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Rim Banna Arabic ريم بنا‎ 8 December 1966 – 24 March 2018 Was A Palestinian Singer Composer Arranger And Activist Best-Known For Her Modern Interpretations Of Traditional Palestinian Songs And Poetry. Banna Was Born In Nazareth Where She Graduated From Nazareth Baptist School. She Lived In Nazareth With Her Three Children. She Died On 24 March 2018 Aged 51 In A Hospital In Her Hometown Of Nazareth Palestine Following A Lengthy And Brave Battle With Breast Cancer Which She Openly Shared With Her Numerous Fans Through Social Media. She Met Her Husband Ukrainian Guitarist Leonid Alexeyenko While Studying Music Together At The Higher Music Conservatory In Moscow And They Married In 1991 And Divorced In 2010. Banna First Achieved Popularity In The Early 1990s After Recording Her Own Versions Of Traditional Palestinian Children's Songs That Were On The Verge Of Being Forgotten. Banna Also Composed Her Own Songs And Set Palestinian Poetry To Music. Her Message Is Often Focused On The Suffering Of Palestinians. Her Music Is Described As "haunting Emotional At Times Bordering On Kitsch." She Described Her Music As A Means Of Cultural Self-Assertion A Part Of Our Work Consists Of Collecting Traditional Palestinian Texts Without Melodies. So That The Texts Do Not Get Lost We Try To Compose Melodies For Them That Are Modern Yet Inspired By Traditional Palestinian Music. In This Way Banna Does More Than Mimic The Traditional Techniques And Representations Of The Pieces She Interprets. She Blends Them With Modern Singing Styles Because Oriental Singing Techniques Are Mostly Ornamental… But My Voice Is More Two-Dimensional Thicker. I Try To Write Songs That Fit My Voice. I Want To Create Something New In Every Respect. And That Includes Bringing People Elsewhere Closer To The Music And Soul Of The Palestinians. She Performed Live In The West Bank And She Reached Audiences In Gaza Through Live Webcasts. She Performed Her First Concert In Syria On 8 January 2009 And Also Performed In Tunisia On 25 July 2011. Her First Concert In Beirut Took Place On 22 March 2012. Banna's Popularity In Europe Began After Norwegian Music Producer Erik Hillestad Invited Her To Participate On The CD Lullabies From The Axis Of Evil 2003 And Norwegian Singer Kari Bremnes Who Also Took Part On This Production In A Duet With Rim Banna Invited Her To Oslo. Banna Accepted The Invitation And The Two Artists Did A Show Together.
The Album Dubbed "a Musical Antiwar Message To U.S. President Bush From Female Singers In Palestine Iraq Iran And Norway " Brings These Women Together With Others From North Korea Syria Cuba And Afghanistan To Sing Traditional Lullabies From Their Lands In Duet Form With English-Language Performers Whose Translation Allows The Songs To Reach A Western Audience. The Mirrors Of My Soul Which Was Dedicated To All The Palestinian And Arab Political Detainees In The Israeli Prisons Is A Stylistic Departure From Her Previous Body Of Work. Produced In Cooperation With A Norwegean Quintet It Features "Western Pop Styling" Fused With Middle Eastern Modal And Vocal Structures And Arabic Lyrics. Although The Style Differs From Previous Recordings The Subject Matter Has Basically Remained Constant. The Album Includes "songs Of Despair And Hope" About The Lives Of "a Struggling People And Even A Song About Late Palestinian Leader And PA President Arafat In A Way That Is Both Thoughtful And Subtle". Discography Jafra 1985 Your Tears Mother 1986 The Dream 1993 New Moon 1995 Mukaghat 1996 Al Quds Everlasting 2002 Krybberom 2003 Rim Banna & SKRUK
Lullabies From The Axis Of Evil 2003 – Various Female Artists The Mirrors Of My Soul 2005 Valley Entertainment This Was Not My Story 2006 Rim Banna & Henrik Koitz
Seasons Of Violet 2007 Songs Across Walls Of Separation 2008 – Various Artists From The Middle East Africa Central America North America And Europe April Blossoms 2009 An Album For Children Was Dedicated To The Children Martyrs In Gaza
A Time To Cry 2010 Was Recorded In One Of The Houses In Sheikh Jarrah Under Constant Threat Of Eviction From The Part Of Their House With Three Palestinian Singers "Tomorrow" Bokra 2011 A Single Song Of The American Legend Composer Quincy Jones Who Chose Rim Banna To Represent Palestine In This Project Which Will Be Released In An Album And A Video Clip In September 2011
Revelation Of Ecstasy And Rebellion 2013 Produced By Bugge Wesseltoft
Songs From A Stolen Spring 2014 Valley Entertainment/Kirkelig Kulturverksted - Various Artists Featuring "Break Your Fears" read less