Salim Dada

Dada was born in Laghouat.

Salim Dada learned to play classical guitar and the oud, contrabass, mandole, kwitra and percussion. He also studied harmony, Western and Eastern musical theory, and presented several works for guitar solo and small ensembles. Between 2002 and 2005 he prepared a cycle of musical writing (harmony, counterpoint and analysis) in school of distance learning polyphonies with the composer Jean-Luc Kuczynski in France,[2] and the Institute National Supérieur de la Musique in Algiers in the class of the academician Golnara Bouyagoub. He also studied medicine and obtained a medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine in Algiers in 2005.

His nomination in 2007 as a Composer-in-Residence with the Algerian National Symphony Orchestra[3][4] allowed him to create seven compositions and conduct 30 concerts in two years. The music catalogue of Salim Dada spans twenty symphonic works, a dozen scores for strings and chamber music and numerous pages for solo musicians (guitar, piano, harpsichord, saxophone, violin, etc.). He also has composed for voice and instruments of traditional Arab music and for film and theatre.

A composer-member of SACEM,[5] his compositions won awards in competitions and were presented at events such as the 57th Bayreuth Festival Junger Künstler in 2007,[6][7] festival of the Euro-Mediterranean Youth Orchestra in Damascus in 2008,[8][9] the 7th Arab composers festival "Arab Perspectives" in Cairo,[10] Settembre Musica "MITO 2009" at Milano, "PAN 6" in Amsterdam. In 2010, Terrassa48's tour in Catalonia "Enmig de terra; la Mediterrània",[11] 3rd International Festival of Cultural Diversity at UNESCO, Paris, 4th Perinaldo Festival[12][13] and Festival “Est Ovest”[14] in Italy. In 2011, "Hommage à la Méditerranée" by Divertimento at the Cité de la Musique[15] and festival "Label Sorbonne"[16] in Paris. In 2012, "Ice Breaker VI" in Seattle[17] and the opening of the 2012–13 concert season at the Cité de la Musique of Paris for celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the independence of Algeria.[18]

His works have been played by orchestras and ensembles such as the Orchestre Symphonique National Algérien, Arab Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, Euro-Mediterranean Youth Orchestra, Cairo Symphony Orchestra,[19] Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra,[20] Orchestre Symphonique Divertimento,[21] Orquestra Terrassa48 de Cataluña,[22] Calefax Reed Quintet of the Netherlands,[23] Seattle Chamber Players,[24] Ensemble Conductus di Merano,[25] Xenia Ensemble[26] and the Fiarì Ensemble from Torino, plus the Orchestra del Perinaldo Festival,[27] Orchestra Internacional “Pequeñas Huellas” di Niños para la Paze, and Conservatorio di Torino.[28]

Considered by the press as a bridge between the West and the East, the music of Salim Dada is often referred to as message of peace and dialogue between the Arab-Muslim world and Europe.[29]

• 2010-2011: Maîtrise degree in Music and Musicology at the University Paris IV Sorbonne: Traditions musicale en Azerbaïdjan : héritage et évolution, 100 p.
• 2011-2012: Master's Research degree in Music and Musicology at the University Paris IV Sorbonne: Polyphonie orchestrale et évolution de la musique orientale: le cas des Mugams symphoniques chez Fikret Amirov, 226 p.
• 2012-2015: PhD Musicologist researcher member of the research team Patrimoines, Languages Musicaux at the University Paris IV Sorbonne. Research thesis: Al-Adhan, appel à la prière en Islam et témoin pur du maqam

• 2011–15: Composer-in-Residence with the Orchestre Symphonique Divertimento (Ile de France).
• July / August 2010: Composer in Residence and conductor of the festival Perinaldo (Italy).
• 2010: Head and leader of the Arab Cantato Laboratory in Intercultural Centre of Torino (Italy).
• 2008: Producer and presenter of the program Lectures musicales on Radio Culture in Algiers.
• 2006-2009: Composer in Residence with the Algerian National Symphony Orchestra (the first post in Algeria: seven compositions and 30 concerts).
• 2008: Percussionist in the Algerian National Symphony Orchestra.
• 2005–08: Professor of harmony and counterpoint at the Institut Régional de la Formation Musicale Algiers.
• Since 2007: Speaking passages and radio features on traditional Algerian music and Arabic music.
• 1998–2007: Professor of Classical Guitar (Laghouat, Blida, Algiers, Tipaza).
• 2005–2006: Professor of Counterpoint to the Department of Musicology at the Ecole Normale Superieure of Teachers of Algiers (ENS Kouba).
• 2001–2006: Responsible for recording studios: technician, arranger, MAO, sound, editing and mixing.
• Since 1998: Head of Algerian traditional music orchestras and classical Arabic music: Laghouati Baroud (1998-1999) and Firqat al-Ouns (2000–06) in Laghouat, associations Al-Motribiya and Al-Wissal (2007-2008) at Blida.

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