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Lili Boniche

Lili Boniche (born Élie Boniche; April 29, 1922 – March 6, 2008) was an Algerian singer of Andalusian-Arab music. Boniche was the heir to an erudite, centuries-long tradition of Algerian song and a pillar of Franco-Arab music.

Born into a Sephardic Jewish family in the Casbah of Algiers, Boniche was a child prodigy who taught himself to play his father's mandola at the age of seven. Later as an i…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Born
1921
Died
March 6th, 2008
Labels
Créon Music
World Village
A.P.C.
Last updated: November 26th, 2013

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