Moulay Ahmed Loukili
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Moulay Ahmed Loukili 🇲🇦

مولاي أحمد الوكيلي (Known as "Moulay Ahmed Loukili")
Grand Master of Andalusian Classical Music, Conductor, Oud Virtuoso
Born 1909 🇲🇦 Fez, Morocco
Passed Away Nov 25, 1988 Rabat, Morocco
Lifespan 79 years old
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"Andalusia did not die; it lives on in every noble note of our Nawbat."

Archival Overview

The supreme patriarch of Moroccan-Andalusian classical music (Al-Ala) in the 20th century, long-time director of the National Andalusian Orchestra of Radio Télévision Marocaine (RTM).

Biographical Record

Moulay Ahmed Loukili was born in Fez, mastering the eleven classical Andalusian musical suites (Nawbat) from legendary elders at the Qarawiyyin. In 1952, he founded the prestigious Andalusian Orchestra of Radio Maroc in Rabat, directing it for nearly four decades.

A consummate oud virtuoso and pedantic musicologist, Loukili standardized the performance and choral discipline of Moroccan Andalusian music, leading national recording projects that permanently documented the complete repertoire on modern audio media.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Al-Shuhada Cemetery
Rabat, Morocco
GPS: 34.0259, -6.8409
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