Tamino (musician)

Tamino-Amir Moharam Fouad (born 24 October 1996), known mononymously as Tamino, is a Belgian-Egyptian singer, musician and model. He is the grandson of Egyptian singer and movie star Muharram Fouad.

Career

Before commercial success, at age 17 Tamino trained vocally at the Amsterdam Royal Conservatory.

In November 2016, Tamino was invited by Belgian band Het Zesde Metaal to play a Radio 1 session. His first single, ''Habibi'', made an impression and he was immediately picked up by Radio 1.

In 2017, Tamino won a new musical talent competition at Studio Brussels. On 11 October 2017 he played in the Ancienne Belgique (Brussels) where he was nicknamed 'the Belgian Jeff Buckley'. He has also played at Palais 12 (Brussels) and during the
Flemish Music Industry Awards and the Melkweg in Amsterdam. During the summer of 2017, he was featured in festivals across Belgium and the Netherlands such as Rock Werchter and Pukkelpop.

In the summer of 2018 ''Tamino'' performed in festivals across Europe including Rock en Seine (Paris).
On 19 October 2018 Tamino released his first full-length album ''Amir'' ( Arts & Crafts/ Communion). At the end of October, he played three sold-out shows at the Ancienne Belgique as part of a European headline tour. On 8 November 2018 he performed in Iceland at Iceland Airwaves.

Tamino was featured in Live Nation's Ones To Watch, which spoke of Tamino's voice, saying his "falsetto surpasses 'face melting' and rises to a space of pureness that can only be described as divine." He announced his first headline stadium show in November 2019 at the Lotto Arena.

In 2019, Tamino played four shows at SXSW, his first North American shows, where he shared the live version of his single "Indigo Night", with Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood. On 10 May, Tamino released his live EP titled ''Live at Ancienne Belgique''. Following SXSW he returned to Europe for a tour across the continent, including France, Great Britain, Germany, and the Sziget Festival in Budapest.

Tamino has also been featured in the fashion world and alongside supermodel Gisele Bündchen in Missoni's SS19 Collection. During Paris Fashion week he was featured "in conversation" with Maison Valentino and performed a solo version of "Indigo Night". He has been featured in Vogue Hommes' March 2019 14-page spread, which was photographed by critically lauded photographer Paolo Roversi.

''Amir''

On 19 October 2018 Tamino released his first full-length album, ''Amir''. Throughout the album, Tamino is joined by a collective of Arabic musicians based in Brussels called Nagham Zikrayat, an orchestra predominantly made up of professional musicians from the Middle East, most of whom are refugees that fled Iraq and Syria.

The BBC hailed ''Amir'' as "The New Sound of The Nile",BBC News – "Tamino: The new 'Sound of the Nile'?"
/ref> an ode to Tamino's grandfather Muharram Fouad. ''The Independent'' included ''Amir'' in their top 10 albums of 2018. Tamino won the Anchor Award at Germany's 2018 Reeperbahn festival and has been nominated for 5 MIA Awards in Belgium.

''Sahar''

On 27 April 2022, Tamino released “The First Disciple” after a two-year social media hiatus, the first single from his second studio album, ''Sahar''. On 7 June 2022, Tamino released his second single from the album, “Fascination,” and announced that ''Sahar'' would be released 23 September 2022.

On 6 June 2022, Tamino announced that he would resume his postponed 2020 North America and Europe tour in September 2022.

Discography

Albums

* ''Amir''
** Released 19 October 2018
** Deluxe version released 18 October 2019
* ''Sahar''
** Released on 22 September 2022

EPs

* ''Tamino''
** Released 5 May 2017
* ''Habibi''
** Released 4 May 2018
* ''Live at Ancienne Belgique''
** Released 10 May 2019

Singles

References

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21st-century Belgian male singers
People from Mortsel
Belgian people of Egyptian descent
Belgian male singers
1996 births
Living people