Actuality

15 Feb 2015

Ammouri Mbark has left us ......

Ammuri Mbark, born in 1951 in Irguiten at the foot of the High Atlas near Taroudant and died February 14, 2015 in Casablanca, is a composer, singer and musician Moroccan Amazigh. He is considered an innovator in Amazigh music.
After a childhood in the Taroudant orphanage run by the "Franciscan" Sisters, he took part in the institution's choirs and acquires singing techniques
Ammuri Mbark will be part of Ousman group (meaning Lightning), which was a big success in prestigious concert venues such as the Olympia in Paris, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and the Winter Palace in Lyon. The group disbanded in 1978 and continues Ammuri Mbark a solo career and recorded Tazwit nera nek dim a NMUN (meaning in French Bee, I want to be your companion). The musician innovates Amazigh music, combining tradition and modernity and interprets the repertoire of contemporary poets he likes Amazigh including Azayko, Mohammed El Moustaoui, Akhiyyat ... whose lyrical themes reinforce the Amazigh identity and evoke love, wandering and exile.

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