Musicology and scientific research

Hamdi Makhlouf continue his doctoral studies in music and musicology at Paris IV - Sorbonne University  since October 2004. His research focuses on the  instrumental music practices evolution in the Arab world, those that are designed for the 'ûd (lute) ; instrument of oriental music theory. Composition and improvisation in Arabic music, in front of an acculturation fostered by globalization, has undergone a metamorphosis, both quantitative and qualitative, of its various musical genders (classical "so-called scholars ", varieties, popular, and so on.). The impact of a such  transformation on the ('ûd) is very remarkable : the identity of this instrument in arabic music meditation, not always clear and confirmed, has been known since the early 20th century a form rehabilitation through a musical movement highlighting its instrumental expression. This question (wonder in other words) main revolves around an emergence of a new style, a new approach of the 'ûd sound through this expression.

See the abstract gived to the FCT