Lena Chamamyan

In the artist's words:

Chamamyan has become famous with contemporary versions of folk songs from Syria, Armenia and most recently Bahrain. As a composer and multi-instrumentalist, she has created a new world music of Western and Eastern harmonies on four studio albums and sings in a total of six different languages. The Damascus-born cosmopolitan has been living in Paris since 2011 and plays sold-out concerts in venues from the Gulf region to Canada.