Ali Feiruz

Ali Abdi Feiruz, known as Ali Feiruz, (Somali: Cali Fayruus, was a prominent Somali musician.

Ali Abdi Feiruz
علي فيروز
Birth nameCali Fayruus
Born1931
Djibouti
Died1994
Djibouti
GenresSomali music
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentsOud, guitar, violin, accordion
Years active1950s–1990s

Biography

Feiruz was born in 1931 in Djibouti. He later moved to Hargeisa, Somalia in the late 1950s, and then on to Mogadishu in 1973.

Feiruz's career began with Radio Hargeisa in the late 1950s. He was one of the first popular Somali kaban (oud) players in the 1950s, and eventually began incorporating modern instruments into his performances in the 1960s, such as the guitar, violin and accordion.

A prominent member of the Walaalaha Hargeisa and Hobolada Waaberi musical troupes, Feiruz composed, among other tunes, Ilaahayow waa kugu mahad, a tune whose release coincided with the independence of the former British Somaliland protectorate. As of 2012, this music still serves as the opening theme for the news segment of both Radio Mogadishu and Radio Hargeisa.

Feiruz had a significant influence on newer generations of Somali musicians in the 1960s and 1970s. He died in Djibouti in mid-1994.[1]

gollark: Yes, this would be good.
gollark: I'm on a phoon.
gollark: Shut up and use Rust.
gollark: Idea: ban C.
gollark: That is the correct path, you C.

See also

Notes
  1. Radio Mogadishu archive

References
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