Centre of Arab and Mediterranean Music

National Network
Tunisia
Address

Palais Ennejma Ezzahra 8, rue du 2 mars 1934 2026 Sidi Bou Saïd
Sidi Bou Said
Tunisia

Telephone
+ 216 71 746 051
Telephone (other)
+ 216 71 740 102
Fax
+ 216 71 981 038
E-Mail
directeur.cmam@email.ati.tn
E-Mail (2)
info@cmam.tn
E-Mail (3)
saima.samoud@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1991
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Heritage
  3. International/Cultural relations
General Information

- Public administrative establishment endue of civil personality and financial autonomy, non -profit organization , ] - Direction / administrative and financial under-direction / Record library under -direction / documentation service / musical animation service / research and studies services . -52 full time employees + contractual partners ( specific projects ). - Budget: approx. 350000 Euros. - State subsidies : different Embassies in Tunisia , CEE , Associations or foreign organizations ( as In Chordais/Greece or Scum/France) .

Mission and Objectives

- Safeguard of the Tunisian, Arabic and Mediterranean musical heritage, through collection, research, filing, musical production , books edition, CDs edition, popularization operations, punctual trainings , scientific meetings .

Main Projects / Activities

-Nearly 40 concerts organized per year . - Organization of conferences and seminars . - Masterclass and workshops regularly organized for young musicians . - Specific manifestations supporting Mediterranean rivers youth meetings like Virtuosos in Ennejma Ezzahra” whose the last edition in February 2006 registered the participation of 15 Arab and European countries . - CDs and books editions . - Organization of musicologic and artistic days in the form of scientific meetings and concerts with the participation of musicologists and musicians of Arab and European countries around various instruments like the “oud and the lute in 96”, the qanun in 1998, the violin in 2001, the “nay in 2002 and percussion in 2004.

Contact (1) Full Name
Saima SAMOUD
Job Title
Directrice générale
Head of the organisation
Saima Samoud
Contact (2) Full Name
Mohammed Ali Hammami
Job Title (2)
Secrétaire général