The death of the famous Sudanese musician and composer Bashir Abbas
Yesterday, Thursday, the famous Sudanese musician and composer Bashir Abbas passed away at the age of 85, due to a disease that did not take him long in Dubai Hospital,
where he last appeared about two weeks ago at the Dubai Expo, where he participated in the ceremony of the Sudanese artist Insaf Fathi.
The Sudan News Agency said that the musician, Bashir Abbas, died after a long artistic career, during which he enriched the artistic scene with his tunes that formed the conscience of listeners and were sung by many singers.
The late man formed the conscience of the Sudanese people through his musical compositions and melodies sung by many artists and singers.
The late musician Bashir Abbas is considered one of the giants of art and music in the Arab world in general, because he participated in many concerts and concerts for the great Arab artists.
Bashir Abbas is one of the great musicians and composers in Sudan,
a pioneer of Sudanese music, and an authentic intellectual, and he has a prominent role in the development of tarab music and singing in Sudan, where he worked throughout his life to spread Sudanese culture inside and outside Sudan.
Bashir Abbas participated in international music events and art competitions. In 2003, he received an invitation to participate in the activities of the World Music Day in Germany, 22 participants from around the world. 2005 The League of Arab States in Cairo organized a competition for musical pieces, in which Bashir Abbas participated with a piece of music entitled “My Love’s Plant” representing Sudan with 25 candidates and came second.
The late was born in Halfayat Al-Muluk neighborhood, which is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Khartoum North, north of the capital, before he moved with his family to Omdurman.
The late learned to play musical instruments since his boyhood in primary school, especially the oud, and was particularly influenced by the artist Farid al-Atrash.
In one of the press interviews, he said that the first musical instrument he learned to play was a "whistle" that his father gave him as a reward for his success in the entrance exam for primary schools, after which he learned to play the oud in his hometown of Khartoum North.
The late has more than 40 musical compositions composed by him, including (Ummy), (Nahr Al-Jur), (Asia), (Melodies) and (Nabata), and he composed more than 100 works of great Sudanese singers, such as: Ahmed Al-Mustafa, Hassan Attia, Abdulaziz Mohamed Daoud , Muhammad Wardi, Aisha Al-Falati, Zidan Ibrahim and Insaf Fathi, and he specialized in the Al-Balabil singing group, who were under his artistic sponsorship, with more than 20 works, as he is credited with their artistic career.
The late worked on Sudanese radio as an oud player in 1959, then was appointed as secretary of the National Radio Orchestra.
In 1966, he was appointed deputy music officer at the radio station, and in 1967 he took over the task of managing the music department there.
The late musician recorded several episodes of music programs on Radio (Monte Carlo) and the British Broadcasting Corporation in London.
In 1990, Bashir Abbas traveled to the United Arab Emirates and resided there, until 1995, to leave it to France, Britain, the United States, and Canada to reside there for treatment, and move between it and his homeland, Sudan.
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