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| Omo Bello with the Princess of Holland, Princess Christina van Lippe |
Nigeria’s own Omo Bello has been nominated for France’s “Victoires de la
This award is France’s equivalent of the Grammys Awards in America and recognizes outstanding contributions to the regional and global music industry!
The public gets to vote the winner of this award. So please go to
www.omobello.com to vote for her from now till the 26th of January. The instructions
are on her website, translated to make things easier.
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| Omo Bello singing the role of the countess in The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart; costumes by Jean-Paul Gaultier |
For those of you who don’t know her, 29 year-old Omo is Nigeria’s only classical
soprano singer on the international opera scene who started from her university
days in UNILAG by singing at MUSON during her spare time. She is of Edo and
Igbo parentage. After she graduated with a degree in Cell Biology and Genetics from Unilag she got a scholarship to France and now holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from the prestigious Paris Conservatory of Music.
Omo sings in English, French, Italian, Russian and German and has won the 1st
Prize in the Luciano Pavarotti Giovani 2010 competition, and a famous critic called
her “a talent of Gold!”
The shy, soft-spoken girl also won the 1st prize in the 2011 Anselmo Colzani
international singing competition and was awarded with Italy’s prestigious
international Arca d’Oro prize for young artists in 2013.
Omo has all this while never forgotten her motherland. From 2007, Omo has been performing at the OPERABUJA festival in Nigeria. She also gives charity concerts for medical research associations, and even sings in old people’s homes.....Because of this and more France has granted her honorary citizenship.
Abeg una, Nigerians make una vote for we fellow Nigerian who is doing us proud!
Just go to www.omobello.com and click on the link.
Just go to www.omobello.com and click on the link.
Culled from Sdk
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