Composer Mohamed Belkhayat died on Tuesday morning in a clinic in Rabat, at the age of 70, following an illness, as the family of the deceased said.
The late Mohamed Belkhayat, born in 1951 in Rabat, used to work as a professor at the National Institute of Music and Dance in Rabat, and taught theoretical music related to solfege as well as playing the lute for over forty years, in addition to working as a composer accredited to the National company of broadcasting, and the Royal Choir.
The deceased contributed to renewing modern Moroccan music, imbuing it with rich Moroccan heritage in its folklore diversity. He was also committed to the origins of Moroccan music at the level of composing and employing Moroccan rhythms and maqam in particular, contributing as well to the emergence of many new Moroccan talents.
Belkhayat dealt with many Moroccan lyricists and singers in his career, including the late Imad Abd el Kebir in the songs, “returning to me again with joys” and “How lovely meeting our beloved ones”, and the artist Fatima Miqdadi in songs such as “my friend,” “our love didn’t end”, and the song “Estrangement”, which was assigned to the artist Mohamed El-Ghaoui, pushing him to more success in his career.
The late composer also dealt with the artist Naima Samih in her songs “No complaint is useful”, “Do not deprive me of being used to you”, and the artist El-Bachir Abdou in songs like “I was young” and “while passing, come visit us”, as well as the artist Amal Abd el-Kader’s song titled “stay close to me”.
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