Mirage

Western cinematic sound + Arabic and world music influences + Voice

Direct from her London base, Hayat Selim, accompanied by Dianna Nixon in an evening of powerful emotive expression. Hayat is an Egyptian composer, singer-songwriter and voice recording artist, with a Masters in Screen Composition from the Royal College of Music. Her work fuses Western cinematic sound with world music influences, electronic music and voice. Dianna is a versatile artist with a long history of work in Canberra and around Australia.

With Dianna, Hayat performs her original songs and arrangements utilising vocal skills spanning Arabic singing, classical western training, and contemporary styles. Works in in Arabic, English, ancient Egyptian, Spanish, Italian and old Irish language, bring focus to cross-culturalism, inclusion and diversity. The palette of hybrid genres and styles are a taster of the type of music that will potentially be used in the writing of the musical Camelia.

Hayat was profiled in Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play for her work in the Indie gaming industry in Egypt, and her soundtrack The Great Red Spot was broadcast on BBC 3 Radio's Late Junction show for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. Hayat's original song, Mirage, was nominated in the Best Song category, Jerry Goldsmith Awards.

You will hear Hayat’s stunning voice on Age of Empires IV, Chivalry 2 and vocals on Lorne Balfe's score for the Ralph Fiennes/Jessica Chastain film, The Forgiven. Recent compositions include for historical venues in Egypt and scoring her first upcoming TV series to be announced end of 2023.