Moroccan singer Abdou Sharif died hours before the International Women's Day concert. Sharif's singing style was distinguished by the Tarbiyya school, influenced by singing schools of performance.
He devoted his career to reviving a large and important part of the golden age of Egyptian song. He re-presented the songs of Abdel Halim Hafez and Umm Kulthum, which made the audience give him many titles, including “The New Nightingale” and “Khalifa of the Brown Nightingales”