Marie Keyrouz

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Marie Keyrouz (* 1963 in Deir el-Ahmar near Baalbek , Lebanon ) is a Lebanese singer and religious sister.

She comes from a Maronite family and is a member of the Melkite congregation of the Basiliennes Chouerites women's order . She studied religious studies at the University of Saint Joseph , Beirut , classical and oriental singing at the University of St. Esprit , Kaslik , and at the Sorbonne University , Paris, where she completed her studies in 1991 with a doctorate in musicology and religious anthropology.

Marie Keyrouz is known as a singer of both oriental and western sacred chants. She is the founder and chairwoman of the International Institute for Sacred Singing in Paris.

Works

  • Chant culturel dans la vie de l'homme. Doctoral thesis, University of Sorbonne, 1991
  • Je chant Dieu. Editions du Rocher, Monaco 1996, ISBN 2-268-02428-8 .
  • Creed. Pour l'Amour universal. Desclée De Brouwer, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-220-05701-1 .
  • Manifestos pour la beauté du monde. Le Cherche midi, Paris 2015, ISBN 978-2-7491-4364-4 .
  • Voix Sacrée - Instrument de l'âme. Bayard, Montrouge 2017, ISBN 978-2-227-49132-8 .

Recordings / sound carriers

  • Chant Byzantine. Passion and Resurrection. Harmonia Mundi 1992
  • Chant Traditionnel Maronite. Harmonia Mundi 1992
  • Chants Sacrés Melchites. Hymnes à la Vierge. Harmonia Mundi 1994
  • Cantiques de l'Orient. 1996
  • Chants Sacrés d'Orient et d'Occident. Double album. Virgin Classics, 1999
  • Psaumes pour le 3ème Millénaire. Virgin Classics, 2001
  • A voice for peace. DVD. 2003
  • Hymns to Hope. 2006
  • La Passion dans les eglises orientales. Double album
  • Méditations d'Orient. 2012

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personal data
SURNAME Keyrouz, Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lebanese singer and religious sister
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Deir el-Ahmar near Baalbek , Lebanon