Beihdja rahal biography of alberta
The Algerian vocalist was Beihdja Rahal, now living in Paris and touring widely, with a site called After the show, I....
Rarely has a performer of the Arab-Andalusian repertoire, who also masters the carûbî and the hawzî, placed as much passion in the practice of her art.
Alberta Hunter, (4).
Born in Algiers, into a family of music-lovers, Beihdja Rahal did not immediately embark on an artistic career. Thanks to her aunt and uncle, the Foudalas, who were well known in the theatre world, she was able as a child to attend shows and concerts given by the biggest stars of the time at the mythic auditorium, Ibn-Khaldoun (formerly known as Pierre-Bordes).
Like her eight brothers and sisters, she was sent to the El-Biar conservatoire, in , at the suggestion of her mother. Some of them chose the piano, as they had one at home, but Beihdja preferred the mandolin. At the conservatoire, she chose to study the Arab-Andalusian tradition with her master, Mohamed Khaznadji, who gave her the grounding she required to build up a repertoire on a solid basis.
She graduated in with a degree in biology that allowed her to teach natura