82 years Abdel Hamid Abou Feesha - عبد الحميد أبوفيشا ملك العود 82 سنة

ABDEL HAMID ABOU FEESHA:
EGYPT's FORGOTTEN PYRAMID
Born in Shoubra, a suburb of Cairo in Egypt in 1920. Dr. Abdel Hamid Abou Feesha has been playing the oud for close to 80 years and is a local legend, although relatively forgotten in the wider musical community. He claims he has taught the great oud players like Farid el Attrache, Zakaria Ahmad, George Michel, Riyad Al Sunbati and was neighbours with Mohamed Al Qassabji, forming a dear friendship. Great Arabic composer Mohamed Abdel Wahab is said to have had him as a close compositional adviser and you can hear his oud playing and influences on many old Abdel Wahab recordings. He has played with all the greats such as Salih Abdel Hay, Monira Al Mahdiya, Sheikh Sayed Al Safti and even Oum Kalsoum in her early days. An amazing career. Unfortunately, His professional career as an oud virtuoso came to an end after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. He had a very close relationship to King Farouk and he was his personal palace oud player, so after the revolt he was not accepted by his friends and musical peers for being linked to the royal regime. Something he is still coming to terms with.
He is now however, a teaching institution to young up and coming oud players and many visit him for advice, lessons and to listen to him play his old school Egyptian taqasims (modal improvisations) and ofcourse tell stories of the old days...
We were very lucky to visit him, get a brief interview and some samples of his taqasim (improvisations). Despite his age he is still very proficient on the oud, an amazing experience!

[@yassine_dz]

إحساس رهيب
تحس أنك أمام هرم من أهرامات الموسيقى الأصيله العربية الخالدة
يذكرني بعزف رياض السنباطي👍

[@mohammedalshehri6647]

من اول ماتسمع الاستهلال تعرف انه من العصر الجميل مباشرة
ياسلام على الريشة الراقية

[@Ahmed_damash]

الغلطة الوحيدة الي ارتكبها هالعازف المبدع هو انو خلا هالمزعج يصوره

[@danielcage1205]

ههههههههههههههه
فعلا مزعج

[@mohammedmesfer7314]

شكوى السنين تعبرُ أوتار عوده ونغمات احساسه الذي لا يشيخ وان شاخت به الدنيا والايام .
شكراً من الأعماق ورحم الله الشيخ الكبير عبدالحميد ابوفيشا

[@المحاميمثنىالركابي]

عذرا سيدي من اكون انا لاعلق بكلمات عارية عن الوصف سأكتفي بالإستماع والإستمتاع والبكاء ،انحني لِلمساتك التي اقشعر لها بدني فالف تحية وقبلة لتلك الانامل .

[@chrisdoddridge4678]

Surely this is something really quite special, & our friend is correct in saying somebody should make a CD of this master. His playing comes from a golden age, catch it before its gone. Its vintage & priceless.

[@حسينعبدالله-س9ع]

الله الله اتراني انطربت وعدلت راسي هاكذا يعزف العود

[@shadiwahb1224]

متأثر بعزف السنباطي

[@arnsprogis6953]

when is he touring australia

[@danielcage1205]

والله عزف وتركيب خرااافي جعلني ارتعش
الله يبارك في عمرك يا عظيم

[@ثامرأحمد-خ6ي]

مصور فاااااااااااااااشل
َوعزف فوق الوصف والجمال

[@Tarq.alrmaly]

الله الله الله الله 😢😴🎼🎼🎼

[@merza16465]

ماشالله ثنين وتسعين وعزفة جميل....عميد العود

[@celloting]

Simply amazing, blew me away! Can someone please give him a recording contract? We want to hear more, thanks.

[@yousefelmussri]

Azeem but I would love to hear a taqsim in Girka and one in Bayati

[@mohamedelftouh1644]

الله الله

[@عموريعموري-ش2ك]

الله عليك يا عمو ابو فيشة

[@youssefkawtari4011]

الله الله

[@jassemwm9249]

اللحن الأخير الأبدي

[@wagh7318]

اللي متلك ما بيموت يا عم🌷

[@ahmedhelal20112013]

الله

[@sufianararah]

lol

[@abdullaalharmi8848]

الله

[@mohamedalsallami5744]

Amazing