Lourdina Hanna Baboun was born in Bethlehem, Palestine, on 16th April 1994 and studied violin at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music. Since 2013, she has been studying at the Conservatoire Regional D’Aubervilliers, France. She became a member of the Palestine Youth Orchestra in 2008 and has participated in numerous tours to Syria, Bahrain, Lebanon (Beiteddine Festival with the singer Marcel Khalifeh), Greece, Italy and Jordan. She became a member of the Palestine Strings who toured the USA in 2011 with the Swedish violinist Eva Bogren, as well as giving a concert with the British Violinist Nigel Kennedy at the Yabous festival in East Jerusalem in 2012. In 2013 she had a session with the Divertimento Symphony Orchestra in Paris. During the same year she also joined the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra conducted by Gianandrea Noseda; in 2014 they were conducted by Alain Altinogluat at the Aix en Provence Festival. In 2015 she had a chamber quartet session with the Voce Quartet in Paris. Lourdina won in the Marcel Khalifeh Competition in 2008 and 2010.


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