Halim el-Roumi
حليم الرومي
Halim in his early years.
Halim in his early years.
Background information
Birth nameHalim el-Roumi
BornJuly 1919
Lebanon
OriginLebanese
Died1 November 1983(1983-11-01) (aged 64)
Beirut, Lebanon
GenresArabic, classical
Occupation(s)composer and singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years activeEarly 1950s – 1970s

Halim el-Roumi (حليم الرومي) (July 1919 – 1983) was a singer and composer from Lebanon.

Born in Tyre, Lebanon. He began his amateur artistic career in 1935, when he was in Haifa, Palestine. Later, as a radio chief first in Haifa and then in Lebanon, he discovered the singer Fairuz.[1] He composed her music, introduced her to the choir of Radio Liban and was the originator of her stage name.[2] El-Roumi also became director of Radio libanaise.[2]

He is famous for composing the poem La Volonté de vivre (إرادة الحياة) by the Tunisian poet Aboul-Qacem Echebbi for the Arab singer Souad Mohamed.[3] He is the father of Majida Al Roumi.

References

  1. "Fairouz et le Liban (Arte.tv)". Archived from the original on 18 March 2010.
  2. 1 2 chanson, Le Hall de la. "Le Hall de la chanson". Le Hall de la chanson.
  3. (in French) Ali Ouertani, "La poésie chantée de Chebbi", La Presse de Tunisie, 1 March 2009


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