Maâlem Hamid El Kasri

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2025-11-24 — Winner of the Aga Khan Music Awards 2025. Maâlem Hamid El Kasri was distinguished at the Aga Khan Music Awards 2025, held at the Southbank Centre in London from 22 to 24 November 2025. The jury praised his major role in preserving and transmitting the gnaoua musical heritage, which he covers the world's largest scenes.

2025-06-19 — Opening of the Gnaoua Festival of Essaouira 2025. Hamid El Kasri, a central figure of the Gnaoua Festival and World Music in Essaouira, opened the 2025 edition (19-21 June) with a remarkable acoustic concert, alongside Abir El Abed and the Bakalama company. A new demonstration of its place as the mainstay of the festival.

2024 — A year 2024 of great Moroccan scenes. In 2024, the maâlem chained the great scenes of the Kingdom, from the National Theatre Mohammed V in Rabat to the WeCasablanca festival. Its official channel guarded beautiful recordings, witnesses to a gnaoua trance still as powerful.