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Dima Orsho, the first Syrian soprano with M.M.
degree in opera performance from The Boston Conservatory, a widely
recognized Syrian musician holding a B.M. degree in Opera performance &
Clarinet from Damascus High Institute of Music and Drama. She studied
with Rebecca Folsom, Galena Khaldieva , Shauna Beesley & Anatoly Moratof,
as well as attending singing classes in Maastricht Conservatory in the
Netherlands with Mia Besselink .
Born in
Damascus
1975, Dima studied piano at the Arab Conservatory of Music in Damascus.
She has appeared as a soloist in the Middle East, Europe & USA including
solo appearances with The Syrian National Symphony Orchestra conducted
by Sulhi Al Wadi and
Missak
Baghboudarian since 1995,
Solo performance in the Opening of the first Opera House in Damascus in
2004, performances with the ZTH in the musical theater play “Bachanten”
in Amsterdam, Brussels, Duisburg, Athens, Cologne and Vienna, the role
of Titania
in Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream
conducted by Federico Cortese & directed by Sanford Sylvan in 2006, and
the role of the female chorus
in Britten's The
Rape of Lucretia conducted by
Karl Paulnack
& directed by Kirsten Cairns in 2007.
As a profisional musician &
singer, Dima appeared in concerts with Ziad Rahbani on Piccadilly
Theatre, Beirut In 1987. She is a member of
Leish Troup for Movement
Theater as a singer and composer .She started working for TV, Radio, and
Theater since 1993 and she arranged music for the opening show of
Damascus International Cinema Festival in 2003. As for Cinema, she
composed and arranged music for many short films directed by young
Syrian artists including “Zamakan” & “Point” directed by Rami Farah, and
one feature film “Under
The Ceiling” directed by Nidal Al-Debs
in 2005.
In
2003, Dima joined Hewar
ensemble with Kinan Azmeh & Issam Rafea with
whom she performed in Damascus, Beirut, Cairo, London, Köln, Marseille,
Boston, New York, Chicago, Washington D.C in the Kennedy center in 2004
and 2005 joined by the
inspiring Double Bass
player
David Phillips. They released their first album in 2005
while their second album “9 Days of Solitude” has
been released in 2007 in collaboration with the three
distinguished musician guests
Manfred
Leuchter,
Antoine Pütz, &
Steffen Thormählen.
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