Compositor & soprano singer

Dima Orsho

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Compositor & soprano singer
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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.

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