Biography
born in Beirut, Lebanon, started her musical career at the age of fourteen
as a singer with the Rahbani brothers and with Fairouz.
She also worked as an actor in Lebanese television and movies.
1984 she graduated from the University of Lebanon with a degree
in psychology. She and her husband then emigrated to Germany, where
she studied voice (specialization: oratorio) at the
Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium in Munich, obtaining her diploma in 1990.
She is one of the very few singers mastering and combining the traditions
of Western and Mid-Eastern classical music. Her repertoire extends
from classical Arab music, European music from the Middle Ages
to Contemporary music.
Since 1990 she has performed as a soloist in Ensemble Sarband, Vox and L'Orient Imaginaire, specializing in Medieval and Mediterranean song.
1994 she returned to Lebanon, where, since her breakthrough concert
at the 1998 Festival of Baalbeck, she is considered one of the Arab world's major singers.
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