Abeer Nehme
Abeer Nehme is a Lebanese singer and a musicologist. She performs traditional Tarab music, Lebanese traditional music, Rahbani music, and sacred music from the Maronite Christians|Maronite], Syriac Orthodox, and Byzantine traditions.
Biography
Abeer Nehme has been referred to as "the all-styles specialist" because of her talent in performing dialogues between different styles of music, such as Oriental model traditional styles, Lebanese styles, Maronite-Syriac ethnic style, Greek Byzantine religious style, and opera and modern Western styles.Abeer is a qanun player, a traditional Levantine instrument, and earned a bachelor's degree with the highest grade ever earned in oriental singing from Holy Spirit University of Kaslik. She was a student of Aida Chalhoub, director of the oriental music program at USEK. Lebanese, Arab, Greek and Syriac audiences quickly recognized her renowned talent.
As a professional in ethnic old music, Abeer interpreted, amongst other interpretations, a complete album of traditional Orthodox Syriac language chants with the Syrian National Philharmonic Orchestra under the patronage of the Syriac Patriarch of Antioch, Ignatius Zakka I.
As an Oriental modern singer, she played the leading role in various musical plays. Abeer participated as an honored guest amongst superstars at international festivals worldwide and performed as a soloist at several concerts accompanied by various international philharmonic orchestras. One of the compositions, "Abirou Salati", is a journey through different styles of music, from the old music traditions of the fathers of the church, traditions of prayer and profound spiritualism, to the modernism of the people of God in the twenty-first century, a modernism of grandiosity and majesty.
In 2009, she joined Jean-Marie Riachi for the album Belaaks. The song "Belaaks" is a duet with Ramy Ayach and is an oriental jazz arrangement of "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" in the Lebanese Arabic.
Music
2009: Aroma of My Prayer - Nehme released one CD titled Aroma of My Prayer that represents a panorama of the sacred music from the Syriac Orthodox, Maronite, Byzantine, and Armenian traditions as well as the contemporary religious chants of major composers.2009: Bel Aks - Nehme is the main singer on Jean Marie Riachi's album Bil Aks released in 2009. Her next release is a western music CD in English produced by Darren Michealson.
2010: Only The Desert Knows
2018: Abeer Nehme and Marcel Khalife - Sing A Little
2019: Hikaya
2021: Byeb'a Nas
2021: Bala Ma Nhess, a chart topping collaboration with song-writer Nabil Khoury, and music producer Sleiman Damien.
Awards and titles
- 2000 The award of the Lebanese Diva Wadih Safi, Lebanon
- 2007 Honor Award from the Apostiliki Diakonia, Greece
- 2010 the Murex D'Or distinction award.