Mayssa Karaa
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1989 |
| Origin | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Genres | Rock, Pop, Arabic, Classical Opera |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals, Piano |
| Years active | 2010––present |
| Labels | Sony Classical |
| Associated acts | American Hustle, Pasquale Esposito, Simon Shaheen, Berklee World Strings Orchestra, Marcus Nand |
| Website | Mayssa Karaa Website |
| Notable instruments | |
| Vocals | |
Mayssa Karaa (born 1989 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese American Grammy nominated singer currently based in Los Angeles, California. Karaa first moved to Boston,MA in 2007 and graduated from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in 2012. While in Boston, she toured with Italian tenor Pasquale Esposito, and later collaborated and toured with Arabic musician Simon Shaheen. She has also toured with the Berklee World Strings Orchestra. In 2013 she was the featured vocalist on the Arabic version of "White Rabbit" on the American Hustle Soundtrack which was nominated to the Grammy Awards as Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media in 2015.Karaa was awarded the National Cultural Award of Lebanon for the song at the American Hustle premier in Beirut, and as of 2014 she moved to Los Angeles and is writing her debut solo album.
Mayssa Karaa was born in 1989 in Lebanon. She began singing at a young age; at seven years old while attending school in Beirut, her choir director selected her out of 100 voices to solo at the year-end concert. Karaa later attended the Conservatory of Beirut, studying vocal performance, piano, and music theory. While a student she periodically performed at events for non-profit charities, including Lions Club, UNESCO and The Lebanese School of the Blind and Deaf.
In 2006 Lebanon was again engaged in conflict, and Karaa and her family moved to the Boston, Massachusetts area to join relatives. In Boston Karaa studied civil engineering before enrolling in the Berklee College of Music in 2008. She studied Middle Eastern and Eastern European music, classical opera, and contemporary genres. She sings in English, Arabic, Persian, Italian and French.
She continued to perform while at Berklee; she sang at Faneuil Hall in Boston, and in 2010 she sang at a concert honoring the Permanent Representative of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. Around 2010 Karaa was introduced to the manager for the Italian tenor Pasquale Esposito, and soon she opened a show for Esposito and joined him in performing "The Prayer" by Andrea Bocelli. She later joined him on tour, singing in his California Christmas concerts four years in a row. She appeared in an upcoming documentary about Esposito filmed in Naples, Italy, titled Enrico Caruso: His Life, His Music, His City.
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