Amina Srarfi,, is the first woman chef d"orchestre in Tunisia.
Background
She started in music when she was small. Her father Kaddour Srarfi was a violinist, conductor and composer of classical Arab music Then in 1988, she decided to create and direct the first private music school to whom she gives her father"s name: the Conservatoire Kaddour Srarfi of music and dance.
Education
She graduated in Arabic music in 1979, later holder of the first prize for violin and a general university degree in musicology.
Career
She also took conducting courses in Paris. Srarfi made her professional debut in teaching for ten years. Chef d"orchestre In 1992, she created the first female orchestra of classical music "El"Azifet", and directed herself, which is a first in the Arab music scene.
She conducted the orchestra around the world: Paris, Madrid, London, Cairo, Washington, New York, Stockholm, Hanover, Vienna, Algiers, Istanbul, Beijing or Seoul.
She also frequents festivals such as Carthage, Hammamet or Jerash. In 1997 she was elected president of the "music" commission in the International Council of Women.
The same year, she organized in Tunis in collaboration with the National Union of Tunisian Women a show entitled "Women in Music in the Mediterranean", which brought together fourteen orchestras from all over the Mediterranean basin and most of which are made for occasion.