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Bilal Alnemr brings passionate advocacy to Solhi Al-Wadi's Violin "Sonata No. 2", a rarely heard work by one of Syria's foremost composers and a founding figure of its musical life. Blending Romantic lyricism with a distinctly personal voice, the sonata offers a compelling window into a lesser-known corner of 20th-century repertoire.

🌟 About the Artist

Bilal Alnemr was born in Damascus in 1996. He discovered the violin thanks to a small toy violin given to him by his father and he continued to learn alone using only a DVD. Bilal won the Syrian national violin competition in 2007 and the Solhi Alwadi competition, and has since given concerts across India, Russia, Qatar, Jordan and Lebanon. Following his participation in the Mediterranean cultural exchange ECUME, he joined the conservatory of Aix-en-Provence in the class of Sophie Baduel and moved to Paris in 2012 to study with Suzanne Gessner at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris.