Anouar Brahem

Anouar Brahem is one of those artists who quietly expands what music can be. Cradling the oud, an ancient instrument, he fuses Arabic classical traditions, folk, and jazz into something genuinely his own, and the jazz world has rightly embraced him as an innovator. Recording since the early 1990s and honored by Tunisia's Academy of Sciences, he chases depth rather than trends. I find myself drawn to this kind of patient, contemplative sound more as I get older. From Tunis to the global stage, Brahem proves that restraint can be far more moving than spectacle.

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Name (English)

Anouar Brahem

Name (Japanese)

アヌアル・ブラヒム

Reading

あぬある・ぶらひむ

Born

October 20, 1957 (age 69)

Origin

Tunis, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia

Occupation

composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

Awards & achievements

• Associate Member of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences

• Official sitehttps://www.anouarbrahem.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/anouar.brahem/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anouar%20Brahem
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8C%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%92%E3%83%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q548428

Tags

• Tunis Governorate
• composer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.