Aida Nadeem ( ar, عايدا نديم; born 1965 in
Baghdad,
Iraq) is an
Iraqi musician living in
Denmark.
Early career
As a child, Aida, began to sing, dance and write poetry. With interest in classical music, at the age of twelve, she began her studies at the prestigious
Music and Ballet school Baghdad
The Music and Ballet School of Baghdad (Arabic, مدرسة بغداد للموسيقى و الباليه) was founded in Baghdad, Iraq in 1967. It was initially opened as part of Saddam Hussein's secularist cultural campaign.
Teachers from the Bo ...
. Her main instrument was the bassoon.
Her primary sources of inspiration were composers like
Karlheinz Stockhausen and
Arthur Honegger. In 1986, she gained employment with
Iraq's symphony orchestra.
Nadeem moved to Denmark in 1991, where she continued her studies at the
Royal Danish Academy of Music
The Royal Danish Academy of Music, or Royal Danish Conservatory of Music ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium), in Copenhagen is the oldest professional institution of musical education in Denmark as well as the largest, with approxima ...
. She distinguished herself in Denmark as one of the very few prominent foreign artists to make a breakthrough on the scene and to make a wide impact from her debut release ''Arabian Underground''.
In the
United Kingdom, she has appeared at
Glastonbury,
WOMAD and the
Cambridge Folk Festival, along with her collaborators
The Angel Brothers
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and
Aki Nawaz.
BBC - Awards for World Music 2007 - Aida Nadeem
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Discography
Albums
* ''Arabian Underground'' (1998)
* ''Arabtronica'' (2002)
* ''Out of Bagdad!'' (2005)
* ''Beyond Destruction'' (2010)
References
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1965 births
Living people
Iraqi emigrants to Denmark
20th-century Iraqi women singers
Musicians from Baghdad
21st-century Iraqi women singers