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Anoushka to Perform Live in Alexandria on August 29


Fri 23 Aug 2024 | 09:23 AM
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Veteran Egyptian singer and actress Anoushka, accompanied by the Alexandria Library Orchestra under the Baton of Maestro George Kolta, will perform live at the Alexandria Bibliotheca, on Thursday, August 29.

She is set to present several of her popular and latest songs. 

In a statement to "ET Bel Arabi", Anoushka noted that her focus will focus more on music in the coming period.

“I will return to music in the coming period. In 2024, I promised my fans that I would take care of social media, and this actually happened, even though it is a bit of a difficult world for me," she noted.

Anoushka continued, "I also promised them that I would give a concert, so wait for me at the Alexandria Library Theater on August 29. I will perform all my well-known songs with the Alexandria Library Orchestra, and there will be a new, classic touch to my well-known songs,”.

The 63-year-old star added she will team up with Maestro  Kolta for a series of concerts after the upcoming gig at the Alexandria Bibliotheca.

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Anoushka, was born on March 9, 1960, to an Egyptian Armenian father and an Armenian mother. She had her secondary school education in the Armenian Gulbenkian School in the Boulaq neighborhood and continued to study Business Administration at the American University of Cairo.

After graduation, she worked in a foreign investment company and later on in the advertising firm Tarek Nour as a singer in advertisements.

Anoushka participated in an international song competition organized by the International Federation of Festival Organizations (FIDOF) singing an original French song, lyrics by Gamal Abdel Halim Hasan, and music by Kamel Cherif.

She presented her first Egyptian public song in a children's television program teaching the Arabic language directed by Fehmi Abdel Hamid. She went on to take part in 1987 and 1988 in international festivals in Finland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Turkey, France, and Latin America.

In Turkey, Anoushka won first prize with "Habbytak" and in the Francophonie competitions in France with her own composition "Ya Habibi (Oh my Love)" in French and "Ya Leyl (Oh Night)" also in French composed by Midhat el Khawla.

She released many albums in Arabic becoming a pan-Arab sensation and was awarded by the Egyptian Minister of Tourism for her efforts in promoting Egyptian music in the Arab World and worldwide. She also took part in many national, pan-Arab, and international music events.

Anoushka also made a career in acting. She proved her skills as an actress in the 1991 TV series "El-Tawous" with the prominent movie star Salah Zulfikar. Afterward, prominent film director Salah Abu Seif chose her to participate in the 1994 film "Al-Sayed Kaf", which followed many roles.