Rasha Rizk رشا رزق | |
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Born | Damascus, Syria [1] | 5 March 1976
Genres | Opera, [2] World, [3] Arabic music, [4] Jazz [4] rock |
Rasha Rizk ( Arabic: رشا رزق; born 5 March 1976) is a Syrian singer-songwriter. She is best known for her work with the Syrian cartoon dubbing company, Venus Centre, and for singing the Arabic theme songs for popular cartoons/anime such as: Remi, Nobody's Girl, Detective Conan, Gundam Wing and the Digimon Series. [5] [2]
In October 2017, Rizk announced on Instagram and Facebook that she had received a primary Grammy nomination in two different categories, Best New Artist and Best World Music Album for her album Malak. [6] [7]
Rizk started her formal vocal training at the age of 9, and by the age of 12, she won a children's talent competition. She studied French literature at Sorbonne University in Paris. Further, she graduated from the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus and taught opera singing there. [4]
On 12 October 2003, Rizk participated [4] in the first opera in Arabic, Ibn Sina by the Dutch composer Michiel Borstlap, in Doha, Qatar. [8] In 2000, she and the composer Ibrahim Sulaimani started the Syrian Jazz Band Itar Shame3 ( Arabic: إطار شمع). [9] [7]
In 2008, she worked with French new-age band Era on their songs Prayers and Reborn. [10]
In 2003, Rizk married composer Ibrahim Sulaimani. Together they have a daughter, Sarah. [4]
She supported the Syrian Revolution in 2011 and lives now with her family in France. [11] Repeatedly, she expressed her intention to go back to Syria, when the conditions became appropriate, which she considered a duty toward her students. [12]
Her voice is also considered to be a good sign of all of the good times for all of the Arabs and non-Arabs who grew up watching the Spacetoon TV channel when they were children too. This is a list of some of the Spacetoon TV channel theme songs that she sang:
Title | ِPronunciation | English Translation | Ref. |
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سكروا الشبابيك | Sakru Shababîk | Close The Windows | |
ملاك | Malak | Angel | [6] |
لو إني | Laou Inni | If i was | [6] |
موؤودة | Maou'ouda | Buried alive | [6] |
نسيتني | Nissitani | Forgot me | [6] |
مطر | matar | Rain | |
Era - I Believe | I Believe | ||
ERA - 7 Seconds | 7 Seconds | ||
Era.- Reborn | Reborn | ||
ERA - Prayers | Prayers | ||
بيتنا | Baytona | Our Home | |
يمكن لو | Yimkin Law | Maybe if | [6] |
اللعبة | Al-Lou'ba | The Game | |
بيا ولا بيك | bia wala bik | Me instead of you | [6] |
يمكني جنيت | Yemkenni Jannet | I Might Be Crazy | [6] |
يا غزالي | Ya Ghazali | Oh my dear | [6] |
يا ساكنه | ya sakinah | Hey inhabitant | [6] |
الجاذبيه | algathibiah | gravity |
Rasha Rizk is widely famous in the Middle East for co-writing and singing the theme songs of many of the cartoon and anime films shown on Spacetoon TV channel; the most famous children TV channel in the Arabic speaking countries.
