Baligh Hamdi

Tip! Unique fusion of the Indian and Egyptian music cultures devised by Baligh Hamdi, the most prominent of all modern composers in the Arab-speaking world. Hamdi, who penned dozens of hit compositions for Umm Kulthum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Warda and Sabah amongst others, also shaped the future of Arabic music in a way that's difficult to overestimate. Directed by Hamdi, the renowned Indian sitar player Magid Khan joins the Egyptian musicians of Abdel Halim Hafez's orchestra in re-reading some of H…

Instrumental recordings from 1970s Egypt by composer Baligh Hamdi, who wrote for Umm Kulthum and Abdel Halim Hafez, with his Diamond Orchestra: Omar Khorshid on guitar, organ, saxophone and accordion.