Hiba Kawas facts for kids
Hiba Al Kawas (born July 17, 1972) is a talented Lebanese artist. She is an operatic soprano, which means she sings classical music with a high voice. She is also a composer, someone who writes music, and an academic, meaning she teaches at a university.
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About Hiba Al Kawas
Hiba Al Kawas was born in Sidon, a city in Lebanon.
Her Career
As a Composer
Hiba Al Kawas is a gifted composer who has written many musical pieces. She has recorded her own music with famous orchestras. For example, she worked with the Dnipropetrovsk Symphony Orchestra in Ukraine for 21 of her compositions. She also recorded 10 pieces with the Kraków Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra.
In 2000, she took part in the Kraków Contemporary Composition Festival. Here, her piece Aspiration No.1 was played. Later, her composition Moments in Krakow had its first public performance at the same festival. Her orchestral work, Pleusis 1, has been performed by several well-known orchestras. These include the City of London Sinfonia and the Bolshoi State Theatre Symphony Orchestra.
In 2007, her composition Rou'ia fi Maa was first performed in Paris at the Opéra Bastille. This work included five instrumental pieces and three songs. These songs were based on Arabic poems. A short musical film called Noor - Lady Light also used her song Asra Biqalbi.
As a Concert Artist
Hiba Al Kawas is also a successful concert artist, performing her music for audiences. She has sung at important events like the Tyre festival in Lebanon.
In 2006, she performed with the famous singer José Carreras in Dubai. They sang a duet together from The Phantom of the Opera. In 2007, she sang for President Jacques Chirac in Paris. She dedicated her song O Liban soit sauvé! to him and to the memory of Rafic Hariri.
In 2008, Hiba Al Kawas closed the 5th Abu Dhabi Music and Art Festival. She performed with the Bolshoi Theatre Symphony Orchestra. Some of her new compositions, inspired by Andalusian music, were played for the first time at this festival. She also performed her songs in London at the Cadogan Hall in June 2008.
Her Compositions
Hiba Al Kawas has composed many different types of music.
Instrumental Music
She writes music for full symphony orchestras. Some of her orchestral works include Ilaik, Pleusis No.1, and Moments In Krakow. She also composed Baina Nahrain, which was created for Al Jazeera television.
She has also written music for smaller groups. This includes pieces for string orchestra like Aspiration No.1. She has also composed for specific ensembles, octets, and trios. Her works also include duets for oud (a traditional string instrument) and piano, and solo pieces for piano.
Vocal Music
Hiba Al Kawas has composed many Arabic arias. These are songs for a solo singer, often with an orchestra or choir.
She has written arias for soprano, choir, and symphony orchestra. Examples include Ode to Peace and Salam El Hurriya. The song Salam El Hurriya was dedicated to the memory of the late Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafic Hariri.
She also has many Arabic arias for soprano and symphony orchestra. These include Arousa Asharq, Lianni Ahya, and Asra Biqalbi. Her vocal works often use poetry from different writers.
She has also composed Arabic arias for soprano with just an orchestra or a piano.
Honors and Awards
Hiba Al Kawas has received several important awards for her work:
- In 2007, she received The Golden Order of Sultan Qaboos for Culture, Science and Art from Sultān Qaboos bin Said al Said.
- In 2003, a postage stamp with her picture and name was released in Lebanon.
- She received the Lebanon Creativity Award in 2003.
- She was presented with the Seal Of Beirut in 2001.
- She also received seals from university alumni associations in 1998 and 1993.
