Ali Omar El-Farouk

About

Ali Omar El-Farouk is an Egyptian/Canadian guitarist and oud player based out of Montreal and Cairo. He is an active performer, teacher and composer with a professional career spanning more than two decades which include performances in Egypt, Canada, U.S.A., Turkey, Spain, Italy, and cruise ships touring the Bahamas and the British Isles. His versatile musical vocabulary is a result of his privileged exposure to both eastern and western cultures. He spent years studying jazz music, traditional Arabic/Middle-Eastern music, flamenco music, and western classical music.

He has worked in jazz groups, rock/blues/pop bands, all the way to Middle Eastern and flamenco ensembles. His performances include the Festival Du Monde Arabe, Festival Nuits D’Afrique, Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques Festival, and Festival Sefarad in Montreal as well as the Cairo Jazz Festival and the Jazz Mania Festival in Cairo.

His first album ‘Ela Mataa?’ was recorded in Montreal and released in January 2019. He holds a Licentiate degree in Jazz Performance from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, one of Canada’s top music institutes, and a Bachelor’s degree with Distinction in Jazz Studies from Concordia University in Montreal. He is as passionate about performing live as he as about teaching music and he teaches music at his own studio and online.

'Ela Mataa?' Album Trailer

Concerts

MARÍA LUZ SEFERIADES & ALI OMAR EL-FAROUK’S LATIN PROJECT

Sunday, August 25 @ 7:30PMSun, Aug 25 @ 7:30PM

Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill, 1254 Mackay St, Montreal, Quebec H3G 2H4, Canada, Montreal

Following a successful collaboration last summer as a duo, Argentinian singer María Luz Seferiades and Egyptian/Canadian guitarist and oud player Ali Omar El-Farouk return for their second collaboration to take their listeners on a journey into the deepest longings for Latin America, presenting their own interpretations of well-known Bolero, Tango, Samba, and Bossa Nova songs.

This time they expand their formation to a full quartet with Michael Goulart on bass and José Miguel Valero on percussion.

Musicians: María Luz Seferiades – Voice Ali Omar El-Farouk – Guitar Michael Goulart – Bass José Miguel Valero – Percussion

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