Hazim Faris

The Violin Lover and Composer. B. A in Music – College of Fine Arts – Baghdad University
Hazim Faris was born in Basra – Iraq in 1971. At the age of five, Hazim started his initial lessons in playing on the violin and lute at the hands of his teacher and elder brother Hashim K. Makki, who was a singer and a player of both instruments. The little Hazim had a beautiful voice that enabled him to sing famous Iraqi and Arab songs by the late Iraqi artist Saadi Albayati, Amal Khudheir and the late Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum. Hazim started to take part in parties and festivals held in Basra . He fell in love with the music class when he was at grade one of his primary school. He learnt by heart all national songs and used to help his class mates learn before their teacher showed up. The teacher noticed that and assigned to him the task of helping his classmates learn the songs and anthems. He began to compose lyrics and tunes by himself. Very soon, Hazim took the position of the orchestrator. On one occasion, he surprised the audience by carrying a small violin . Then, he gave the sign to the group to start a song “I love my school”. At the age of six, his brother discovered that Hazim was a talented actor. He introduced him to the artists of TV and theatre in Basra. Hazim started acting plays, among which were “A moon, a night and a ship”, and “The son of a martyr”.