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Rasha Rizk (Arabic: رشا رزق; born 5 March 1976) is a Syrian singer-songwriter. She is best known for her work with the Syrian cartoon dubbing company, Venus Centre, and for singing the Arabic theme songs for popular cartoons/anime such as: Remi, Nobody's Girl, Detective Conan, Gundam Wing and the Digimon Series.

In October 2017, Rizk announced on Instagram and Facebook that she had received a primary Grammy nomination in two different categories, Best New Artist and Best World Music Album for her album Malak.

Early life

Rizk started her formal vocal training at the age of 9, and by the age of 12, she won a children's talent competition. She studied French literature at Sorbonne University in Paris. Further, she graduated from the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus and taught opera singing there.

Career

On 12 October 2003, Rizk participated in the first opera in Arabic, Ibn Sina by the Dutch composer Michiel Borstlap, in Doha, Qatar. In 2000, she and the composer Ibrahim Sulaimani started the Syrian Jazz Band Itar Shame3 (Arabic: إطار شمع).

In 2008, she worked with French new-age band Era on their songs Prayers and Reborn.

Personal life

In 2003, Rizk married composer Ibrahim Sulaimani. Together they have a daughter, Sarah.

She supported the Syrian Revolution in 2011 and lives now with her family in France. Repeatedly, she expressed her intention to go back to Syria, when the conditions became appropriate, which she considered a duty toward her students.

Her voice is also considered to be a good sign of all of the good times for all of the Arabs and non-Arabs who grew up watching the Spacetoon TV channel when they were children too. This is a list of some of the Spacetoon TV channel theme songs that she sang:

Songs

Anime/Cartoon theme songs

Rasha Rizk is widely famous in the Middle East for co-writing and singing the theme songs of many of the cartoon and anime films shown on Spacetoon TV channel; the most famous children TV channel in the Arabic speaking countries.

This is a list of some theme songs she sang:

References

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11. "عُرفت بنصرتها للثورة.. سورية تترشح لجائزة "الغرامي"". الخليج أونلاين.
12. "الفنانة السورية رشا رزق من باريس - انا من هناك" – via www.youtube.com.

• 1976 births
• Living people
• 21st-century Syrian musicians
• English-language singers from Syria
• Arabic-language singers of Syria
• 21st-century Syrian women singers
• Singers who perform in Classical Arabic