Ahmed Achour ( ar, أحمد عاشور) was a Tunisian conductor.
Biography
Achour was born in
Hammam Lif
Hammam-Lif ( ar, حمام الأنف, pronounced hammam linf) is a coastal town about 20 km south-east of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It has been known since antiquity for its thermal springs originating in Mount Bou Kornine.
History
...
. After studying law, he studied music and violin at the
Tunis Conservatory of Music in
Tunis
''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois
, population_note =
, population_urban =
, population_metro = 2658816
, population_density_km2 =
, timezone1 = CET
, utc_offset1 ...
in 1967 where he obtained the diploma of Arabic music and the Presidential Award for violin.
He continued his musical studies at the
Schola Cantorum in Paris, where he received degrees in several specialties: harmony, counterpoint, conducting and orchestral writing.
When he returned to Tunis in 1971, he joined the
Tunisian Symphony Orchestra
Tunisian Symphony Orchestra is the national symphony orchestra of Tunisia, based in Tunis. The orchestra was established in 1969 by the Ministry of Culture. It was led by Ahmed Achour from 1979 until 2010, when after falling ill, he was replaced b ...
as first violin.
In 1979,
he became responsible for directing and administering and over the years worked with many international musicians.
He then assumed the direction of the National Conservatory of Music in Tunis and the International Festival of Popular Arts.
Achour has presented numerous concerts with symphony orchestras in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Paris,
Brive-la-Gaillarde, Rabat, Algiers and produced operas by
Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 17865 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic who was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas, ...
,
Abu Hassan
''Abu Hassan'' ( J. 106) is a comic opera in one act by Carl Maria von Weber to a German libretto by , based on a story in ''One Thousand and One Nights''. It was composed between 11 August 1810 and 12 January 1811 and has set numbers with recita ...
, in Sofia (Bulgaria). He won the National Music Prize in 2005.
Death
Achour died on Friday January 29, 2021, at the age of 75.
Works
References
1945 births
2021 deaths
Tunisian conductors (music)
Tunisian composers
People from Hammam Lif
Schola Cantorum de Paris alumni
20th-century classical composers
21st-century classical composers
Male classical composers
20th-century conductors (music)
21st-century conductors (music)
20th-century Tunisian male musicians
21st-century Tunisian male musicians
{{Tunisia-bio-stub