# Aida Nadeem

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{{short description|Iraqi musician}}
{{BLP one source|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Aida Nadeem
| native_name     = عايدا نديم
| native_name_lang = ar
| image           =
| caption         =
| origin          = [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad), [Iraq](/source/Iraq)
| genre           = cross over - world music
| occupation      = musician, composer, performer
| website         = {{URL|www.aidanadeem.net}}
}}

'''Aida Nadeem''' ({{langx|ar|عايدا نديم}}; born 1965 in [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad), [Iraq](/source/Iraq)) is an [Iraqi](/source/Iraqi_people) musician living in [Denmark](/source/Denmark).

==Early career==
As a child, Aida, began to sing, dance and write poetry. With interest in classical music, at the age of twelve, she began her studies at the prestigious [Music and Ballet school Baghdad](/source/Music_and_Ballet_school_Baghdad). Her main instrument was the bassoon.

Her primary sources of inspiration were composers like [Karlheinz Stockhausen](/source/Karlheinz_Stockhausen) and [Arthur Honegger](/source/Arthur_Honegger). In 1986, she gained employment with [Iraq's symphony orchestra](/source/Iraqi_National_Symphony_Orchestra).

Nadeem moved to Denmark in 1991, where she continued her studies at the [Royal Danish Academy of Music](/source/Royal_Danish_Academy_of_Music). She distinguished herself in Denmark as one of the very few prominent foreign artists to make a breakthrough on the scene and to make a wide impact from her debut release ''Arabian Underground''.

In the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom), she has appeared at [Glastonbury](/source/Glastonbury_Festival), [WOMAD](/source/WOMAD) and the [Cambridge Folk Festival](/source/Cambridge_Folk_Festival), along with her collaborators [The Angel Brothers](/source/The_Angel_Brothers) and [Aki Nawaz](/source/Aki_Nawaz).<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2007/2007_aida_nadeem.shtml BBC - Awards for World Music 2007 - Aida Nadeem]</ref>

==Discography==
===Albums===
* ''Arabian Underground'' (1998)
* ''Arabtronica'' (2002)
* ''Out of Bagdad!'' (2005)
* ''Beyond Destruction'' (2010)

==References==
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Category:1965 births
Category:Living people
Category:Iraqi emigrants to Denmark
Category:20th-century Iraqi women singers
Category:Musicians from Baghdad
Category:21st-century Iraqi women singers

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