One of the greatest and most famous Algerian singers, he is described as the dean of the Oran Music and the spiritual father of the international songs Rai, as it is called the Algerian Taleb, was one of the most important innovators and theorists Algerian music.
Birth
Born January 26, 1926 in the Algerian city of Oran (400 km west of Algiers), he grew up in a family that loved music, his father was Kuwaiti, his brother was Bangui. ‘Mandolin’ ‘.
Duties and Responsibilities
Houari has held several positions, including director of regional radio and television in Oran and director of the National Theater of Algiers.
Musical experience
In 1943, he founded a modern ensemble and in 1949, he recorded his first album in which he released his famous song « Rani Mehair » (I am confused).
contemporary or modern Wahrani lyrical character, which differs from the opinion that emerged from the Wahrani character, which form a fertile foundation of which many NHL stars Rai, Cheb Khaled and more particularly in the known « reprimanded » a song that has earned celebrity worldwide.
He was honored in 2017 by the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s Order of National Merit with a group of Algerian artists and intellectuals.
His artistic career has been filled with more than 500 songs that have inspired many Rai stars, such as Khaled and Cheb Mami, some of whom returned in the 1980s.
Among the most famous songs Blaoa Hawari « Pia Les Moors DAQ » and « Rani puzzling » performed in 1955, and « studio », and « O Knight, » and the song « Zabaneh » and others, and was the last album in 2001.
The song « Oran » or Algerian rai music, which has reached the world as stated in various writings, including a book author and artistic heritage interested in the Algerian fiance Said titled « Weddings fire .. History Rai ».
The death
Hawari died on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 for 91 years after the fight with the disease, was Naan Minister of Culture Ezzedine Mihoubi Algerian, saying « the departure of Blaoa Hawari lost the dean of the artistic scene of the columns of the song of Oran. »
The first radio channel quoted the director of culture in the state of Oran Qwaider Bouziane as saying: « The late Blaoa Hawari was an Arab and international icon, and he was altruistic and the theoreticians of Algerian music. »
« He has held several service positions for Algerian art, Algerian song and Al-Ahrani in particular, and he presented what he has until the last moments of his life. »
As singer Naan rai Algerian Cheb Khaled, and describes him as « icon of Algerian Rapture, » he wrote on his Instagram site « to God and to Him we return (..) Icon Rapture Algeria Blaoa Hawari under the custody of God .. God gave to God what was taken. «
