Dima Orsho

Dima Orsho (Arabic: ديما اورشو‎); b. 1975, (Damascus, Syria) is a Syrian soprano singer. She studied at Damascus Conservatory, then Boston Conservatory. Since 2003, she has been a member of Hewar ensemble alongside Kinan Azmeh and Issam Rafea. As a solo performer, she has been associated with composer Gaswan Zerikly in his projects "Arabic Lieder," and "Syrian Music Project" for the Damascus Opera House.^[1]

Orsho has also composed music for short films and two feature films: Under The Ceiling (2005) was directed by Nidal Al-Debs^[2] and the documentary movie "A Comedian in a Syrian Tragedy" (2019) about the exile of Syrian actor Fares Helou was directed by Rami Farah.^[3]

Discography[]

Arabic Lieder, Songs and compositions by Gaswan Zerikly
Hidwa. Lullabies for troubled times, 2019
Sing me home, with Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble
Mother. Baroque arias and Arabic songs, with Nuria Rial and Musica Alta Ripa
Awakening Beyond, with Tina Turner, Ani Choying, Mor Karbasi, Sawani Shende Sathaye

with Hewar:

Hewar 2003
9 Days of Solitude 2007
Letters to a homeland 2012

with Morgenland All Star Band:

Dastan

Morgenland All Star Band Live in Beirut

References[]

^ Biography Suraj Records "Born in Damascus 1975, Dima appeared as a soloist in the Middle East, Europe & USA on recognized stages such as the Millennium stage at the Kennedy Centre, the Opera Bastille de Paris, the Media Park of Colon Germany and the Library of congress. She also had solo appearances with The Syrian National Symphony Orchestra since 1995, the Opening of the first Opera House in Damascus in 2004, Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2006 and The Rape of Lucretia in 2007 both on the Boston Conservatory Theater."
^ Rochelle Davis Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced 2010 Pages 209-210 "“I Will Tell the World” has been put to music, hauntingly and passionately, ... Dima Orsho, a Syrian singer and composer, produced a song of the poem that showcases her operatic soprano [voice]."
^ Farah, Rami (2019-11-23), A Comedian in a Syrian Tragedy (Documentary), Fares Al-Helou, Final Cut for Real, retrieved 2021-03-14

[1] Biography Suraj Records "Born in Damascus 1975, Dima appeared as a soloist in the Middle East, Europe & USA on recognized stages such as the Millennium stage at the Kennedy Centre, the Opera Bastille de Paris, the Media Park of Colon Germany and the Library of congress. She also had solo appearances with The Syrian National Symphony Orchestra since 1995, the Opening of the first Opera House in Damascus in 2004, Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2006 and The Rape of Lucretia in 2007 both on the Boston Conservatory Theater."

[2] Rochelle Davis Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced 2010 Pages 209-210 "“I Will Tell the World” has been put to music, hauntingly and passionately, ... Dima Orsho, a Syrian singer and composer, produced a song of the poem that showcases her operatic soprano [voice]."

[3] Farah, Rami (2019-11-23), A Comedian in a Syrian Tragedy (Documentary), Fares Al-Helou, Final Cut for Real, retrieved 2021-03-14

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