Today, Saturday, Lebanese artist Marwan Mahfouz died in Damascus after he was infected with the Corona virus. The late artist held a party at the Damascus Opera House on the 23rd of last.
Among his most famous works are: Oh Saif, on the enemies Tayel, I fear your love, after you, O Green Lebanon, tell me the story, your long absence, the velvet shirt, I do not know how I gained, sweet eyes, my painting from the night, tell me the story, I swear if it did not happen, time stole me My dear, dear, dear, my lemon shal, I never told you.
The Syrian Ministry of Culture called the Lebanese artist and said in a statement, "The late who came to Syria at her invitation to revive a party within the" Culture Victory Festival ", died after being infected with the Corona virus.
The disease managed the body of the Lebanese artist "and betrayed him despite the care and concern surrounding him," according to the statement of the Syrian Ministry of Culture, which confirmed that Mahfouz's departure "is a painful blow to real art, which will leave behind an irreparable hiatus ... the name of Marwan Mahfouz will live forever in Memory of gourmet authentic Arabic singing.
It is noteworthy that the late Marwan Mahfouz is a Lebanese singer who has been in love since singing and music, and he studied their origins at the hands of a professor at the Music Institute in Beirut, Salim El Helou.
He appeared through the "Art of My Hobby" program, which was presented by Rashad al-Mimi on Lebanon TV. In this program, Mahfouz sang for Wadih Al-Safi, "Tal Al-Sabah" and other songs.
Hence his breakthrough towards professionalism, as the Rahbani brothers called him and secured him to their band, where he participated in the first theatrical work in Baalbek, "The Cups of Air" in 1965, starring Al-Shahrourah Sabah and artist Nasri Shams Al-Din.
He also participated in the festivals of Beiteddine and Al-Arz, until the meeting with Ziyad Rahbani, where Marwan Mahfouz played the championship in the "Sahriya" play alongside actress Georgette Sayegh and Joseph Saqr. And he sang in this play songs that received wide fame, including: "O Saif Ala'aada Tayel" and "Afraid to be your love and love."
Marwan Mahfouz sang to many great authors and composers, among them are the Rahbani brothers, Ziyad Rahbani, Wadih Al-Safi, Filemon Wehbe, Elias Rahbani, Suhail Arafa, Joseph Ayoub, Abdel Fattah Sukkar, and others.
Among the poets: the Rahbani brothers, Musa Zogheib, Abdul Jalil Wehbe, Issa Ayoub, Boutros Deeb, Ghassan Matar, Ziyad Rahbani, Mustafa Mahmoud, and others ..
He participated with the Rahbani brothers in all the plays they presented from 1965 to 1973.
Among these plays: wheel rims, days of Fakhruddin, Hala and the king, the person, live live, sleep right, people from paper, station, love poem, and others.
Between 1969 and 1974 he also worked with director Raymond Haddad in Beiteddine with a group of great artists in plays written by Elias Rahbani, Elie Choueiri and others. These works included major artists, such as: Wadih Al-Safi, Nasri Shams Al-Din, Hoda Haddad, Georgette Sayegh, Melhem Barakat, Elie Choueiri, Majdala, by Libbeh Al-Sharqawi, Nadim Barbari.
Cinematically, Marwan Mahfouz participated in the Rahbani Brothers movie “Safar Berlak” and starred in the movie “Confused Girls” with the actress Ighra.