June 15, 2004

Soprano Darya Dadvar is a graduate of the National Conservatory in Toulouse, France. In June 1999 she obtained her "Diplome d'Etude Musical" in voice and finished a four-year professional cycle in baroque style from the Conservatory of Toulouse in year 2000. While at the conservatory she performed as a soloist in the department of early music as well as in the lyric department. She is at home singing music from the baroque period as well as romantic and modern music >>> See darya-dadvar.com

Upon finishing her studies, Darya was invited to perform solo roles in two consecutive productions at the imperial theatre in Compiegne, France. A versatile and highly communicative artist, Darya has worked for several years with internationally known conductors including Herve Nicquet and Michel Plasson. She is frequently invited to perform concerts for humanitarian causes under the auspices of the Child Foundation in Orange County, California, as well as Unesco in Paris. Last year, she was twice invited to perform with the Armenian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Loris Tjeknavorian in Tehran.

Darya has a great passion for the folk music and poetry of her native Iran. She has been involved in arranging ethnic tunes for voice and accompaniment in a contemporary style while conserving their ethnic originality. Her repertoire also includes arrangements of Afghani, and Turkish folk tunes. Darya is equally at ease singing in French, English and Persian and she frequently combines eastern and western tunes to create a new grasp of world music.

Sent by Dariush Kadivar

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