This is a list of some theme songs she sang:
Arabic Title | OriginalTitle |
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الامل | Ushiro no shoumen daare |
عبقور | Doraemon |
سندريلا | Cindrella |
عهد الأصدقاء | Romeo's Blue Skies |
كابتن ماجد | Captain Tsubasa |
أنا وأخي | Baby & Me [Aka-chan to Boku] |
دروب ريمي | Remi, Nobody's Girl |
بوكيمون | Pokémon |
أنستازيا | Anastasia |
الضاحكون | Animaniacs |
المحقق كونان | Detective Conan |
القناص | Hunter x Hunter |
بي بليد | Beyblade |
أبطال الديجيتال | Digimon Adventure |
تاما و الأصدقاء | Tama and Friends |
أجنحة كاندام | Mobile Suit Gundam Wing |
فرسان الأرض | Shin Hakkenden |
السيف القاطع | Lost Universe |
الطاقة الزرقاء | Patapata Hikousen no Bouken |
Rasha Rizk رشا رزق | |
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Born | Damascus, Syria [1] | 5 March 1976
Genres | Opera, [2] World, [3] Arabic music, [4] Jazz [4] rock |
Rasha Rizk ( Arabic: رشا رزق; born 5 March 1976) is a Syrian singer-songwriter. She is best known for her work with the Syrian cartoon dubbing company, Venus Centre, and for singing the Arabic theme songs for popular cartoons/anime such as: Remi, Nobody's Girl, Detective Conan, Gundam Wing and the Digimon Series. [5] [2]
In October 2017, Rizk announced on Instagram and Facebook that she had received a primary Grammy nomination in two different categories, Best New Artist and Best World Music Album for her album Malak. [6] [7]
Rizk started her formal vocal training at the age of 9, and by the age of 12, she won a children's talent competition. She studied French literature at Sorbonne University in Paris. Further, she graduated from the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus and taught opera singing there. [4]
On 12 October 2003, Rizk participated [4] in the first opera in Arabic, Ibn Sina by the Dutch composer Michiel Borstlap, in Doha, Qatar. [8] In 2000, she and the composer Ibrahim Sulaimani started the Syrian Jazz Band Itar Shame3 ( Arabic: إطار شمع). [9] [7]
In 2008, she worked with French new-age band Era on their songs Prayers and Reborn. [10]
In 2003, Rizk married composer Ibrahim Sulaimani. Together they have a daughter, Sarah. [4]
She supported the Syrian Revolution in 2011 and lives now with her family in France. [11] Repeatedly, she expressed her intention to go back to Syria, when the conditions became appropriate, which she considered a duty toward her students. [12]
Her voice is also considered to be a good sign of all of the good times for all of the Arabs and non-Arabs who grew up watching the Spacetoon TV channel when they were children too. This is a list of some of the Spacetoon TV channel theme songs that she sang:
Title | ِPronunciation | English Translation | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
سكروا الشبابيك | Sakru Shababîk | Close The Windows | |
ملاك | Malak | Angel | [6] |
لو إني | Laou Inni | If i was | [6] |
موؤودة | Maou'ouda | Buried alive | [6] |
نسيتني | Nissitani | Forgot me | [6] |
مطر | matar | Rain | |
Era - I Believe | I Believe | ||
ERA - 7 Seconds | 7 Seconds | ||
Era.- Reborn | Reborn | ||
ERA - Prayers | Prayers | ||
بيتنا | Baytona | Our Home | |
يمكن لو | Yimkin Law | Maybe if | [6] |
اللعبة | Al-Lou'ba | The Game | |
بيا ولا بيك | bia wala bik | Me instead of you | [6] |
يمكني جنيت | Yemkenni Jannet | I Might Be Crazy | [6] |
يا غزالي | Ya Ghazali | Oh my dear | [6] |
يا ساكنه | ya sakinah | Hey inhabitant | [6] |
الجاذبيه | algathibiah | gravity |
Rasha Rizk is widely famous in the Middle East for co-writing and singing the theme songs of many of the cartoon and anime films shown on Spacetoon TV channel; the most famous children TV channel in the Arabic speaking countries.
This is a list of some theme songs she sang:
Arabic Title | OriginalTitle |
---|---|
الامل | Ushiro no shoumen daare |
عبقور | Doraemon |
سندريلا | Cindrella |
عهد الأصدقاء | Romeo's Blue Skies |
كابتن ماجد | Captain Tsubasa |
أنا وأخي | Baby & Me [Aka-chan to Boku] |
دروب ريمي | Remi, Nobody's Girl |
بوكيمون | Pokémon |
أنستازيا | Anastasia |
الضاحكون | Animaniacs |
المحقق كونان | Detective Conan |
القناص | Hunter x Hunter |
بي بليد | Beyblade |
أبطال الديجيتال | Digimon Adventure |
تاما و الأصدقاء | Tama and Friends |
أجنحة كاندام | Mobile Suit Gundam Wing |
فرسان الأرض | Shin Hakkenden |
السيف القاطع | Lost Universe |
الطاقة الزرقاء | Patapata Hikousen no Bouken |