| Rasha Rizk | |
| Native Name: | رشا رزق |
| Native Name Lang: | Arabic |
| Birth Date: | 1976 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Damascus, Syria[1] |
| Genre: | Opera,[2] World,[3] Arabic music, Jazz rock |
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.[4] [2]
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.[5] [6]
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.
On 12 October 2003, Rizk participated[7] in the first opera in Arabic, Ibn Sina by the Dutch composer Michiel Borstlap, in Doha, Qatar.[8] In 2000, she and the composer Ibrahim Sulaimani started the Syrian Jazz Band Itar Shame3 (Arabic: إطار شمع).[9] [6]
In 2008, she worked with French new-age band Era on their songs Prayers and Reborn.[10]
In 2003, Rizk married composer Ibrahim Sulaimani. Together they have a daughter, Sarah.[7]
She supported the Syrian Revolution in 2011 and lives now with her family in France.[11] Repeatedly, she expressed her intention to go back to Syria, when the conditions became appropriate, which she considered a duty toward her students.[12]
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:
| Title | ِPronunciation | English Translation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| سكروا الشبابيك | Sakru Shababîk | Close The Windows | ||
| ملاك | Malak | Angel | ||
| لو إني | Laou Inni | If i was | ||
| موؤودة | Maou'ouda | Buried alive | ||
| نسيتني | Nissitani | Forgot me | ||
| مطر | matar | Rain | ||
| Era - I Believe | I Believe | |||
| ERA - 7 Seconds | 7 Seconds | |||
| Era.- Reborn | Reborn | |||
| ERA - Prayers | Prayers | |||
| بيتنا | Baytona | Our Home | ||
| يمكن لو | Yimkin Law | Maybe if | ||
| اللعبة | Al-Lou'ba | The Game | ||
| بيا ولا بيك | bia wala bik | Me instead of you | ||
| يمكني جنيت | Yemkenni Jannet | I Might Be Crazy | ||
| يا غزالي | Ya Ghazali | Oh my dear | ||
| يا ساكنه | ya sakinah | Hey inhabitant | ||
| الجاذبيه | algathibiah | gravity |
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:
| Arabic Title | OriginalTitle |
|---|---|
| الامل | Ushiro no shoumen daare |
| عبقور | Doraemon |
| سندريلا | Cindrella |
| عهد الأصدقاء | Romeo's Blue Skies |
| كابتن ماجد | Captain Tsubasa |
| أنا وأخي | Baby & Me [Aka-chan to Boku] |
| دروب ريمي | Remi, Nobody's Girl |
| بوكيمون | Pokémon |
| أنستازيا | Anastasia |
| الضاحكون | Animaniacs |
| المحقق كونان | Detective Conan |
| القناص | Hunter x Hunter |
| بي بليد | Beyblade |
| أبطال الديجيتال | Digimon Adventure |
| تاما و الأصدقاء | Tama and Friends |
| أجنحة كاندام | Mobile Suit Gundam Wing |
| فرسان الأرض | Shin Hakkenden |
| السيف القاطع | Lost Universe |
| الطاقة الزرقاء | Patapata Hikousen no Bouken |