press release: Musique, Signification et Émotion|publisher=Delatour France|year=2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723173124/http://www.editions-delatour.com/extrait/presseusdlt1819.pdf|archive-date=23 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}

In 2008, Hamdi Makhlouf recorded Pages nocturnes, an Arabic song inspired by contemporary jazz, which was included in Arabia Nights 4 published by EMI Music, a compilation of several famous artists of the Arab world.{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Arabian-Nights-Vol-Chillout-Classics/dp/B001GZ6PWU/|title=Arabia Nights 4|date=21 October 2008 |publisher=EMI Music Distribution }}

He also participated in several musical projects as a sideman:

• oud player with pianist Wajdi Cherif on his second record Jasmine on Wech Records, which won a "Best CD of 2005" Award from the Indie Acoustic Project in the category of "World Music-Eurasia & Global Beat"{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=21789|publisher=All About Jazz|title=Wajdi Cherif: Jasmine (2005)|date=17 May 2006|accessdate=2011-06-02}}
• oud player in the 2009 film Coco starring Gad Elmaleh{{cite web|url=http://www.alter-nativa.net/2009/04/29/la-radio-alter-nativa-fait-sa-fiesta-le-29-mai-theatre-de-verre-paris/|title=La radio alter-nativa fait sa fiesta|publisher=Alter Nativa|date=29 April 2009|accessdate=2011-06-02}}
• oud player with the American saxophonist Joshua Levitt in his project Lahakah
• vocalist with Amine and Hamza M'raihi in their record Perpetual Motion on Network Medien label{{cite web|url=http://www.networkmedien.de/477-0-Amine-Hamza.html|title=Amine & Hamza: Perpetual Motion}}[http://www.hamdi-makhlouf.com/fichier-hamdi.mp3 Excerpt from The Challenge]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• music arranger, oud player and vocalist with French jazz singer Sultana in his record Mosaïque[http://www.deezer.com/fr/music/sultana/mosaique-672696 Track n°11, déraciné, feat. Hamdi Makhlouf]

• [http://www.hamdi-makhlouf.com/ Hamdi Makhlouf's official website]
• [http://www.facebook.com/hamdimakhlouf/ Official facebook fan page]

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