[LCM Articles] FW: Khalife's "Taqasim" wins prestigious L'Académie Charles Cros Award

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From: Nagam at aol.com [mailto:Nagam at aol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 12:48 AM
To: Nagam at aol.com
Subject: Marcel Khalife's "Taqasim" wins the prestigious L'Académie Charles
Cros Award

 

Dear All, 

Lebanese composer, oud master and singer Marcel Khalife was awarded the 2007
Grand Prize of the prestigious L'Académie Charles Cros (
<http://www.charlescros.org/> www.charlescros.org) in the World Music
Category. L'Académie Charles Cros is the French equivalent of the US
Recording Academy (also known as the Grammy Awards). The award was given in
recognition of his latest work Taqasim, which Khalife dedicates to his
friend the renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. 

http://www.charlescros.org/palmares/index.php?nom=Grands%20prix%20du%20Disqu
e%20et%20Audiovisuels
<http://www.charlescros.org/palmares/index.php?nom=Grands%20prix%20du%20Disq
ue%20et%20Audiovisuels&annee=2007&OrderBy=titre-nom>
&annee=2007&OrderBy=titre-nom 

Taqasim is an all instrumental composition for oud, double bass and
percussion, featuring Peter Herbert on bass and Bachar Khalife on
percussion. 

Taqasim is released by Nagam Records/Connecting Cultures labels. The work
was critically acclaimed and well received by music critics as well as
audiences worldwide. 

L'Académie Charles Cros was established in 1948 and named after the
acclaimed French poet and inventor Charles Cros. This year marks the 60th
Anniversary of the award. The ceremony took place at RADIO FRANCE in Paris
on November 30th, 2007. This award came in the wake of the completion of
Khalife¹s successful 24 cities US and Canada tour, in which Taqasim was the
opening part of his performances through out the tour.

Taqasim is available on Marcel Khalife's website @ www.marcelkhalife.com
<http://www.marcelkhalife.com/> !

Nagam Cultural Project

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