Imad Safwat – Rabat
Friday, May 05, 2023 12:06 AM
The great artist Abadi Al-Johar presented it on the night of the late artist Muhammad Al-Mujiwhich is currently being held within the “Riyadh Calendar”, at Abu Bakr Salem Theater in Riyadh City Boulevard, under the auspices of the Saudi Entertainment Authority headed by Counselor Turki Al Sheikh, the song “Kamel Al-Awsaf” by Nightingale Abdel Halim Hafez, and the audience interacted greatly with him, as the artist Mai starred in Farouk in the song “Ask your soul” by Kawkab Al Sharq, Umm Kulthum, composed by Mohamed El Mougy.
The ceremony opened with a documentary film about Al-Mugy, from its inception until it reached the highest levels of music and melodies, in addition to some of his life stories through Hani Muhanna, Tariq Al-Shennawy, poet Bakhit Bayoumi, musician Hani Shenouda, Bahaa El-Din Muhammad, Ahmed Al-Taweel, and Ahmed Sharara, as the film showed. The documentary is the relationship between Muhammad Al-Muji and the Saudi singers and poets, headed by Muhammad Abdo, Talal Maddah, and Abadi Al-Johar..
The concert was opened by the artist, Saber Al-Rubai, with the song “The Nightingale Jabbar”, composed by Muhammad Al-Mogy, and the audience interacted with him greatly.
The concert was attended by a number of music makers, headed by Mohamed Fouad, Tamer Ashour, Hamidi Al Shaeri, Walid Saad, Khaled Taj El Din, Hassan El Shafei, Magdy El Galad, Ahmed Bakhit, Hany Mahrous, Amir Mahrous, Bahaa El Din Mohamed, Tariq Madkour, Yasser Al Saqqaf, the Maestro. Salim Sahab and his wife, musician Hany Muhanna, and his wife, critic Tariq El-Shennawy, in addition to the family and children of the late Mohamed El-Mogy, distributor Touma, Khaled Ezz, Nader Hamdy, Mahmoud Sorour, Tamer Hussein, Tamim, Nabil Barjasi, Medhat Khamis, producer Mohsen Jaber, the maestro Amir Abdel Majeed, Ahmed Fahmy, Amr Mostafa, Amir Tuaima, Yasser Khalil, Helmy Bakr, and others..
The concert of musician Muhammad Al-Muji restores the time of beautiful art, and entertains the audience with songs entrenched in memory and conscience for many years, as he carries more than 1,500 tunes for a song, and the concert of musician Muhammad Al-Muji comes; An extension of the success of the artistic nights that preceded it, such as: the night of “The Voice of the Earth,” the night of “Memories with Musician Hani Shenouda,” and “A Night from the Beautiful Past.”“.
Muhammad Amin Muhammad Al-Muji was born in Babila in Kafr El-Sheikh. His father was a violinist and lute player, which made Al-Muji mastered playing the oud at the early age of eight. He obtained a diploma in agriculture in 1944, worked in several jobs, then his inclinations to singing appeared, and he began his career. The artist played the oud in the band (Safia Helmy), then the band (Badi’a Masabni), then he turned to composing in 1951 on the radio..
His first song was “Safini Mara”, which was sung by Abdel Halim Hafez. Muhammad Al-Mogy was a talented and ambitious composer, and he contributed to discovering some great singing voices, including: Hani Shaker and Amira Salem. Muhammad Al-Muji fell ill and then passed away on July 1, 1995. He left a valuable legacy of authentic and renewed Arabic melodies at the same time..
