Damascus - Sana
The sober Syrian voice, Linda Bitar, appeared as a star who stole her light from the giants of the time of the wonderful Tarab in the annual concert, which has become a ritual awaited by her audience on the stage of the Opera House in Damascus, with the orchestra led by Maestro Adnan Fathallah.
Linda was able, through her academic voice and her ability to color it by moving with the levels of the voice layers, and diversified the arrangement of the program’s songs from different lyrical templates, and multiple schools between contemporary, heritage, tarab, emotional, popular and others of her own, composed by the mighty Elias Karam and Samir Kwifati, in addition to the creativity of contemporary Syrian poets and composers who presented It has promising productions such as Rami Koussa.
The concert was distinguished on all levels, both in terms of the lyrical program and Bitar's performance with complementary visual additions that gave wide horizons in front of the audience through the screens placed on the stage, and visual materials appeared on it at first in memory of late artists and actors such as Khaled Taja and Salim Kallas. Then the songs were accompanied and designed Especially for the ceremony, which gave the ceremony the character of exception and exclusivity from the concerts presented by Bitar previously.
And with the musheed “The Roses in your cheeks” by the poet Ali Al-Darwish, Bitar began her concert, and continued with the song of the Egyptian singer Angham, “And Qadar Khalas Fard Me Anni,” which the accordion player gave the poet’s medal a distinctive taste and a unique character.
The ceremony included the release of Al-Bitar’s bouquet of her own songs. For the first time on stage, she performed the song “Amal Helm” composed of words and melodies and distributed by Maestro Samir Kwifati before recording and publishing it on social media, in addition to the song “Molia” that she released two months ago from the words of Ramy Kousa, and composed by Elias. The generosity and distribution of Maestro Adnan Fathallah.
“Yama Ya Yama” and “Akhfi Al-Hawa” which was accompanied by a dance segment, and from her album “Sar Kalam Ghali” from the words of Al-Harith and Maan Khalifa, and composed and distributed by Maan Khalifa, which she released as part of her youth album “Matriz”, which combined oriental music and jazz music, she was present in an evening today.
With her turquoise voice and her capable singing of Mrs. Fairuz's songs, Linda did not fail to sing songs that stuck in the hearts of her art lovers, so she praised the songs "Tali, Adhakilo" and "Do not neglect me, do not forget me", in addition to a heritage link, and concluded with the song "Yabardine".
In a statement to Sana Cultural, Linda expressed her happiness for holding this annual concert hosted by Dar Al-Assad for Culture and Arts at this time each year, which carries a great responsibility, especially after the great love she receives from her audience, who is present in intensity and interacts with her performance with warm applause.
Regarding her cooperation with the younger generation of writers and composers, she said: “Despite my cooperation with great and veteran composers and poets, I remain keen to attend the names of the young generation of students and graduates of the Higher Institute of Music in Syria, the birth of great energies and talents despite all the circumstances we are going through, and it deserves to be highlighted.” .
It is noteworthy that the singer, Linda Bitar, was born in Homs, graduated from the Higher Institute of Music in 2007, specializing in oriental singing, and participated in Syrian, Arab and international festivals. Professor of oriental singing class at the Higher Institute of Music.
Amani Farooj
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