Farrah Eldibany

Farrah El-Dibany (Arabic: فرح الديباني) (born 12 February 1989) an Egyptian mezzo-soprano. She is the first Egyptian and African singer to join the Paris Opera Academy in 2016.

Farrah El Dibany
فرح الديباني
Farrah El-Dibany sang at El Gouna Film Festival in 2020
Background information
Born (1989-02-12) 12 February 1989
Alexandria, Egypt
Genresmezzo soprano
Years active2014–present

In 2013, she was awarded 3rd Prize at the International Giulio Perotti Singing Competition and she sang the role of Cornelia in Handel's Giulio Cesare at the Cairo Opera, and in 2022 she sang La Marseillaise, the French national anthem, as large crowds celebrated the re-election of President Emmanuel Macron at the Champ-de-Mars.[1][2][3]

Education

El-Dibany was born in Alexandria on 12 February 1989,[4] into a family of music lovers, in which her grandfather was a pianist. 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 World Youth Forum by Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and was the first ever to receive the prestigious Hassan Kamy Award at the Manial Palace Festival, presented by prince Abbas Helmy and renowned pianist Ramzy Yassa.[7] In the same year, she was invited by the Institut du Monde Arabe to perform masterpieces by singers Asmahan, Fairuz and Dalida.[8] On 12 November 2021, she performed Wehyat Albi by Abdel Halim Hafez during the 75th anniversary of UNESCO.[9]

On 24 April 2022, she performed alone on stage the first verse and the chorus of La Marseillaise at the Champ de Mars, on the occasion of the re-election of Emmanuel Macron as president of the republic.[10][11] On 18 December 2022, she sang La Marseillaise at the Lusail Stadium before the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final match between France and Argentina.[12]

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

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Farrah El Dibany". Opéra national de Paris. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  3. "Farrah El Dibany (Performer) | Opera Online - The opera lovers web site". www.opera-online.com. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  4. "Farrah El Dibany: Opernsängerin Mezzosopranistin". dsb-alexandria.de (in German).
  5. "Opéra : la mezzo soprane égyptienne Farrah El Dibany chante aussi bien Dalida que Carmen". TV5MONDE (in French). 2020-03-14. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  6. "Farrah El Dibany, entre Dalida et Carmen, entre l'Égypte et la France". radiofrance.fr (in French). 13 December 2019.
  7. "Egyptian mezzo soprano Farrah El-Dibany awarded France's Order of Arts and Letters - Music - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  8. 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.
  9. "75th Anniversary of UNESCO - Farrah El Dibani". UNESCO. 12 November 2021.
  10. "Egyptian mezzo-soprano Farrah el-Dibany performs during Macron's victory ceremony". Egypt Independent. 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  11. "Farrah El-Dibany Performs French National Anthem in France". Cairoscene.
  12. Marina Makary (18 December 2022). "Egyptian Artists Wegz and Farrah El Dibany Perform at World Cup Closing". Egyptian Streets.
  13. Nada El Sawy (26 May 2022). "Egyptian opera singer Farrah El Dibany on what's next after Macron performance". The National.
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