Abdou Cherif

Abdou Cherif

The New Nightingale
Background information
Also known as The New Nightingale
Born Casablanca
Genres Opera, vocal, Arabic
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1997– today
Associated acts Abdel Halim Hafez
Umm Kulthum
Fairuz
Mohamed Abdel Wahab
Asmahan
Farid al-Atrash
Website www.abdoucherif.com

Abdou Cherif (also Abdou Chrif, Abdo Sheriff, Abdo Shrif, Abdo Sharif, or in Arabic: عبدو شريف) is a singer native of the Moroccan city of Casablanca. Abdou Cherif is the nephew of Abdelwahab Agoumi, one of the most influential artist in the modernization of Moroccan classical music in the 50s.[1] Following the teachings of his mentor Mahmoud Saâdi [2] (co-founder of the musical phenomenon of the 70s which gave birth to the well-known groups of popular music Nass El Ghiwane and Jil Jilala [2]), Abdou Cherif saw his dream come true in 1999: to sing at the Khédival Cairo opera house in front of the public of his idol Abdelhalim Hafez. Egyptians gave him the nickname of "the New Nightingale", in reference to the "Brown Nightingale" Abdelhalim Hafez. He is also referred by the Moroccan public as a crooner.[3]

Career

Abdou Cherif’s career to date includes the following performances:

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