
Munir Bashir descends from a line of Iraqi family musicians  of Assyrian Christian heritage. Born in 1930 in Mosul, his father, 'Abd al-Aziz Bachir, was a reknowned and cultivated oud musician and vocalist<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f4f4f4; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> who </span></span>began to teach him the oud from the age of five, together with his elder brother Jamil Bashir. Munir was exposed to and absorbed music from the Syrian, Byzantine, Kurdish, Persian, Turcic, and Abbasid traditions. At the young age of five years, Munir took up cello, also the oud, and eventually entered the Institute of Music of Baghdad, which was founded by the grand theoretician of Oriental music in the 20th century, Sharif Muhyi ad-Din Haydar Targan (1892-1967, and the Institute was open from 1934 to 1948). There he continued his oud studies under the great Şerif Muhiddin Targan and would begin his lifelong work of documenting and preserving the traditional music of Iraq.

Munir Bashir

Munir Bashir - Maqam Al Rast | منير بشير - مقام الراست

Munir Bashir, oud - تراث عراقي

Munir Bashir - Taqsîm -  Nahawand

Munir Bashir - Nahawand (Budapest, 1992)

منيـر بشير - البنت الشلبيه
ألبوم : مشوار مع العود حول العالم العربي

Munir Bashir - Nahawand (Budapest, 1992)

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