Damascus-SANA
It is no longer strange to hear of Syrian names in various specializations that have emerged from the source of their creativity to the world, such as the operatic voice that represented Syria in international cultural forums Tenor (Aoun Maarouf).
On the impact of the finest compositions of music in the world, his resonant voice echoed as the tones flowed from his throat as if it was a rare musical instrument that the audience enjoys when listening to it.
Maarouf’s voice, who graduated from the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus in 2018, with a specialization in classical singing, belongs to the tenor class, which is called the miracle because it is the highest class that masculine voices can perform in the art of operatic singing and combines strength and flexibility.
This layer in his voice enabled Maarouf to perform the most important classical operatic pieces, which helped him to mix music, texts and kinetic overtones within an integrated theatrical environment.
Returning to the beginning of his artistic career, which he started at the Higher Institute of Music, he was an example of an ambitious student, as he studied in the class of opera singer Fadi Attia and supported his talent in several workshops with the Belgian-Syrian soprano Sumaya Hallaq and other opera singers, the last of which was with the French tenor Stephane Sanchiel.
He also participated, accompanied by the institute choir and the chamber choir, in their concerts for several years on the opera house stage, most notably his main role in the opera of the theater director of the composer Mozart and opera performances (such as selected opera segments from several operas) presented by the National Symphony Orchestra led by Maestro Misak Baghboudrian.
His participation outside Syria was in 2015 within the Festival of Classical Music in Algiers and the Constantine Festival, the Capital of Culture, and in 2019 he represented Syria at the invitation of the Chinese Foreign Ministry to participate in the Festival of Asian Civilizations held in the capital, Beijing. He was also briefed on his experience by Italian singer Andrea Bocelli, who participated in the same festival.
The Salhi Al Wadi Music Institute had a share in benefiting from the experience of Maarouf, so he supervised the classical singing department as head and teacher in it, after he contributed to the restructuring of the institute’s choir in 2015 and other activities concerned with the support and care of children in SOS villages for the careless, and he presented a number of concerts in this context .
In a meeting with SANA Cultural, Maarouf began his talk about his participation with the Syrian Symphony, where he demonstrated the keenness of its organizers on the presence of the graduates of the Higher Institute in the evenings of the periodic band, in addition to the participation of the most important opera singers in the world with the aim of touching their experiences and expertise through specialized workshops and an attempt to take bold steps in classical art .
Maarouf pointed out that the evenings are preceded by intensive training with the band, which forms a beehive between singers, musicians and choirs to work on speech, music and decorations to come up with a work that enjoys the admiration of the audience who tastes this art.
Maarouf expressed his happiness with the international participations in which he represented Syria, and said, "I am grateful for the opportunity that opened the doors for me and created a space for dialogue with other cultures, which gave me a great responsibility."
Amani Farooj
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