Farrah Eldibany
Farrah El Dibany فرح الديباني | |
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Background information | |
Born | Alexandria, Egypt | 12 February 1989
Genres | mezzo soprano |
Years active | 2014–present |
Farrah El-Dibany (
In 2013, she was awarded 3rd Prize at the International Giulio Perotti Singing Competition and she sang the role of
Education
El-Dibany was born in Alexandria on 12 February 1989,[4] into a family of music lovers, in which her grandfather, a physician, his hobby was playing the piano. She studied at Deutsche Schule der Borromäerinnen Alexandria from 1993 to 2007. In the meantime, she started voice lessons with Névine Allouba (fr) in 2003. In 2005, she entered the Arts Center of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Between 2007 and 2012, El-Dibany pursued the study of architecture at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport and the Technical University of Berlin, graduating with a Bachelor of Science. She then continued her music education and joined Júlia Várady's class at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Opera in 2014.[4] She obtained her Master of Arts from the Berlin University of the Arts in 2016.[5]
Career
In 2015, she played an excerpt from Carmen at Neuköllner Oper in Berlin, which earned her a nickname, the "Egyptian Carmen". In September 2016, she joined the Paris Opera Academy to be the first Egyptian to do so.[6]
In 2021, El-Dibany has been honored at the
On 24 April 2022, she performed alone on stage the first verse and the chorus of
Prizes
She won top awards from competitions in Athens, Rome, Thessaloniki, Istanbul and Berlin, most notably:
- 2007: First prize in the singing competition of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Culture
- 2008: Second prize in the Jugend musiziert competition
- 2013: Third prize in the Giulio-Perotti International Singing Competition
- 2017: Prize from Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg
- 2018: Prize from Wagner Foundation
- 2019: Prix Lyrique de l'AROP from the Paris Opera
Awards
- Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, awarded by Marc Baréty, French Ambassador to Egypt in April 2022.[13]
References
- ^ "Egyptian Soprano Farrah El-Dibany on Singing France's National Anthem at Emmanuel Macron's Re-Election". Vogue Arabia. 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ "Farrah El Dibany". Opéra national de Paris. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ "Farrah El Dibany (Performer) | Opera Online - The opera lovers web site". www.opera-online.com. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ a b "Farrah El Dibany: Opernsängerin Mezzosopranistin". dsb-alexandria.de (in German).
- ^ "Opéra : la mezzo soprane égyptienne Farrah El Dibany chante aussi bien Dalida que Carmen". TV5MONDE (in French). 2020-03-14. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ "Farrah El Dibany, entre Dalida et Carmen, entre l'Égypte et la France". radiofrance.fr (in French). 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Egyptian mezzo soprano Farrah El-Dibany awarded France's Order of Arts and Letters - Music - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ Hala Shah (27 May 2022). "Egyptian Mezzo-Soprano Farrah El Dibany: "Audiences Are Not Used to Seeing People My Age Already Doing So Many Other Things"". Vogue.
- ^ "75th Anniversary of UNESCO - Farrah El Dibani". UNESCO. 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Egyptian mezzo-soprano Farrah el-Dibany performs during Macron's victory ceremony". Egypt Independent. 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ "Farrah El-Dibany Performs French National Anthem in France". Cairoscene.
- ^ Marina Makary (18 December 2022). "Egyptian Artists Wegz and Farrah El Dibany Perform at World Cup Closing". Egyptian Streets.
- ^ Nada El Sawy (26 May 2022). "Egyptian opera singer Farrah El Dibany on what's next after Macron performance". The National.
External links
- Farrah Eldibany on Instagram