Halim el-Roumi حليم الرومي | |
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 Halim in his early years. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Halim el-Roumi |
| Born | July 1919 Lebanon |
| Origin | Lebanese |
| Died | 1 November 1983 (aged 64) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Genres | Arabic, classical |
| Occupation(s) | composer and singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | Early 1950s – 1970s |
Halim el-Roumi (Arabic: حليم الرومي) (July 1919 – 1983) was a Lebanese singer and composer.
Born in Tyre, Lebanon to Lebanese parents , he began his amateur artistic career in 1935, when he was in Haifa, Palestine. Later, as a radio chief first in Haifa and then in Lebanon, he discovered the singer Fairuz.[1] He composed her music, introduced her to the choir of Radio Liban and was the originator of her stage name.[2] El-Roumi also became director of Radio libanaise.[2]
He is famous for composing the poem La Volonté de vivre (إرادة الحياة) by the Tunisian poet Aboul-Qacem Echebbi for the Arab singer Souad Mohamed.[3] He is the father of Majida Al Roumi.
- ^ "Fairouz et le Liban (Arte.tv)". Archived from the original on 18 March 2010.
- ^ a b chanson, Le Hall de la. "Le Hall de la chanson". Le Hall de la chanson.
- ^ (in French) Ali Ouertani, "La poésie chantée de Chebbi", La Presse de Tunisie, 1 March 2009[permanent dead link]