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Simon Sannee

David Parfitt - 7-16-2012 at 01:17 PM

Has anyone ever heard of this guy before? He seems to be a Moroccan Jewish oud player, and there are loads of recordings of him on Youtube such as the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSqFGqFsqvA

I can't find any more information at all about him on Google, but maybe there is an alternative spelling of his surname?

David

John Erlich - 7-17-2012 at 01:57 PM

Maybe ask the M.E/N.A.-oriented musicians and musicologists in Israel, such as Edwin Seroussi (http://www.biu.ac.il/hu/mu/min-ad04/Edwin_Seroussi.html), Amnon Shiloah (http://www.umbc.edu/eol/3/shiloah/bio.htm), and the Renanot Insitutute (http://www.renanot.co.il/renanotE/index.asp). You can try also contacting the Dafina, a web site dealing with things Moroccan-Jewish: http://www.dafina.net/homeenglish.htm There is also Simon Elbaz, a Moroccan-Hewish oudist and singer in France: http://www.matrouz.com/elbaz_.html

Nice taqsim -- thanks for sharing!

Good luck,
"Udi" John

David Parfitt - 7-18-2012 at 01:07 AM

Good idea John. I might try contacting the guy who posted the videos first though, but don't know how easy this will be.

All the best

David

Rambaldi47 - 7-18-2012 at 03:22 AM

How do you pronounce that surname in Hebrew?

I'll ask my teacher; maybe he knew him in the past.

Rambaldi47 - 7-19-2012 at 05:48 AM

A close friend of mine has just send a message to the head of The Andalusian
Orchestra in Ashdod and received a reply that the performer name was
Simon/Shim'3on Tordgman and Sanna'3i is the nickname that stuck to him,
'the professional'.

In some of the clips he plays with Salim Halali and in others with Sami al-Maghribi,
both well-known names. His son, David Tordjman, lives in Bat-Yam but I do not have his contact info.

David Parfitt - 7-21-2012 at 01:24 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Rambaldi47  
A close friend of mine has just send a message to the head of The Andalusian
Orchestra in Ashdod and received a reply that the performer name was
Simon/Shim'3on Tordgman and Sanna'3i is the nickname that stuck to him,
'the professional'.

In some of the clips he plays with Salim Halali and in others with Sami al-Maghribi,
both well-known names. His son, David Tordjman, lives in Bat-Yam but I do not have his contact info.


Nice work!! Looks like it was his son who uploaded the clips to Youtube then. It's a shame he didn't add a short biography too, as it would be interesting to know who his father's teachers were, where he lived etc.

All the best

David