Nai Barghouti is a Palestinian singer, musician and songwriter. Her music and singing style combines traditional and classical Arabic and Palestinian music with Western classical music and jazz.
Barghouti studied the transverse flute combined with Western classical music at the Edward Said Conservatory in Jerusalem. At 16, she moved to Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. This program also focused strongly on Western classical music. Barghouti decided she wanted to delve deeper into jazz and jazz singing. In 2016, she therefore transferred to the Conservatory of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. There she was able to study jazz and was given the freedom to work on her own projects, incorporating her Arabic roots. She obtained a master's degree in jazz music in Amsterdam.
Barghouti developed her own vocal style which she calls "naistrumentation" or "naistrumenting". In this style she sings without words and with many ornaments. This style combines elements of vocal jazz (particularly scat singing) and Arabic music.
Barghouti has given concerts in many countries and cities, including Paris (Théâtre de la Ville), London, New York, Istanbul, Beirut and Cairo.She also performed on the Dutch TV show Podium Klassiek (nl). In 2013, she performed before the United Nations on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
In 2020, Barghouti won the Young Talent Award of the Royal Concertgebouw.
In 2024, Barghouti reached the top spot of The Official Lebanese Top 20 (OLT20) with "Li Fairuz", her version of Fairuz's "Li Beirut". The Official Lebanese Top 20 is compiled by IPSOS and is a list of songs that have been played the most on Lebanese radio stations during the previous week.
-Wikipedia
Birth Name: Nai Barghouti
Born: September 24, 1996 (age 29)
From: Ramallah,d West Bank, Palestine
Genre(s):
Palestinian,
classical,
jazz
Instrument(s):
Vocals,
Flute
Active From: 2022-present