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Wadih El Safi, Arabic: وديع الصافي (born Wadi' Francis, November 1, 1921 – October 11, 2013) was a Lebanese singer, oud player, songwriter and actor. He is a Lebanese cultural icon, and is often called the "Voice of Lebanon". Born in Niha, Lebanon, Wadih El Safi started his artistic journey at the age of seventeen when he took part in a singing contest held by Lebanese Radio and was chosen the winner among fifty other competitors. Wadih El Safi, a classically trained tenor, studied at the Beirut National Conservatory of Music. He became nationally known when, at seventeen, he won a vocal competition sponsored by the Lebanese Broadcasting Network. El Safi began composing and performing songs that drew upon his rural upbringing and love of traditional melodies, blended with an urban sound, and creating a new style of modernized Lebanese folk music In 1947, El Safi traveled to Brazil, where he remained until 1950. El Safi toured the world, singing in many languages, including Arabic, Syriac, French, Portuguese and Italian. In the spring of 1973, El Safi recorded and released a vinyl single with the songs "Grishlah Idi" lyrics by Ninos Aho and "Iman Ya Zawna" (lyrics by Amanuel Salamon), first one in Western Syriac and second one in Eastern Syriac. The music arrangements were done by Nuri Iskandar and the songs were produced especially for an Aramean Festival, which occurred in the UNESCO building in Beirut at that time where El Safi participated as a singer. El Safi has writ
Wala Korb Noamen - Live from Baalbeck 1973
4,1082Al Yadi El Yadi
4,0893Al Lailu Ya Laila
2,9524Alayl Ya Layla
2,5985علي رمش عيونها
2,5346Tallou hbabna
1,7947Ala El Baal Ya Asfouret El Nahrein - Live from Baalbeck 1973
1,3758على رمش عنيها
1,0039Katalouny Eyouna El Soud - Live from Baalbeck 1973
65510Ala El Hada - Live from Baalbeck 1973
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