Cheikh mouizo biography
The Death of Sheikh Mouizo, an Icon of Jewish music
Cheikh Mwijo
Moroccan singer (1937–2020)
Cheikh Mwijo | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Moshe Attias |
| Born | 1937 Meknes, Morocco |
| Died | 2 May 2020 Kiryat Ata, Israel |
| Genres | Malhun and popular songs |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician |
Musical artist
Cheikh Mwijo (Arabic: الشيخ مويجو), born Moshe Attias in Meknes in 1937 and died on 2 May 2020 in Kiryat Ata, was a Moroccan musician and songwriter.
He is one of the icons of Moroccan Jewish music.[1]
Biography
Born in 1937 in Meknes, Cheikh Mwijo comes from a line of singers and composers. His father Yaakov Attias was a percussionist and used to play in the Mâalem Ben Haroush orchestra.[2]
Cheikh Mwijo began his musical career singing at the age of 25 by performing popular and Malhun songs.[1]
Following the departure of Ben Haroush to Israel, Mwijo joined him in 1962.
Aged then 35, he began a new musical career in Haifa by singing and playing the mandolin before switching to the North Africanvioli Cheikh Mouizo Archives - Maroc Local et Nouvelles du Monde ... ZYCUF