Ahmed Achour

Ahmed Achour (Arabic: أحمد عاشور‎)‎ (6 February 1945 – 29 January 2021) was a Tunisian composer and conductor. He led the Tunisian Symphony Orchestra from 1979 to 2010 and taught at the Higher Institute of Music in Tunis. He died in Tunis after a long illness, aged 75.[1]

Ahmed Achour in 2009

Biography

Achour was born in Hammam Lif. After studying law, he studied music and violin at the Tunis Conservatory of Music in Tunis in 1967 where he obtained the diploma of Arabic music and the Presidential Award for violin.[2] He continued his musical studies at the Schola Cantorum in Paris, where he received degrees in several specialties: harmony, counterpoint, conducting and orchestral writing.[2]

When he returned to Tunis in 1971, he joined the Tunisian Symphony Orchestra as first violin.[2] In 1979,[3] he became responsible for directing and administering and over the years worked with many international musicians.[4] He then assumed the direction of the National Conservatory of Music in Tunis and the International Festival of Popular Arts.

Achour has presented numerous concerts with symphony orchestras in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Paris, Brive-la-Gaillarde, Rabat, Algiers and produced operas by Carl Maria von Weber, Abu Hassan, in Sofia (Bulgaria). He won the National Music Prize in 2005.

Death

Achour died on Friday January 29, 2021, at the age of 75.[5]

Works
  • Élyssa (ouverture pour orchestre)
  • Mosaïques de mon pays (ouverture pour orchestre)
  • Prélude Jenin 2000 (Le Camp de la mort)
  • Variations orientales
  • Danse des marionnettes
  • Rhapsodie El Jem pour violoncelle et orchestre
  • Illusions pour piano et orchestre à cordes
  • Stress pour alto et orchestre à cordes
  • Balade pour violon, alto et orchestre
  • Trio « Le Destin » pour violon, violoncelle et piano
  • Quatre esquisses pour cordes
  • Sinfonietta Méditerranée pour orchestre à cordes
  • Images pour orchestre à cordes
  • Métamorphoses pour flûte et orchestre
  • Concerto pour clarinette et orchestre
  • Paysages de Sidi Bou Saïd pour clarinette
  • Nostalgie pour clarinette
  • Concerto pour trombone et orchestre

References
  1. "Le chef d'orchestre et compositeur Ahmed Achour est décédé à l'âge de 75 ans". La Presse (in French). 29 January 2021.
  2. Chelbi, Mustapha (1985). Musique et société en Tunisie. Editions Salammbô. p. 143. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  3. Fédération nationale des industries et commerces de la musique (France) (1979). Musique et instruments. Horizons de France. p. 15. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  4. Český hudební fond. Hudební informační středisko (1 January 1985). Music news from Prague. Music Information Centre, Czech Music Foundation. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  5. "Le chef d'orchestre et compositeur Ahmed Achour est décédé à l'âge de 75 ans". La Presse de Tunisie (in French). 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2021-01-30.


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