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Julien Jalâl Eddine Weiss

French musician, 1953 - 2015

Julien Jalâl Eddine Weiss

Born

Julien Weiss


October 18, 1953

Paris, France

DiedJanuary 2, 2015

Paris, France

Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Known forFounder of Al-Kindi Ensemble
AwardsOfficer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France)

Julien Jalâl Eddine Weiss (October 18, 1953 – January 2, 2015) was a French musician, composer and the founder of Al-Kindi Ensemble, a Sufi musical group based in Aleppo, Syria.[1]

Biography

Born Julien Weiss on October 18, 1953, in Paris to a Swiss-German mother and an Alsatian father, he started as a classically trained guitarist, that he had learned at the École Normale de Musique de Paris.

As a student in 1976, he was fascinated by classical Arabic music when he met Munir Bachir, the Iraqi grand master of the oud (oriental lute). He then emba Al-Kindi Ensemble | Lyrics, Song Meanings & Music Videos TUCU