Zein Al-Jundi

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Zein Al-Jundi was born and raised in Damascus, Syria She began singing professionally at the early age of five when she was discovered by a local TV producer as a talent with a promising future. For the next twelve years, Ms. Al-Jundi became a household name on the Syrian radio and TV channels as well as concert halls in the capitol city of Damascus and elsewhere. During those years she won numerous singing competitions and sang a large repertoire of original music composed for her. In 1974, she was picked at the age of 13 by the Syrian government to be the soloist featured at the opening ceremony of the Roman amphitheater, Bosra, after its renovation was completed. In spite of her teachers' objection and others encouragement to take up singing as a serious profession, Ms. Al-Jundi stopped singing at the age of 17 in order to devote more time for her college studies. She moved to the US in 1982 where she attended the University of TX, Austin and completed her Bachelor's degree in architecture and finished the course work of a Master's in urban design. Discovering that it was a passion which didn't die in spite of 18 long years of not singing, she made the decision to go back to her music in 1998. February, 1999 marked her first live concert in Austin, when she performed with George Sawa, the renowned Egyptian qanun player and the Austin Middle Eastern Ensemble to a sold out audience at UT's Jessen Auditorium. At present time, Ms Al-Jundi is devoting more time to her music,

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