Benji Fellous

Tunisko / Egypt

Perkuse a bicí studoval v Paříži a zároveň hrál se svým otcem v různých arabských souborech. Ve dvaceti přestal hrát na bicí a věnoval se africkým rytmům a studiu hry na arabskou derbuku. Muzikologii studoval v Paříži. Hraje s jazzovými kapelami, v nichž uplatňuje derbuku a arabské rytmy. Perkuse také v Paříži vyučuje. Nahrával pro film a rozličné hudební produkce.
(viz též Stephan Athanas & The ContempArabic Jazz Ensemble)

Benji Fellous

Tunisia / Egypt

- His Egyptian mother and his Tunisian father, author , composer and interpret, were his first music teachers.
- Between the ages 15 and 18, percussion and drums student in Paris. At the same time, he plays with his father in different Arab orchestras.
- At the age of 20, he stops playing the drums and dedicates himself to the rhythms of Africa. He studies African percussion with Guem and Derbouka with Kahlaoui Tounsi.
- During three years student of musicology at the VIII-university in Paris.
- He plays with Jazzgroups where he integrates the Derbouka and Arab Rhythms.
- During the last ten years he has been playing in recordings for film and different music productions.
- He teaches percussion in Paris.
(see also Stephan Athanas & The ContempArabic Jazz Ensemble)