# Ahmed Piro

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{{Short description|Moroccan singer (1932–2024)}}
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| name               = Ahmed Piro
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| native_name        = أحمد بيرو
| native_name_lang   = ar
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| birth_date         = {{birth year|1932}}
| birth_place        = [Rabat](/source/Rabat), Morocco
| death_date         = {{death date and given age|2024|05|15|92|df=y}}
| death_place        = Rabat, Morocco
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| occupation         = Singer
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| education          = [M'hammed Guessous School](/source/M'hammed_Guessous_School)
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'''Ahmed Piro''' ({{langx|ar|أحمد بيرو}}; 1932 – 15 May 2024) was a Moroccan singer of [Andalusi classical music](/source/Andalusi_classical_music).<ref>{{cite news |last=Tabet|first=Marouane|date=16 May 2024|title=Haj Ahmed Piro, grand maître du gharnati, nous a quittés|trans-title= |url=https://www.h24info.ma/haj-ahmed-piro-grand-maitre-du-gharnati-nous-a-quittes/|language=French|work=H24info|location= |access-date=19 May 2024}}</ref>

==Biography==
Born in [Rabat](/source/Rabat) in 1932, Piro's family was of [Morisco](/source/Morisco) origin. He studied the [Quran](/source/Quran) during his childhood and attended the [M'hammed Guessous School](/source/M'hammed_Guessous_School), where he was taught by {{ill|Othman Jorio|fr}}.<ref name="Legend">{{cite web|url=http://www.maroc.net/newrc/legend/hajjhmedpiro.htm|title=Hajj Hmed Piro|work=maroc.net|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130703085703/http://www.maroc.net/newrc/legend/hajjhmedpiro.htm|archivedate=3 July 2013}}</ref> Piro then taught musicians such as {{ill|Bahaâ Ronda|fr}} and Mohamed Amine Debbi.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=5 May 2010|title=Hommage à Paris au virtuose Haj Ahmed Piro, grand maître de la musique arabo-andalouse|trans-title= |url=http://www.orientespace.com/hommage-a-paris-au-virtuose-haj-ahmed-piro-grand-maitre-de-la-musique-arabo-andalouse|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052122/http://www.orientespace.com/hommage-a-paris-au-virtuose-haj-ahmed-piro-grand-maitre-de-la-musique-arabo-andalouse|archivedate=4 March 2016|language=French|work=Orient Espace|location= |access-date=19 May 2024}}</ref> In 1992, he was awarded the Wissam Arida, designated for notable cultural personalities in Morocco.<ref name="Legend"/>

Piro died in Rabat on 15 May 2024, at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chaker|first=Hiba|date=16 May 2024|title=Hajj Ahmed Piro, maître de la musique gharnatie, est décédé à 92 ans|trans-title= |url=https://www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma/haj-ahmed-piro-maitre-musique-gharnatie-decede-92-ans|language=French|work=[Maroc Hebdo](/source/Maroc_Hebdo)|location= |access-date=19 May 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{discogs artist|أحمد بيرو}} as أحمد بيرو
* {{discogs artist|Ahmed Piro}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Piro, Ahmed}}
Category:1932 births
Category:2024 deaths
Category:Moroccan singers
Category:Musicians from Rabat

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