Mounir Troudi () (b. 1968) is a

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and

Sufi music Sufi music refers to the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow, and Khwaja Ghulam Farid. Qawwali is the best-known form of Sufi music and is most commonly found in the ...

singer from

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. Mounir grew up in

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, and he received his diploma

Arabic music Arabic music or Arab music ( ar, الموسيقى العربية, al-mūsīqā al-ʿArabīyyah) is the music of the Arab world with all its diverse music styles and genres. Arabic countries have many rich and varied styles of music and also man ...

in 1998. He made his debut with Fadhel Jaziri and his show ''Hadhra'' in 1994, and in the early 2000s he formed Nagouz. He has also appeared in several albums with jazz trumpet player

Erik Truffaz Erik Truffaz (born 3 April 1960 in Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland) is a French jazz trumpeter, infusing elements of hip hop, rock and roll and dance music into his compositions. Early life Truffaz was introduced to music by his father, a saxop ...

. In 2010 he released his album ''Tawassol''. Mounir announced ''Bach on the bac' as his next project in June 2018.

Notable Performances

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: ''Hadhra'' *

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: Tabarka Jazz Festival

Albums

* 2002 : ''

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'' (with

) * 2005 : '' Saloua'' (with

) * 2010 : '' Tawassol'' *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

: '' Songs from a Stolen Spring'' (compilation) * Bach on the bac

References

External links

*
Official MySpace page of Mounir Troudi
Tunisian musicians Male jazz musicians Living people 1968 births Date of birth missing (living people) {{jazz-musician-stub