Damascus-SANA
As a fragrant Yasmina, she spread her fragrance in the spaces of time and traveled to her last shrine immortalizing the scent of love and pleasure. The soul of the late almighty Maestro Hossam El Din Primo departed after a rich and unconventional artistic career, where his body was buried today in the presence of a large audience of family and friends and a crowd of intellectuals and music lovers.
The funeral procession of the late Almighty Primo departed from the Italian Hospital, passing through the building of Dar al-Assad for Culture and Arts, and visited his body on the shoulders of a crowd of his loved ones, the court of the house, who spent most of his life among its details, spreading melodies of love and joy and drawing a smile in the hearts of its visitors. Our Lady of Damascus, where he was accompanied by hymns of love and tears of sadness and sorrow over his passing over two hours of time, and then he was buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery in Bab Sharqi neighborhood.
In letters of pain over the loss of a great musical stature, a number of his friends and loved ones expressed their grief over the death of the sower of love and peace, as they described him. The General Director of Dar Al-Assad for Culture and Arts, Maestro Andre Maalouli, referred to the beautiful spirit and high positive energy that distinguished the late great and that he was a certain good and an authentic and clear friend. His love and passion for music was a great reason and incentive to try to overcome the disease for a long time, as he returned to his work after being interrupted for a number of months, and after a short period of time the malignant disease eradicated his body from among us, and his spirit and aromatic effect remained immortal in our hearts forever.
Maalouli said in a statement to SANA reporter that Primo’s departure is a great loss and pain, because he is one of the most important members of the musical family in Dar al-Assad. He carried the banner of high-end academic music and worked to consolidate it in the hearts and ears of Syrians, starting with children and ending with adults, where he established generations of professional musicians who set out to spread music around the world. The world has a lot of love and passion for drawing the ancient image of Syria in the countries of expatriation.
For his part, the Dean of the Higher Institute of Music, Maestro Adnan Fathallah, said that the great consolation is for Syria and for all the musicians and choir members for their loss. The owner of an artistic project made a big difference in the musical world, pointing to the deep relationship he had with the late Primo and the great faith in collective singing and the choir that he planted in himself and his thought.
Fathallah added: The smile of the late Primo and his keenness to spread love and peace even in the harshest conditions was his tireless concern, in addition to establishing and building the idea of collective singing through the multiple choirs that he worked on, from the Luna choir to the Levant choir that brought together all ages.
The deputy captain of the Artists Syndicate, Maestro Hadi Parsley, pointed out the importance of the great artistic legacy left by the late and that they will work hard to complete his project for collective singing and choir, indicating that Primo is absent in his body and present with all the meanings of love and loyalty to the immortal effect as an educator, professor and great spiritual father.
The Secretary of the Syndicate of Artists in Damascus Countryside, Muhammad Zaghloul, spoke about the artistic career built by the late and his ability to deal with music with children and teach them the origins of the fine and original musical art, describing him as a great, hardworking, giving, and founder of creative musical ideas.
Ishtar Tohme, a 19-year-old student of the late Sham Choir, expressed her deep sadness at the loss of her teacher, indicating that the fragrance of his soul will remain immortal in her heart and the hearts of all his students with their beautiful memories.
It is noteworthy that Maestro Hossam El Din Primo was born in the city of Damascus in 1962, with whom he has a love relationship that leads him spiritually. As for his immortalized project, it is the revival of collective singing and the values it carries parallel to the artistic value, which are educational and developmental values through the Luna Choir for collective singing.
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