Sabah Fakhri
is the most famous performer of the traditional qudood and muwashahat
music types. He was born in Aleppo to a conservative family. He was enrolled into to the
Academy of Arabic Music of Aleppo then to the Academy of Damascus, from which he
graduated in 1948. Then in Cairo, Egypt, he studied under the music masters of
that time, and since then he started performing concerts in Syria. He soon
became famous all over the Arab World. He also performed many concerts in Europe
and the Americas. His name is enshrined in the Guinness Book of Records for his
prowess in Caracas, where he sang for 10 hours without a pause.
