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Maurice El Medioni
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Regarded as the grandfather of Algerian pop music.
His memoir, "From Oran to Marseille", edited by Max Reinhardt and translated by Jonathan Walton, was published by Repeater Books in 2017.
In 2017 he was winner of a BBC World Music Award, "Culture Crossing" category.
Algerian pianist, composer and interpreter of Andalusian, Rai, Sephardic and Arab music.
Professional tailor and initially took up music as a hobby.
His uncle was the celebrated Messaoud El Mediouni, "Saoud l'Oranais" who died at the Sobibor (Poland) extermination camp during World War 2.
In 1967 he moved to Marseilles where he opened a clothing factory and took a break from his musical career, which he resumed in the 1980s.
Following the Algerian War of Independence, he moved to Paris, France where he worked as a tailor as well as occasionally backing Jewish singers.
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