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Jan 01, 0001 Safi, Marrakesh Safi, Morocco Died on 09 Mar 2008 (aged 2007)
Moroccan musician
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About Samy Elmaghribi
- Samy Elmaghribi (born in 1922 as Salomon Amzallag, in Safi, died on March 9th, 2008) was a Jewish-Moroccan musician.
- He lived in Paris and Montreal.
- Originally from Safi, his family moved to Rabat in 1926.
- He started to familiarize himself with Arab-Andalusian music and taught himself to play the oud.
- He later perfected his technique by attending the "Conservatoire de Musique" in Casablanca and by following some of the most revered Algerian masters of Andalusian music.
- When he was 20 years old, he decided to quit his position as a sales manager to devote himself entirely to music.
- Having access to the Moroccan palace, he was one of the most preferred singers of Mohammed V.
- He left Morocco for Montreal in the 1960s, where he led a synagogue.
- He also settled in Israel, later to return to Canada.
- He died on March 9th, 2008, in Montreal.
