Lena Chamamyan

EDUCATION______________________________________________________ Graduated from the economics management department at Damascus University in 2002. Graduated from the higher institute of music in Damascus, as a classical singer (soprano dramatic) in 2007.

She joined many master classes: Classic music: with Gloria Scalchi (Italy ), Carmen Villata ( Italy )... World music and jazz music: with Meredith Monk (U.S.A), Manfred Leuchter (Germany) ... Specialized in Armenian classical school of singing : with the Armenian opera singer (Arax Tchekidjian)

AWARDS_________________________________________________________ “The cultural resource price” in order to make her first album (Asmar Ellon) - Egypt 2006 The first Monte Carlo music award - Paris 2006 The Syrian audience gave her the vote of the best young Arabic woman voice on the radio (al madina fm) – Syria 2007 Rated five stars as a world music singer : granted by the Austrian media – Austria 2008 Ranked among the 500 most influential Arab figure in Arab society – 2010 UAE (Arabian Business journal)

ALBUMS__________________________________________________________ Asmar Ellon (2006) Shamat (2007) Road of the sun (soon) She was a guest with the German accordion player (Manfred Leuchter) in his album (zina - 2006), and the Syrian saxophone player Basel Rajoub in his album (Khamir – 2010) She sang in a lot of the Syrian series sound tracks and Arabic and Armenian movies and some international video art ( Nizar Quabani series – Sweden Armenian movie (grandma’s tattoos) – Algerian French movie (behind the mirror)

CONCERTS______________________________________________________ She made a lot of concerts in the most important theaters in Syria (castles of Damascus, Aleppo, Palmyra, calques de chevalier, Golan heights , opera house ... Around the Arabic world: Egypt(Cairo- al genina theater 2007-2009) Jordan (Amman- alhussein cultural center- Odeon theater (2006- 2007- 2009) UAE( Abu Dhabi – al AIN -American university of Sharjah) Algeria (Ibn khaldoun theater - 2010) Lebanon (Beirut : UNESCO palace 2010 – Beirut music and art festival 2011)

Around Europe: France Paris : l’Institut du Monde Arabe (2006), UNESCO (2010)(2012), Maison des Cultures (2011) Marseille with the organization ( ECUME) – 2011 Valence 2012 United kingdom (London) ST. Catherin church ,with the group (the Clerks) in the festival : Gla’s east festival) - 2009 The Barbican theater with the group and the chamber orchestra conducted by the maestro Colin Davis – 2009 Germany Aachen, Ludwig forum - 2007 Bayreuth orient meets occident - 2010 Austria Vienne : Salam Orient Festival – 2007 Styria & Gratz – 2008 Gratz : Summer Gratz Festival – 2009 Netherland Amsterdam: with Jann Akerman - 2009 - (Carre royal 2012) Switzerland Geneva, UNESCO - 2011 Italy Medea,with FVG Mitteleuropa Orchestra , archestration by the maestro Valter Sivilotti (2012)

Canada Montreal Place des arts with (okto echo) - 2010

ACTIVITIES_______________________________________________________ She made her first radio show “dozana” (which means tuning) on the radio (syria al ghad www.syriaalghad.com) talking about the different type of music in the world (oriental classical, jazz, rock, African, dance music, religious music, modern, fado, ext...)

She published an articles in the cultural magazines in Syria talking about world noncommercial music

She made some master classes: London: for the school students in UK-London about the relations between eastern and western music - 2009 Germany – Bayreuth: with a professional young musicians France – Marseille : for music students – 2011 during festival ECUME Project manager of blogging Syrian music with (esyria) and the (Scientific Assembly of the Syrian Computer Society scs.org.sy (2010)
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